The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT provides training in various areas of technology including networking, security, software development, and open source technologies. It offers core training programs, corporate training customized for organizations, and short intensive vacation courses for university students. Specialized youth programs include training junior high school students as junior programmers. The Centre is also engaged in an ongoing project called GovCAP to build capacity in mobile computing, instructional design, and open source technologies through distance learning. It trains government and public individuals and provides technical support to government agencies. The Centre promotes open source software and is a member of the FOSSFA Council.

1. GHANA-INDIA KOFI ANNAN CENTRE OF
EXCELLENCE IN ICT
Health Open Educational Resources Technology
Africa Regional Workshop, 3 - 5 October 2012
Tools for Educational Content Creation & Management
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2. What we do:- Core Training
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Networking & Security
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Software development
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Wireless & Mobile Apps
development
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Web Development
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Business Computing
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Open Source
technologies
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Scientific Computing
using HPC resources
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Computer Proficiency
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3. Corporate Training
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Training for
Government; MDA
& MMDA geared
towards public
productivity
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Customized
corporate training
for private
organisations
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4. Short Intensive Vacation Courses
Between June and July every year, the Centre holds a special
training bootcamp for university students in the West African Sub-
Region. 4

5. Specialized Programmes for the Youth
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Junior programmer for Junior High School
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6. Ongoing Project- GovCAP
GovCAP is an ongoing ICT capacity building project aimed at improving
training and research using a distance learning platform. We are:
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Building capacity in the areas of Mobile Computing, Instructional
Design and Open Source Technologies
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Improving training delivery to Industry, MDAs and the General public
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Increasing ICT awareness and use among Ghanaians
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Training 200 government technical staff and 400 members of the
public with a focus on youth
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Giving ICT technical support to MDAs projects
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This is being funded by Capacity Development Mechanism (CDM) of
the Ministry of Finance, Ghana.
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7. Open Source Apps for Content Creation Editing &
Management
Download for free from your Linux Distribution's Repository
(eg Ubuntu Software Centre)
Kino Inkscape- image /
Pitvi Video editor presentation /
animation tool.
Blender 3D
Drupal (OCMS)
K-3D
Joomla (OCMS)
Autodesk Maya for
linux Calibre
Links:-
Audacity WebBoard
www.agbari.net
www.sourceforge.net
www.exelearning.org
Gimp Exe (for creating
http://www.softchalk.com/
http://www.trivantis.com/products/lectora.html?gclid=CIPZ09StzJYCFRg6awodqmM9xw
online course 7
http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html?sdid=CBCLB (not free)

8. AITI-KACE
FOSSFA Council The four pillars of AITI
Member open source work
Host, FOSSFA are:
Secretariat Empirical research on
socio-economic
Host, Linux Accra impact of open source
Chapter
Collaborations with
partners to undertake
innovative projects
Support of government
open source
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10. THANK YOU!
www.aiti-kace.com.gh
Prince Kpasra
kpasra@gmail.com
Skype: kpasra
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