NICTAA- National ICT Alliance of Afghanistan

08/02/2017

26/03/2013

Photos from Day 1 of the 2nd Regional Open Source Conference of Central Asia (ROSCCA), March 26-27, 2013, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

ROSCCA II's hands on training workshops & master classes.

03/03/2013

By René Herlitz : "Just got back from my visit to Afghanistan. On the plane I had some time to write down all the steps that we did in the Symfony workshop at the NOSCA'13 conference in Jalalabad. So in case you missed the workshop or you want to go through these steps again, please find them at:
http://konnektiv.de/slides/nosca13/symfony-workshop/

The Step-by-Step Guide starts here:
http://konnektiv.de/slides/nosca13/symfony-workshop/ #/6

A PDF version is also available for download:
http://konnektiv.de/slides/nosca13/symfony-workshop.pdf "

Workshop held at the National Open Source Afghanistan Conference in Jalalabad on February 20, 2013

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.

03/02/2013

Yet another exciting opportunity for speakers, presenters and trainers: You can now be one of our speakers at the 1st National Open Source Conference of Afghanistan (NOSCA), 19-21 Feb, 2013, Jalalabad. Do share with us your presentation idea. For more info see this link, download the PDF document for details.

On behalf of the Open Source Afghanistan (OSA), National ICT Alliance of Afghanistan (NICTAA), and Computer Science Faculty of Nangarhar University (CS-NU), I would like to share our Call for Speakers for our first National Open Source Conference of Afghanistan (NOSCA) 2013. The National Conference…

22/01/2013

Please, like our annual open source conference's page at the link bellow.

National Open Source Conference of Afghanistan (NOSCA)! Brought to you, annually, by Open Source Afghanistan (OSA) and National ICT Alliance of Afghanistan (NICTAA).

08/01/2013

NICTAA's Policy Consultation- Join Us Tomorrow:

On behalf of MCIT and NICTAA I would like to invite you to this consultation on Afghan ICT Policy, an important topic for the sector. Please, send a representative from your organization to participate. Association members such as NISPAA, ACSA, OSA, SAFMA are requested to invite their members. ATOSA is also invited to join and invite its members. Draft agenda is attached.

Time: 3:00pm
Day: Wednesday, January 9th, 2013,
Venue: Deputy Minister Technical's meeting room, 4th Floor, MCIT building.

Background:
The World Bank has funded MCIT's ICT Sector Development project. A Team is tasked to update the ICT Policy Afghanistan, this involved consultations with the sector players (telecoms, ISPs, Software/hardware winders, media, education providers and others) so their issues, suggestions and recommendations are incorporated in the document.

If the members who confirmed over the phone can also drop us a quick email to confirm.

Look forward to seeing you in the meeting tomorrow.

Best regards,
Omar Mansoor Ansari,
President NICTAA
0799553778

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...