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14/02/2013

If you have not registered for the 1st National Open Source Conference of Afghanistan (NOSCA), 19-21 February, 2013, Jalalabad, you should now through our website http://www.opensource.af/. Our hands-on in-depth lab trainings start on the 19th Feb will continue until the end of the 20th. The NOSCA 2013 plenary begins on the 21st and followed by thematic breakout sessions. Trainings and sessions are led by some of the best minds in FOSS-- don't miss the opportunity. Jalalabad is warm and pleasant, you should not miss enjoying some chapli-kabab and fish too at the riverside in Darunta or Pol-e Behsood.

National Open Source Conference of Afghanistan (NOSCA) 2013 is the first national consultation of the Free/ Open Source Software (FOSS) users, developers and advocates in Afghanistan covering the most pressing issues around open source technologies.

20/11/2012

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ROSCCA is a flagship event of Open Source Alliance of Central Asia (OSACA). It is an annual meeting of the Central/ South Asian OpenSource Community held in a different Central Asian city each year.

30/10/2012

Please join and share the new ROSCCA page. Updates on ROSCCA'2 to be held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, shall be coming soon.

ROSCCA is a flagship event of Open Source Alliance of Central Asia (OSACA). It is an annual meeting of the Central/ South Asian OpenSource Community held in a different Central Asian city each year.

14/09/2012

An excellent paper on the ICT Sector Performance in Afghanistan. Highly recommended read.

Sriganesh Lokanathan LIRNEasia 2012 Abstract: The pro-market telecommunication policies of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan have enabled phenomenal growth in ICT access since the end of the war in 2002. Despite being a transitioning economy, mobile SIMs per 100 has gone from a mere 0.18 (50,000 a...

04/09/2012

Dear ICT Fraternity, We are glad to see your response to ‘Manthan Award- South Asia and Asia Pacific’ this year. All submitted entries depict a unique story of its own kind. It is amazing to see all the diverse and innovative but yet simple solutions to all kind of pressing social and economic issue...

19/04/2012

The State of Telecommunications and Internet in Afghanistan (Six Years Later 2006 - 2012)

Just ten years ago Afghanistan had a barely functional post-war infrastructure and literally no telecom services. Since the re-emergence of the telecom sector in April 2002, when the first private telecom company – Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC) – was authorized to provide mobile (GSM...

10/04/2012

Inviting Mobile Entrepreneurs, Application Developers, VAS providers, Innovators, Policy advocators in Telecom, Telco players to join the platform to be a part of the journey of Acknowledging Innovations in Mobile & Telecom World for the development of Content/applications for the benefit of Masses.

Nominations can be submitted before 30th April 2012 based on an array of categories targeting mobile inclusion for growth. The allotted categories are m-Health I m-Travel & Tourism I m-Infrastructure I m-Governance I m-Entertainment I m-Business & Commerce/Banking I m-Inclusion I m-Education & Learning I m-Environment Im-Culture & Heritage I m-News & Journalism

Digital Empowerment Foundation, a Delhi based not-for-profit organisation initiated mBillionth Award South Asia with support of Vodafone in year 2010. mBillionth is a unique dais that recognises and honors mobile/telecom innovations based across 8 South Asian countries. It provides a wider network o...

02/04/2012

mBillionth Award Nomination deadline has now been extended to 30 April 2012

Deadline has now been extended to 30 April 2012 Dear Members of NICTAA, We are glad to inform you that we have launched the process for 3rd mBillionthAward South Asia 2012 from 21st February 2012. We have started with the process of exploring potential nominations for mBillionth Award this year. We ...

02/04/2012

We encourage all companies to participate in this study.

Cybercrime represents one of the unique challenges of our time. Computer systems and information communication technology are an increasingly integral part of the daily lives of over one third of the world’s population. In response to this challenge, the Executive Director of the United Nations Offi...

02/10/2011

Nomination deadline extended only for Afghanistan, 8th October—Apply now. Please, ReShare so it reaches maximum illegible Afghans.

NOTE: A common query with every other phone or e-mail is Is there any entry fee for participation in the Manthan Award South Asia 2011?The answer is - No, There is no entry fee. For more FAQs, please go to - our main FAQ section (at the top of the main website)

26/09/2011

Who said the Afghan leadership doesn't have a clue about Open Source? We have a global thinker who's not only pro Open Source, but has an in-depth knowledge of its socioeconomic benfits. Dr. Ashraf Ghani to address the Regional Open Source Conference- Central Asia 2011. http://nictaa.af/osa/

Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Chairman of the Institute for State Effectiveness, was named as among the most influential global thinkers of 2009 and 2010 for his work on fragile states.