Information is at the heart of every modern business

After almost one year of continuous training in Germany, the 21 participants of the it@ab 2005 “Business Related IT Consultancy” programme presented their e-project results at the end of the Face to Face Phase in Freiburg.

The main aim of the e-project was to:

create self sustained projects and solutions for the development of IT business in the home countries. Gain technical skills by using Open Source Software and programming tools like Python, PHP, Zope or Plone. Increase their skills to present a solution to a client. Each IT-Specialist brought an own e-project from his home institution, and completed the project during the it@ab programme. The e-project presentations showcased these ambitious projects, convincing prototypes and innovative solutions. The focus on using Open Source Software made it possible to avoid costly commercial software without compromising the performance. The 21 IT-Specialists presented a enormous variety of projects in different fields of:

CMS / Database
E-learning
IT-Security
Portal / CMS

The IT-Specialists themselves voted four projects as “Best e-projects 2005”. We congratulate the winners:

First:
Isaac Kissiva, University of Dar Es Salaam, Computer Centre, Tanzania
e-project on: E-Government – Birth and Death Registration System

Second:
Chaulere Alumbeni Malenga, BUMAS International, Malawi
e-project on: Special Interest Portal for Professional women

Third:
Foibe Kalipi & Lionel Thobias, Business Information Technologies (BITS), Namibia e-project on: African Escape – Website

Fourth:
Thulani Nelson Ndlovu, Soweto Digital Village, South Africa e-project on: Community Portal

The further development and success of the e-projects will be a visible sign for the sustainability of the projects and the success of the parent company and the important role of the it@ab network.


InWEnt GmbH
Christiane Weber
it@ab Project Manager