On 28 - 30 September 2017, Open Foundation West Africa will hold the first
ever Summer Open School in the Sub Sahara African Region in Accra, Ghana at
the Lancaster University. The Summer Open School seeks to bring together
open advocates, tech enthusiasts and people with the desire to know more
about Open resources under one roof, to afford these participants the
opportunity to learn about the different open resources and to possibly
become contributors and avid users of such resources. Again this will help
participants and trainers alike to discuss critical issues, network and be
abreast with the new trends within the Open movement. There will be
different trainers who will lead different trainings, breakout out sessions
and talks all aimed at promoting education, culture and heritage
information and information and technology in Ghana through the use of free
and accessible open source softwares.
The Summer Open School will take participants through sessions on Wikipedia
and other sister projects (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, etc), Creative
Commons, Open Street Maps (OSM) and Mozilla. Developers or people desirous
of knowing more about developer contributions to the open movement will be
introduced to the software that holds various WikiProjects, MediaWiki.
There will also be a session on Cryptocurrency specifically dedicated to
PIVX to expose people to trends in cryptocurrencies, how enthusiasts could
start mining and will be given a startup booster with a complimentary
wallet.
It is heartwarming to know that in pursuance of the mission of the open
movement to making knowledge about open resources free and accessible to
all, this event is going to be free to participants. There are however
limited seats available and therefore participation is strictly by
registration which is also subject to the approval by the organizing Team
based on merits.
Register today via
www.summeropenschool.eventbrite.com
Warm regards,
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*Felix Nartey*
*Cofounder/Director Finance & Admin*
*Open Foundation West Africa <https://openfoundationwestafrica.org/>*
*+233242844987 | +447440959477*
*Skype:Flixtey*
