Ihr seid super! Die ersten 33 Nähmaschinen sind finanziert und weitere Finanzzusagen sind noch in der Pipeline. Deswegen habe ich jetzt mit unseren Freunden von der deutschen Ruanda-Diaspora gesprochen (und die haben sich wiederum mit der Kooperative in Musanze beraten). Das Ergebnis ist klar: Wir werden das Ausbildungsprojekt wohl ausweiten können und noch mehr Näherinnen als Selbstständige-to-be mit eigenen Nähmaschinen ausstatten können - indem wir die Anschaffung per Mikrokredit finanzieren.

Also: Spenden kommen weiterhin an. Ich werde in den kommenden Tagen berichten.

The African Affairs Advisory Group has an open call for submissions of web papers. All submissions are due by December 10, 2009.

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If some one is interested in building a successful business in Free/Open Source Software
(FOSS), and in helping others to do the same and have a solid background in business and FOSS and have experience in training others, and/or is part of a training institution, then (s)he can become part of an exciting training programme on building businesses with Free/Open Source Software.
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It’s Blog Action Day today, October 15th. Today around world 10. 189 bloggers are speaking with one voice on an important topic to Africa - Poverty.

Thousands of voices about poverty. Each blogger posts relating to their own blog topic. And each blogger engages their audience differently.

For me, for example, poverty is another word for nothing to make money with. Its another word of the absence of business. Do business in Africa. Do business with Africa. And you can fight poverty. Dont give people something to eat. Let them work for their food. Give them the opportunity to make money and buy food. That is, what Open Source Africa will do in the near future.

Just stay tuned. And leave a comment, whats your opinion is about poverty.