Africa: Open source on the move in Africa

Open source software is locally relevant, globally competitive and can make good business sense. That was the message from some of South Africa's top open source pioneers at the African Computing & Telecommunications Summit in Johannesburg on October 4, reports www.tectonic.co.za. Head of the CSIR Open Source Centre, Nhlanhla Mabaso said projects such as the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA), the East African Centre for Open Source Software, Africa Source and LinuxChix Africa, were advancing the development of open source in Africa.