From Aiti-Kace:
Hello
Trust this email finds you in good health,
The Ghana- India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE
<https://aiti-kace.com.gh/>) is pleased to invite you to this year’s
Software Freedom Day (SFD) on the theme ‘*Open Source for Digital
Sovereignty’* on Saturday September 18, 2021 at 10am.
SFD is organised in partnership with Linux Accra User Group
<http://linuxaccra.org/>, Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA
<https://digitalpublicgoods.net/>) and UNICEF <http://unicef.org/> with
activities scheduled to climax on *Saturday September 18, 2021*.
Software Freedom Day <http://softwarefreedomday.org/> (SFD) is an annual
grassroots effort to educate the public on the virtues of Free/Open-Source
Software (FOSS), including Digital Public Goods (DPG), and encourage its
use, also in solving the world’s biggest societal challenges
The event which will be held in Bolga, Sunyani, Accra and in educational
institutions across Ghana is intended to create awareness about the value
and prospects of FOSS and DPGs for Ghana.
Activities to take place within the week and issues to be discussed during
the celebration include:
- State of open source in Africa— Inter-country experiences
- Public awareness on impact of open-source technology on Ghana’s growth
- Introduction to Digital Public Good Alliance and Digital Public Goods
- Exhibition of open-source software projects
- Workshop on installation of Linux distributions
- Harnessing open source to achieve organisational goals
This years event you can join in person or remote
Please register *HERE* <http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh/software-freedom-day> to
be part of this years SFD celebration *in person* or *virtual*
We look forward to welcoming you for a successful event, while leveraging
ICT for national development. For further information, please contact 024
408 8537, 020 214 2943 or email info(a)aiti-kace.com.gh
Regards,
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*Sadik Shahadu *
*MozFest Wrangler*
Mozilla Festival 2021 <https://www.mozillafestival.org/>
*Co-Founder |*
Dagbani Wikimedians
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dagbani_Wikimedians_User_Group> / Global
Open Initiative <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Open_Initiative>
*Regional Ambassador* (*Indigenous Communities*) |
Art + Feminism Inc <https://www.artandfeminism.org/>
*Member |*
Project Management Institute <http://www.pmi.org/>, Europeana network
association
<https://pro.europeana.eu/network-association/members?country=Ghana&domain=>
*Call/Whatsapp: +233244666136*
*Skype: Sadik Shahadu <https://secure.skype.com/portal/profile>*
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