CodeZed

Open-source Zambia (OSZ) is a group of people, enthusiastic about free/libre/open-source software (FLOSS). FLOSS is software that is sometimes available at no charge and most importantly it is software that gives freedom to view and modify the source code. It is often high quality software that (most importantly) is developed by a community rather than one company. The main objective of the community is to bring about knowledge and ...

Today, there are more than 6,912 languages spoken in the world. Out of these languages, Zambia has 70 recorded languages (i.e. Ambo, Aushi, Bemba, Bisa, Chikunda, Cishinga, Cokwe, Gova, Ila, Inamwanga, Iwa, Kabende, Kaonde, Kosa, Kunda, Kwandi, Kwandu, Kwangwa, Lala, Lamba, Lenje, Leya, Lima, Liyuwa, Lozi, Luano, Lucazi, Lumbu, Lunda, Lundwe, Lungu, Luunda, Luvale, Makoma, Mambwe, Mashasha, Mashi, Mbowe, Mbukushu, Mbumi, Mbunda, Mbwela, Mukulu, Mulonga, Ndembu, Ng'umbo, Nkoya, Nsenga, ...

According to news reports, in May 2007, Illova Sugar received a major information systems upgrade. The project consisted of the implementation of the CaneLab software developed by a South African firm called InfoWave. The CaneLab solution is an integrated laboratory information management system, weighbridge cane testing and payment system. InfoWave sales and marketing director Cindy von Pannier says that Illovo Sugar has outsourced its applications support, systems integration and technical support to ...

Apart from the ‘organizational aspect’ of getting a group of IT enthusiasts together, daily I face numbers of issues that might be open for discussion, research, dissemination of information, and so on. Possibly sharing some of these issues can help for the setting up of forums and the like. First of all, most of Zambia is rural country. Actually, on IT and telecoms, almost everything out of Lusaka is ...

Our Universities and colleges are developing Programers and Software Engineers in the tune of 100 per year. The industry requirements seem to support ready made packages or proprietary software. Some of these colleges have no PCs and software and heaviliy depends on theory. For those that have, the curriculum is developed by academicians without involvement of industry and tailored towards a particular manufacturer- Microsoft. These students are compelled to start ...