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MeWe OpenSource

MeWe OpenSource provides Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) training in the following areas:

  • Linux System Administration
  • LAMP server stack adminstration
  • Open Desktop
  • Network Security

 

Application development includes:

  • Web services (Apache, MySQL, PHP)
  • Xen Server Virtualisation
  • eLearning platforms
  • CMS, ERP
  • Symbian (m-learning, m-agriculture)
  • Asterisk Telephony

Founder and CTO Werner van Staden: "Mobile handset ownership is accelerating on the African continent and presents unparalleled opportunities for civil society to have a voice and organise at a grassroots level. The benefits gained from the deployment of mobiles for development is astounding and is transforming the way people at the bottom of the pyramid (and the NGOs who serve them) work, live and communicate."

References / Past Projects

Kingston Community Connected

InTouch Refugee Education Project

Linux Professional Institute



MobileActive08 and M4D 2008: Events for Mobile Social Innovation

By Katrin Verclas and John Soeren Petterson

There are two notable events this fall focusing on mobile telephony for social impact and for development. The first event is MobileActive08, October 13-15 in South Africa. The second is M4D 2008: Mobile Communication Technology For Development, December 11 and 12 in Sweden.

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