SchoolNet closes after a decade of ICT development work in Namibia's education sector.

Windhoek, NAMIBIA— Managing an organization of SchoolNet Namibia's scale, scope and diversity has been a hugely stimulating experience in the face of numerous obstacles, chief of which *remains* the continued resistance of Namibia's government to accept the saving 'cost of ownership' implications of Free/Libre and Open Source Software, an apparent mistrust of goods and services offered for "Free" (i.e., Open Educational Resources), and an apparent misunderstanding of universal service obligations to the education sector by State-owned telecommunications companies and energy providers! . Read more

SchoolNet Namibia wins Standard Bank Best Media Exhibitor Award

SchoolNet Namibia's exhibition stand at the Ongwediva Trade Fair was awarded the Best Media Exhibitor Award last night's Exhibition Awards Ceremony, beating a number of other national media entreprises and industry players to this prestigious prize.

Digital Links Supply 1,000 Computers to SchoolNet Namibia

We are pleased to be supplying 1,000 second-user computers to the Schoolnet Namibia National Programme, widely recognised as the most successful school computerisation and Internet connectivity model in Africa. The computers will be used as thin client workstations, networked with new servers and running free and Open Source Software.more

FNB donates hundreds of computers to SchoolNet Namibia

Monday 13 February 2006. Working with SchoolNet Namibia to ensure that Namibian schools are served with the best possible technology service
support in the classroom, FNB announced today that it is donating hundreds of redundant computers to SchoolNet Namibia, and supporting
technical service support and training solutions at schools, nationwide. more

Comics offer digital aid

SchoolNet Namibia, a non-profit group which provides net services, computers, and training to schools in Namibia. It has had great success in supplying and training people on open-source software. more

SchoolNet @ WSIS - Live !

Saturday 19 November 2005. Tunis. While the world has seen contrasting pictures of the UN World Summit on the Information Society held in Tunisia this week - Nicholas Negroponte's US$100 laptop on the one hand, and the repression of Tunisia's civil society on the other - SchoolNet Namibia has been in the global news! more