Software Freedom Day Conference Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Date: 15th September, 2012 Venue: COSTECH Building, Ground Floor Organized by The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa, Tanzania Chapter Theme: FOSS as an alternative solution for Tanzania socio­economics challenges

Free Software and Open Source Foundation For Africa, Tanzania chapter in collaboration with Free/ Libre Open Source Software well wishers in Tanzania, would like to invite professional, College students, and Individuals to participate in a Software Freedom Day Conference to be held at COSTECH, on 15th September, 2012. The Conference will be graced by Honorable January Makamba, (MP), Deputy Minister, Ministry Of Information and Communication Technology, United Republic Of Tanzania. There is no attendance fee, the Conference is free, thanks to our sponsors and supporters.

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) are modern computer technology of choice to run servers, networks, or content management systems, as well as operating systems such as Linux, and business and office applications such as OpenOffice. As FOSS is adaptable and does not entail annual license fees, it is particularly useful when applications need to be adapted to a local context. FOSS is a key technology to drive innovation, add local value and create sustainable and affordable ICT Solutions.

Today, open source runs most of the technologies that we use. More than half of all mobile devices being sold run the open source Android operating system. More than a 3rd of worlds Domain Name Server (DNS), run on BIND, literally the glue that keeps the Internet together, which is open source. Over 70% of the web pages on the Internet are hosted on the open source Apache web server, while about 95% of the world's super computers run on Linux, arguably the most successful open source project. Nearly all the popular social media applications like Facebook, Twitter, Google, LinkedIn, YouTube etc, are built on open source tools. The Internet would probably not be as pervasive as we know it today if it was not for free and open source software.

In Tanzania, open source solutions have been deployed in many higher learning institutions, government agencies, private sector etc and most of all there is increased usage of open source software operating systems such as Ubuntu for desktop, laptops, palmtops, and servers. Meanwhile, the conference will address how FOSS can be used to solve socio-economic challenges such as job creation , improve quality life, entertainment, education, create and shape current and future businesses, and many more challenges seen in our daily life, it will also create more awareness and open doors for more opportunities and contribute significantly to our socio-economic development. What is Software Freedom Day? The Software Freedom day is a concept that was started by the Software Freedom Foundation and is aimed to celebrate the FOSS movement and community. It is also meant to educate the public about the benefits of using FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business. SFD is held every 3rd Saturday of September and organized by local FOSS communities. This year, 238 groups will be celebrating Software Freedom Day across the World, including Tanzania.. Prior to this conference, as a campaign to advocate practical benefit of open source software, almost free training on Linux Professional Institute level 1 will be conducted in Arusha, Dar Es Salaam, Iringa and Zanzibar. Main Speakers: Evans Ikua is Liaison Person for East Africa at Free & Open Source Software Foundation for Africa, Master Affilliate - East Africa at Linux Professional Institute , Linux Admin Certification Manager at ict@innovation - FOSSFA/GIZ , Business Development Manager at LANet Consulting, Lead Consultant at LANet Consulting, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) with expertise in IT Risk Management, IT Governance and Compliance. Wide experience in Information Security with concentrations on Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). The founding Chairman of the Linux Professional Association of Kenya. Member of the Kenya Bureau of Standards technical committee on IT Security Techniques, the Kenyan ISO/IEC JTC1 SC27 mirror committee. Expert on CoBIT, CMMi and ISO 27001. Member of the board of Directors at Camara Educational Foundation – Kenya. Evans will talk all about FOSS in Businesses and he look forward to share his expertise drawn from Kenya. Emmanuel Feruze is a Managing Director at Tri Labs, open source ambassador, speaker, technically, a software engineer and open source minded to the core. He has spoke in many conferences including this year e-learning Africa. On his own words, he says “ We can only make a difference if we share.” Emmanuel will share his experience on FOSS in education. Nnenna Nwakanma is an FLOSS activist, community organizer, development adviser and development consultant originally from Ivory Coast in Africa. She is the co-founder of The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa which she also co-chairs. She was elected as a board member of the Open Source Initiative in April 2007. She also co-founded The Africa Network of Information Society Actors, and the African Civil Society for the Information Society which she serves on.She is also a Vice President of the Digital solidarity fund. Previously, she served as the Information Officer for Africa of the Helen Keller Foundation. Nwakanma has spoken at numerous conferences on Open Source and Free Software and other topics including O'Reilly's OSCON,the Free and Open Source Developers European Meeting (FOSDEM) and Yale University's Access to Knowledge Conference, The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT,The Open World Forum. In the framework of her Consultancy platform ( http://nnenna.org) she offers development advisory and consultancy services to governments, development organisations, donors, non-governmental agencies and business. Fluent in English and French and a handful of African languages, originally from Nigeria, having lived in at least 5 different African countries, she normally introduces herself as 'African'. She will speak all about Software Freedom Dr. Juma Lungo , Owner and founder Zalongwa Technologies Limited is an experienced researcher on Open Source Software Development. Specifically the adaptation and use of Open Source Software in public sector. The idea is to come up with a framework on how should public sector approach Open Source Software. He is a LAMP (LINUX, APACHE, MYSQL and PHP) developer. His projects on Education Sector includes ZALONGWA(a LAMP based student information system) and in Health Sector include DHIS (District Health Information System) and now he is trying to extend uDig to work with DHIS database. He will talk about FOSS in public sector and share all of his experience in this domain. Erik Rowberg - Managing Director, Habari Node, Arusha, His experience and expertise around Internet Services domain will be a good starting point to discuss the Internet Freedom in Tanzania. Erik started store and forward email in 1994 which evolved into Internet Access in 1998. Erik studied Mathematics at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma USA in the days of mainframes with card input. He began his career in computers in the late 19080's by developing payroll and accounting software with DOS programs for Tanzanian companies. Erik was a founding member of ANM (Arusha Node Society) which provides free Internet access to schools. That eventually led to forming Habari Node ISP as a business. Erik struggled to teach himself Linux and Cisco IOS in 1998 in Arusha before Internet Access. As a result of that struggle more than 30 Habari staff have attended various Linux trainings in the past ten years. Erik is active in national Internet issues, Founding member of TISPA, Executive committee of TISPA, Policy Advisory Committee of TzNIC, and the chairman of the Arusha Internet Exchange and has been a steadfast supporter of Arusha Linux User Group (ALUG). Erik will share his experience and insight into Internet Freedom Mr.Bugota Saganda is an Information Specialist currently working at the Centre for Virtual Learning (CVL) of the University of Dar es Salaam. He is one of the pioneers in the efforts of introducing the use of Open Education Resources (OER) in teaching and learning in the Teachers’ University Colleges of the - University of Dar es Salaam. Since in the late 2005 has worked with great impact in area of instructional designing and multimedia development for web based courses at the University of Dar es Salaam as a Multimedia Producer and online Courses Content Developer. He holds a Master degree in information Sciences (2009), Postgraduate Diploma in Scientific Computing (2005) and B.A. (Hons) (2001) from the University of Dar es salaam. Saganda has a great passion in sharing his experience in the use of web based Open Sources Software and Courseware in increasing efficiency and effectiveness in knowledge dissemination as well as social economic development. He has attended a number of international conferences including OER Africa (South Africa, Mozambique and Ghana), workshops in instructional design (Finland and Sri Lanka) representing his institution. He will talk all about Open Education Resources (OER) Main Topics to be presented and discussed in the conference are Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Public Sector, Internet freedom, Software Freedom, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Education, and Open Education Resources. Technical Training to be offered during the conference 1. Web Security – Matogoro Jabera, Network Expert, University Of Dodoma 2. Wanna Be Hackers with Free and Open Source Software – Edgar Telesphory, Certified Information Security Expert,Council member and Country Liaison at FOSSFA 3. Introducing Open Source Programming Tools – Zalongwa Technologies Limited Trainers 4. Linux Administration – Ismail Settenda, Linux Systems Expert, Habari Node – Arusha 5. Advanced Open Source Desktop Publishing- Zalongwa Technologies Limited Trainers 6. Getting Rich With Free and Open Source Software – Frank Tilugulilwa ict@innovation Other Activities – Darlene Parker- Freedom Toaster – Innovation Space - Demos on Programming For Mobile Applications – ict@innovation / FOSSFA desk – Linux Professional Institute Certification ( 101 and 102 Exams @ huge discounted price of 65 USD per Exam.) – Networking and Goodies from the event Sponsors – Exhibitions

To participate in this conference kindly register through http://zalongwa.eventbrite.com/ More about Software Freedom Day in Tanzania, check out here http://tinyurl.com/tanzania-sfd

Deadline for Registration to attend the Conference is 10th September 2012.

Pre – Conference activities

Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa, Tanzania chapter, is conducting a training programme with support by ict@innovation a joint capacity building programme of Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) and Capacity Building International of Germany (GIZ), entitled Linux Professional Institute Certification Level 1 as a pre conference event and campaign to create awareness and advocate the practical benefits of open source software towards Software Freedom Day Celebration in Tanzania. Training will be conducted at Ruaha University College (Iringa), National Institute Of Transport (Dar Es Salaam), Arusha Technical College (Arusha), State University Of Zanzibar (Zanzibar) and College Of Business Education (Dar Es Salaam). Much thanks for the sponsors and supporters of these pre-conference activities.

Region Venue Date Coordinator Iringa Ruaha University College 03rd - 09th September Baby Baraka Chuma - RUCO Cell: 0754491181 Dar Es Salaam National Institute Of 03rd - 09th September Edgar Telesphory Transport - NIT Cell: 0754283703 Dar Es Salaam College of Business 10th - 14th September Dr. Juma Lungo Education - CBE Cell: 0655065098 Arusha Arusha Technical College 03rd – 09th September Ismail Settenda - ATC Cell: 0752225576 Zanzibar State University Of 10th - 14th September Yahya Sheikh Zanzibar - SUZA Cell: 0777438903

Why Linux Professional Institute Certification ? – #1 Linux certification world wide – Program framework created from industry needs – Professional Job Analysis – Proven demonstration of knowledge and skills for customers and employers – Access to global network of professionals – Endorsed by global leaders in Open Source – Designed by professionals for professionals Main Sponsors:

Zalongwa Technologies Limited www.zalongwa.com

Supporters Habari Node www.habari.co.tz

Innovation Space www.tanzict.co.tz

www.costech.or.tz COSTECH

National Institute Of Transport www.nit.ac.tz

Ruaha University College www.ruco.ac.tz

State University Of Zanzibar

www.suza.ac.tz

GIZ www.giz.de

ict@innovation www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net

www.atc.ac.tz Arusha Technical College

Contact: Edgar Telesphory FOSSFA-Country Liaison Office ICT4TD Learning Center P.O Box 42614 Dar Es Salaam Tanzania Cell: +255 754283703 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fossfa.net