Team Penplusbytes participated in a training workshop organized by the Internet Society Ghana Chapter (ISOC Ghana) in collaboration with the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) of Ghana and the Ghana Internet Service Providers Association.
The three day workshop was on Internet Governance and Standards Development. Participants were from both public and private sectors and tertiary institutions and were made up web developers, coders, content managers and software developers.
The team was tutored on key issues around governance of the Internet such as network neutrality, internet security, spam, ecommerce and user protection. Other areas covered were development of standards that make the Internet work in a seamless manner. The workshop was facilitated by both local and international instructors, among who were Edwin Opare, Technical Manager at NITA; Mr. Eric Akumiah, also Director of Operations at NITA.
Mr. Edwin Opare mentioned that “with the Internet Governance training, participants will be equipped to understand the economic, legal, infrastructural, sociocultural and developmental issues relating to the governance of the Internet in order to fully participate in the local & global multi stakeholder engagements that have made the Internet successful thus far.”
Sandra Mills, Penplusbytes representative at the event said “the training was a great eye-opening experience that brought a lot of knowledge and key issues on internet governance. With the NCA’s effort, policies should be put in place to curb issues such as SIM fraud and cyber security.”
The program was sponsored by the global Internet Society “from its Community Grants program geared towards innovative program that will advance its mission of open development of the Internet.”
ISOC Ghana is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people in Ghana and throughout the world.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Monday, May 27, 2013
The African Story Challenge- $1 million reporting grant
The African Story Challenge is a new $1 million programme of reporting grants to encourage innovative, multi-media storytelling that aims to improve the health and prosperity of Africans.
Aim of The African Story Challenge
The African Story Challenge is a two-year pan-African project that seeks to challenge the media to expand coverage of fundamental issues that matter to Africans. Our goal is to contribute to the building of a strong media sector able to deliver content that matters to the African public.
We aim to inspire a bold form of journalism that seeks solutions and uses innovative, digital and data-driven storytelling tools and techniques.
In doing so the project aims to hold leaders accountable, spur better policies, increase transparency, encourage public engagement and disseminate vital information that will lead to more vibrant communities.
The Competition Has Five Themes
Agriculture and Food security
Diseases: Prevention and Treatment
My Africa 2063
Maternal and Child Health
Business and Technology
Go to http://africanstorychallenge.com/ for more info
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