School/Community projects
Privaserve (Macha)
Status reports
The current number of Zambian Linux users (to be taken with a pinch of salt, perhaps) is given at Linux Counter.
OSS perspectives in southern Africa, (including link to PDF, 1MB, dated September 2005)
"OSS for Development: Myth or Reality?" (PDF, dated September 2005) and "OSS in Africa"; see also Victor van Reijswoud
Several bridges.org reports about OSS (PDFs, dated April 2003 through May 2005)
Zambia ICT policy (PDF, dated January 2005)
Software license fees and GDP per capita (HTML, dated May 2004)
OSS in Africa - Take it or Leave it (Word document, dated June 2003)
Zambia ICT survey (PDF, dated November 2002), see also Zambia SIDA
Linux on the Internet (Word document, dated August 2001)
Zambia Projects
Linux für Zambia in Kabwe, at the Association for Human Support
The van Stam project in Macha, near Choma
Youth and Press Development Organization in Chililabombwe
Related websites
Association for Progressive Communications - website, not Africa-specific
bridges.org - spanning the digital divide
Wireless at ICTP, and an interesting blog
Help guides and howtos
UNESCO telecentre cookbook (PDF, dated July 2003)
Other OSS advocacy groups
bridges.org - spanning the digital divide
The Shuttleworth Foundation - non-profit venture capital
Linux sites
Technology in Zambia
Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) which includes presentation I and presentation II
Other projects in Zambia
Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) which includes presentation I and presentation II. These folks are very keen on tele-health applications in Zambia (doesn't sound much like navigation to me....)
This page is intended to be a collection of resources for funding, for information about what open source software is available and who has "done it before", and generally if you want to find out something about OSS or technology in Zambia.
Resources
Resources/OSSBackgroundInformation - contributed by Christian Pothmann
Privaserve (Macha)