REMEMBERING GUIDO SOHNE
The Advanced Information Technology Institute Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technologies (AITI-KACE, http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh) in conjunction with the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA, http://www.fossfa.net) and friends of Guido Sohne invite you to participate in a press conference scheduled for 3:00 pm on 22nd of May 2009. The venue is the AITI-KACE premises opposite the Council of State. This will be followed by an informal get-together of the IT community sponsored by friends of Guido Sohne at Venus at 6:30 pm. The purpose of the press conference is to announce the full details of the Guido Sohne Fellowship. The Fellowship is being setup as a means to recognize the extraordinary work that Guido did for African technology. Winners of the Fellowship spots are awarded after an open competition which requires participants to develop a web application and to write an essay on the technological vision for Africa that Guido and his compatriots shared. Guido Sohne was legendary in his work of "developing information" and "writing code". His contributions range from his personal vision of our future to constructive criticism of regulatory and other technical policy frameworks. In the world of code writing Guido's work is recognised both in the Free and Open Source space as well as the proprietary space. From C to LAMP, his language proficiency is known. Experienced in the use of Operating Systems from Unix to Windows, he has played with Apache, XML, Chillispot etc. technologies. Above all these, Guido was known to have a blistering pace in delivering top quality software projects. Guido was, also, one of the pioneer founders of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa, the premier continental open source foundation in Africa.
Timely initiative Guido was really generous with knowledge Regards On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:19 AM, <emko@internetresearch.com.gh> wrote:
The Advanced Information Technology Institute – Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technologies (AITI-KACE, http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh) in conjunction with the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA, http://www.fossfa.net) and friends of Guido Sohne invite you to participate in a press conference scheduled for 3:00 pm on 22nd of May 2009. The venue is the AITI-KACE premises opposite the Council of State. This will be followed by an informal get-together of the IT community sponsored by friends of Guido Sohne at Venus at 6:30 pm.
The purpose of the press conference is to announce the full details of the Guido Sohne Fellowship. The Fellowship is being setup as a means to recognize the extraordinary work that Guido did for African technology. Winners of the Fellowship spots are awarded after an open competition which requires participants to develop a web application and to write an essay on the technological vision for Africa that Guido and his compatriots shared.
Guido Sohne was legendary in his work of "developing information" and "writing code". His contributions range from his personal vision of our future to constructive criticism of regulatory and other technical policy frameworks. In the world of code writing Guido's work is recognised both in the Free and Open Source space as well as the proprietary space. From C to LAMP, his language proficiency is known. Experienced in the use of Operating Systems from Unix to Windows, he has played with Apache, XML, Chillispot etc. technologies. Above all these, Guido was known to have a blistering pace in delivering top quality software projects. Guido was, also, one of the pioneer founders of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa, the premier continental open source foundation in Africa.
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