Here are some external links that are of interest to other organisations:
 | OSIWAThe Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is a private operating and grant making Foundation which supports and advocates for initiatives that promote Open Society values in West Africa. It is dedicated to promoting a West African society where transparency and accountability in governance, basic freedoms and the empowerment of citizen prevail. OSIWA’s principal aim/niche is to build capacity of West African civil society and government institutions through support to catalytic and innovative initiatives and to advocate for Open Society ideals. OSIWA’s strategy combines three methodological approaches in its programs: grants to NGOs to execute projects, implementation of internally generated initiatives with partners; and proactive advocacy based on its experience of the terrain, aimed at policy reform at the national and sub-regional level. |
 | eRiders.net PortalThe global eRiders.net portal is a great source for technology support tools, resources, news, stories, and general eRider community networking. The shared resources and information here are of interest to anyone involved in civil society technology support and capacity-building. |
 | Ungana-Africa
Ungana-Afrika is an eRider organisation addressing a technology capacity crisis in Africa. And are working hard, building innovative ICT support programs and tools for the development community, and its service providers. |
 | Tactical Tech
Tactical Tech is an international NGO working at the point where advocacy meets technology. They use their technical expertise to increase the impact of campaigns in social justice and human rights. |
 | MDLF
Media Development Loan Fund is a not-for-profit investment fund providing low-cost financing to independent news media in emerging democracies. At work in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the CIS, and Southeast Europe, MDLF seeks to secure a strong and independent press in countries with a history of media oppression. |
 | CampwareCampware is dedicated to developing, distributing, supporting and implementing useful tools for independent news media in emerging democracies. All Campware software is released as open source and under the GNU General Public License. |
 | TechSoupTechSoup contains articles on different aspects of technology in an organization - from technology planning to computer networking. You can also find donated and discounted hardware and software and other useful tools and resources. |
 | iTrainOnlineiTrainOnline is a website dedicated to computer training. You will find links to tutorials, articles and sites dealing with everything you need - whether it is basic skills or web development. iTrain also contains resources for trainers and resources for women. |
 | NPowerNPower helps non-profits use technology to expand the reach and impact of their work. Be sure to follow the check out these tools:
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 | WikiEducator
The WikiEducator is an evolving community intended for the collaborative:
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 | KabissaKabissa, meaning complete in Kiswahili, offers several technology resources specifically for the development community of Africa. Their services include robust and affordable (even free!) web and e-mail hosting as well as several web training and networking resources. |
 | APC
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network of civil society organisations dedicated to empowering and supporting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights, development and protection of the environment, through the strategic use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), including the Internet. |
 | INVENEO
Inveneo is a 501c3 nonprofit social enterprise, which means that we operate like a business with a social mission. Our social mission is to get the tools of information communications technology (ICT), such as computers, telephony, and Internet access to those who need it most — people and organizations in rural and highly underserved communities of the developing world. |
 | VIAFRICA
Viafrica foundation supports organisations in Africa with the use and administration of ICT. The starting point for all projects is independent legitimacy in the local context.Viafrica focuses on the local middle class; the underlying idea is that they will be the drive for future developments. |
 | Edubuntu
Edubuntu's objective is to create an integrated and usable experience for educational users by enhancing Ubuntu with educational applications, tools, content, and themes. |
 | UbuntuUbuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. |
| OpenOfficeOpenOffice.org is both a product and an open-source project.OpenOffice.org's Mission Statement is... To create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format. |
| Free Software FoundationThe Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free software. |
| Open Source InitiativeOpen source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in. |
 | OpenDiscOpenDisc is a high quality collection of open source software (OSS) for the Microsoft Windows operating system.The two main goals of the project are:
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The
OpenEducationDisc is a modification of the OpenDisc format by Teachers
and Computer Specialists with a passion for education. The purpose of
it is to provide students with the software that they need to complete
school work at home.
