[afnog] African women and the Internet

[Randy Bush]

> Domestication of AfNOG in Nigeria and Ghana (that I know of) has had
> significant impact in these places and this is undoubtedly the path to
> broader capacity building.  These folks had a model they could
> associate with and evolve from.
> 
> At a recent software freedom day celebration, young women keen on
> gender sensitive activity inquired about mentors and models. LinuxChix
> Africa came to mind but the only links we could find to more
> information on the web were outdated.  africalinuxchix.org is parked
> and parent linuxchix.orgwonders if Linuxchix Africa is gone.
> 
> I know there was a workshop in Malawi recently and Randy refers to
> more below so perhaps we did not know where to look.  Any pointers to
> information that can be shared is what I am after.

this is something nsrc should be able to make more visible for you if
you can find the trails.  i am sure hervey is seeing this and is
thinking "send links."

randy