Bonn/Dakar, 16 March 2008 - InWEnt - Capacity Building International, Germany is launching the new programme called "ict@innovation" in Africa. The training and networking initiative is aimed at building capacities in innovative Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) through Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Southern and East Africa.
The Wireless Roadshow is a capacity building workshop for practitioners, instructors, trainers, activists and entrepreneurs within the field of wireless networking and rural connectivity.
The workshop program reaches from basic to advanced level, with many practical and hands-on technical sessions.
The SADC knowledge network it@ab (Information Technology in African Business) in cooperation with InWEnt (Capacity Building International, Germany) organized the first InWEnt it@ab-Alumni Workshop in Maputo, Mozambique.
it@ab member organizations and it@ab alumni, in cooperation with a team of consultants, are in the process of updating the it@ab blended learning products. The aim is to reinforce the business oriented activities of the members of the it@ab network through a marketable online learning product.