South Africa is planning to switch all Government departments over to open source computer software instead of Microsoft systems. The cabinet will use the open source Linux operating system to enhance local IT skills.
[This article was published in the February 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
InFact
[This article was published in the February 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Bytes for all
Ethiopia has been selected as the first country to benefit from the pilot phase of the Pan-African e-Network Project, a joint initiative between the Indian government and African Union (AU) to develop ICT infrastructure across the Africa.
According to United Nations report, only three out of 100 website around the world meet with the needs of disable people.
Translate.org.za has won the prestigious African ICT Achiever 2006 Award for bridging the digital divide in Africa.
A conference is in progress in Sun City in the North West to set the stage for ICT development in South Africa. The conference is held by the Public Service and Administration Department and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA).
The Communications Minister of South African, Ivy Matsepe Casaburri applauded the broadband ICT infrastructure network project ( inclusive of EASSy) as a mark in the history as it a beginning of a long road to communication freedom.
A government move has been made in South Africa to train about 30, 000 rural citizens to work in call centres to make the country a viable destination for business process outsourcing for international companies.
South Africa’s department of science and technology (DST) is taking bold steps towards switching to free and open source software (Foss) and is starting to move its first desktop users over to Linux.
