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Uganda plays host to 7th African conference on Free and Open Source Software
The National Information Technology Uganda (NITA-U) in association with Ministry of ICT and Free Open Source Software Foundation for Africa…
The National Information Technology Uganda (NITA-U) in association with Ministry of ICT and Free Open Source Software Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) is privileged to host the 7th African Conference on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and the Digital Commons 2016 with the theme “Open Source Solutions for Open Government & Open Data in Africa”
The conference is set to attract over 500 delegates from academia, policy makers, software developers, Innovators, Open source activists, researchers, investors, the private sector, ICT practitioners from all over the African continent and other parts of the world.
This makes it a great opportunity for Uganda to not only benefit from the exposure to latest applications, technologies, themes and trends, but also showcase its innovation, investment and tourism potential.
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FOSS Conferences are aimed at providing an international forum for developers and also increase the awareness, integration and adoption of free and open source software (FOSS) in Africa within the theme emphasizing how such Free and Open Source solutions are being (can be) used to achieve Open Government and Open Data in Africa
The conference is a premier event for dissemination of ICT innovations within Africa and the global community. We trust that this Pan African Conference will be an excellent opportunity for you to contribute to and gain from such an event.
The event can be followed live via social media by use of #IDLELO7 where attendees are constantly updating with information.
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One user, @nnenna, broke news by tweeting: “Uganda has finished its #OpenData readiness assessment Heard at #Idlelo7”.
Another participant Evelyn Namara (@enamara), Founder & CTO, @uginnovate, tweeted her opinion on Uganda youth saying:
“Youth need to re-engineer their minds to stop thinking products & apps and start thinking of solving problems. – @nnenna #IDLELO7”.
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The event’s host NITA-Uganda (@NITAUganda1) also got in on the action by tweeting about the potential benefits of Free open source software to Ugandan.
“Free open source software can help Uganda build and promote digital rights for sustainable development. #IDLELO7”.