Category: eKhaya ICT

Weltwärts Partner Conference for Southern Africa 2016. (13. april – 16. april 2016)

Posted on by Kjetil Torp

During a few days in mid-April, under the auspices of a benign Highveld sun, a mishmash of dedicated and articulated voices could be heard penetrating the crisp air of the Johannesburg suburb of Benoni. Though the words escaping the dark and windowless vaults of the conference centre were unmistakably of English origin, the accents betrayed Read more about Weltwärts Partner Conference for Southern Africa 2016. (13. april – 16. april 2016)[…]

Annual Easter visit to the awarenet Team

Posted on by Anna Wertlen

I have been on my annual trip to Grahamstown to see how things are going on site. It was fantastic to be back and meet my vibrant and motivated team. A lot of new ideas were discussed and I was very impressed at how organised and confident everyone was. I can safely state that the Read more about Annual Easter visit to the awarenet Team[…]

Cut! Music video shoot with the winners of the awarenet Peace Song Concert 2014

Posted on by Larissa Willy

On Friday, November the 13th, we shot the music video with last year’s winners of the Peace Song Concert. We picked up our learners from Khutliso Daniels and drove to various locations in the Township and central Grahamstown to shoot several scenes in many different places. We spent our lunch break in the Botanical Gardens where Read more about Cut! Music video shoot with the winners of the awarenet Peace Song Concert 2014[…]

The Joza Youth Hub’s computer lab

Posted on by McVay Boko

I call it the “Brain” of the Joza Youth Hub (JYH); it knows so much, gives so much, and is so much more. The computer lab was sponsored by Rhodes University and has been installed in the JYH for a while, but it was missing an Internet connection for a long time. Improper use also Read more about The Joza Youth Hub’s computer lab[…]

cMinds integration into awarenet

Posted on by Anna Wertlen

Were are very proud to have shaped a learning network that is especially designed for African learners and educators. Together with the IT company eKhaya ICT, we are constantly working on enhancing the software and functions, partners provide excellent content to the social platform, which we help to integrate in a useful manner. Another recent Read more about cMinds integration into awarenet[…]

Was ist awarenet, und wie ist es entstanden?

Posted on by Anna Wertlen

Wir haben ein Video produziert, welches erklärt, was awarenet eigentlich ist, was man damit machen kann, und wie es entstanden ist. Gleichzeitig ist es ein Portrait von Ronald Wertlen, der vor 10 Jahren die Idee zu awarenet hatte. Warum und was dann passiert ist, erklärt das Video. Dieses Video wird nur das erste eine Reihe Read more about Was ist awarenet, und wie ist es entstanden?[…]

VSA presents awarenet with new features at SciFest 2014 “Into Space”

Posted on by Anna Wertlen

On the 12th of March 2014, the annual Science Festival starts in Grahamstown. As usual, thousands of learners with their teachers will be there, eager to learn and discover the wonders of science and technology. This years’ theme is “Into Space”, and the Village Scribe Association will play their part by presenting the awarenet project Read more about VSA presents awarenet with new features at SciFest 2014 “Into Space”[…]

awarenet: Social Media for Mesh Networks

Posted on by Anna Wertlen

Some technical background about awarenet The awarenet technology is PHP, MySQL and Kapenta based. We use it extensively on Ubuntu Linux. It has been tested on Android 2+, FreeBSD, Windows, Mac OS X and with many clients (browsers) including older Internet Explorer versions. Each server in the awarenet network presents a different view on the Read more about awarenet: Social Media for Mesh Networks[…]

VSA signs MoU with its technical partners

Posted on by Anna Wertlen

The Village Scribe Association is a non-profit organisation which developed the awarenet programme to promote computer and Internet literacy for underprivileged learners in South Africa. For technical reasons, e.g. recurrent connectivity problems, this programme uses the Internet platform awarenet. awarenet was specifically designed to meet the learners’ needs in several ways. Software development was and Read more about VSA signs MoU with its technical partners[…]

awareNet in Rural Education Pilot

Posted on by Ronald Wertlen

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will be thinking out of the box and breaking the computer lab ICT education mould in a rural pilot. The pilot will take place at Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, South Africa. awareNet is forms an important part of the social networking technology and methodology for the project. The Read more about awareNet in Rural Education Pilot[…]