OSS Could Be Africa's Answer
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| It is clear that Africa is making use of OSS at present, but that
| widespread adoption is not yet commonplace. African governments need to
| follow South Africa's lead in driving the process and partner with business
| and non-profit organizations to use OSS as a tool for bridging the digital
| divide.
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| Already South Africa's Department of Communication has begun the move
| to OSS by adopting Linux as their operating system.
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| Uganda Martyrs University (UMU), for example, runs its entire system
| on OSS (Linux operating system, Web server, e-mail server). The East
| African Center for Open Source Software (EACOSS) is the first specialized
| Free and Open Source Software training center focusing on the East African
| region and offers specialized training in FOSS as well as promoting the
| philosophy in the region.
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