Nigeria beats open source rhythm across Africa | Linux Today

Nigeria beats open source rhythm across Africa

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Adrian Bridgwater
Mar 5, 2012

“Unfortunately Nigeria is better known for organised crime,
piracy and political dictatorships than it is for software.
Regardless of these setbacks, the 5th African Conference on Free
and Open Source Software will be held in Abuja later this March
2012.

“President of the Open Source Foundation for Nigeria (OSFON) Mr
Dele Ajisomo has said that about 1,000 participants from Asia,
Europe, U.S., Canada, Latin America and Africa are expected at the
conference.”


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Adrian Bridgwater

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