Seite 1 Open Source as an Economic Opportunity: The Perspective By George G Nyambuya Project (Africa)

Seite 2 Introduction to „The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH“ & its Human Capacity Building work at By George G Nyambuya Motion Conference, 23rd August 2011,SOUTH AFRICA Open Source as an Economic Opportunity:The Perspective

Seite 3 The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Established on 1 January 2011, GIZ brings together under one roof the long-standing expertise of DED, GTZ und InWEnt – Capacity Building International, Germany. Our registered offices are in Bonn and Eschborn. Working in a spirit of partnership, we support people and societies in developing, transition and industrialised countries in shaping their own futures and improving living conditions.

Seite 4 Purpose of the organisation GIZ’s purpose is to promote international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work. As a 100% federally owned, public-benefit enterprise, we support the German Government in achieving its development policy goals.

Seite 5  GIZ operates in more than 130 countries worldwide.  In Germany we maintain a presence in nearly all the federal states.  GIZ employs approximately 17,000 staff members worldwide, more than 60% of whom are local personnel.  Over participants take part in our Human Capacity Building programmes annually. GIZ worldwide

Seite 6 GIZ worldwide

Seite 7 Human Capacity Building =  Building Networks → LPI Trainers  Providing Advanced Training → Regional Training on Linux Administration (South Africa)  Enabling Dialogue → FOSSFA's Idlelo 2,3,4: FOSS in Africa Sustainable Business Development  More Jobs for you as FOSS training providers  Better (IT) Services for African companies and Governments  More international cooperation and joint FOSS business Human Capacity Building Sustainable Business Develoment

Seite 8 : Programme Overview What goal?: Building capacities in African small and medium ICT enterprises to make a business with Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Encourage the growth of African ICT industries, particularly in Southern and East Africa (first phase). Since when?: 2008 – 2012 Which main themes?: 1) Spreading FOSS business models for enterprises in Africa 2) Fostering FOSS certification 3) Supporting innovative local FOSS applications for social and economic development. 4) Regional networking and international exchange

Seite 9 Selected achievements I: Spreading FOSS business models for enterprises in Africa Network of 90+ FOSS business experts 1) More than 90 African FOSS business experts networked and capacitated in the topic of African FOSS business models through four regional training of trainer programmes, Jointly conducted by FOSSFA and InWEnt, with the following lead training partners: The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE) and UNU- MERIT, a joint research centre of United Nations University (UNU) and Maastricht University, Netherlands

Seite 10 Collaborative open training material on FOSS business models for enterprises in Africa 2) Knowledge on African FOSS business models captured in collaborative open training material and published as "Free your IT-Business in Africa! - Advanced Training Material on African Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Business Models for IT-SMEs" Online at:

Seite 11 Core of training material Eight in depth case studies of African IT-businesses and organizations who make business around FOSS – and provide numerous business models suited to the African context such as Software Selection, Software Installation, FOSS Training, Maintenance and Support, Software / Systems Migration, Consultancy, Software Localization and Internalization, FOSS Customization as well as Technical / Legal Certification.

Seite 12 Map of case studies featured in training material

Seite 13 Themes of training material (i) Module 1: Introduction to Emerging FOSS Business Models (ii) Module 2: African Business Models: Case Studies (iii) Module 3: Communicating FOSS (iv) Module 4: Introduction to General Business Skills (v) Module 5: FOSS Specific Business Knowledge and Skills (vi) Module 6: FOSS Training

Seite 14 Selected achievements II: Fostering FOSS certification Expected outcome: increase the quality of services of IT-enterprises and the level of trust of customers in enterprises and FOSS experts Roadmap Research and Preparation for Training Material Development and Training-of- Trainers for FOSS certification Supervision of Open Training Course Material Development Regional Trainings of trainers for FOSS Certification in Africa Preparation of national follow-up trainings of trainers for FOSS Certification Development of a sustainable strategy for FOSS Certification in Africa Promotion + Advocacy Online Community Creation and Coordination

Seite 15 Selected achievements III: Supporting innovative local FOSS applications for social and economic development After planning process and Africa-wide open call kick-start in April 2010 of the: Mentored Internship Programme as a partnership of and AVOIR, the African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources Network.

Seite 16 The Mentored Internship Programme Vision of the mentored internship program: to create a broader base of FOSS developers in Africa to stimulate the creation of more innovative local FOSS solutions within the African context. Target groups: - developers, who employed at IT-SME in the partner countries - qualified (post-)graduate students at the AVOIR nodes as prospective FOSS entrepreneurs Geographical reach: Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia (1st phase) West Africa included in the second phase Start: October 2010 Duration: 1 Semester (6 months)

Seite 17 Performance Objective: Mentored Internship Programme At least 50 FOSS developers and experts of IT-associations, training institutions as well as other relevant change agents are qualified in the development of innovative local FOSS solutions, which are relevant for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) and the public sector. Thereby, the number of skilled FOSS-experts is increased by 50 and more African FOSS solutions are developed which are of high quality and address local needs.

Seite 18 Indicators 1. Increase in the number of FOSS developers/experts with upgraded FOSS knowledge and skills by ca. 50 (to be measured by assessments by interns and mentors on learning outcomes and by amount of contribution of intern to the respective FOSS coding community, to the website, repositories, documentation and other community-driven action) Percentage of women: equal participation of female interns should be encouraged 2a) positive assessment of employability of intern by participants and/or prospective employers after internship. 2b) increase the total number of employed FOSS experts by 25 (Aim is to encourage developers to either stay working at university or at local FOSS companies) 3. At least 20 innovations/ adaptation of FOSS solutions have been developed as a result of the MIP.

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Seite 20 About Chisimba - Web 2.0 enabled rapid application development framework for creating web applications - platform independent, browser independent - Over 200 modules of functionality are already available - to create a content management system, a feature-rich e- learning platform, a group-based collaboration platform, a blogging system that allows posting from mobile phones, and many other applications. Chisimba is the Chichewa (Malawi) word for the framework used to build a traditional African house.

Seite 21 Selected achievements IV: Regional networking and international exchange Meet the growing online Community: 500+ registered African and international FOSS experts 440+ FOSS-related IT-Organizations in Africa and worldwide 900+ messages in 5 mailing-lists Regional and international networking e.g. at Idlelo 3, Idlelo 4, LinuxDay Berlin 2009, OSCON

Seite 22 Contact and more information contact Africa George G. Nyambuya contacts Europe Balthas Seibold & Petra Hagemann