openSUSE.Asia Summit 2017でインターンのAschalew AregaがLTで発表した資料です

1. Opportunity to build FOSS/LibreOffice
community in Ethiopia
openSUSE.Asia Summit 2017
Chofu, Tokyo / Japan
*LibreOffice mini Conference
Aschalew Arega Ademe
aschalew.arega1@gmail.com
Date: October 22, 2017

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Agenda
Introduction
EthioICT Village
EFOSSNET
Current LibreOffice Translation
Purpose
Who will be the users?
Conclusion

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Introduction
Ethiopia
Located in East Africa, Horn of Africa.
Population: 102.4 million(2016, World Bank)
Languages Spoken:
➢ Amharic (29.3% )=> Official language
➢ Afaan Oromo (33.8%)
➢ Tigrinya (5.9%)
➢ But, there are many other languages

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EthioICT Village
Government interested in ICT industry
expansion
Recently build EthioICT village(built in 2015),
the technology park
To strengthening the local ICT industry and
business sector
Creates linkage opportunities

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Ethiopian Free and Open Source Software Network
(EFOSSNET)
EFOSSNET since February 2005
➢ Network of ICT professionals
➢ Aim: to promote FOSS
➢ Programme of awareness raising, research and
training on FOSS
But, many organizations/companies use
proprietary software.

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Current LibreOffice Translation
Language Help
(% Translated)
UI
(% Translated)
LibreOffice Version
Amharic 99.8 99.4 5.4
Afaan Oromo 79.6 49.4 5.4
Tigrinya - 0.4 5.4

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LibreOffice Translation: Amharic

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LibreOffice Translation: Afaan Oromo

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LibreOffice Translation: Tigrinya

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Purpose
To scale up LibreOffice awareness
-Let people use it as well as to make a tighten relationship
with other FOSS community
To create awareness among private companies
-Those don’t show interest to use open source solutions
and tend to use pirated software instead.
To supported, help and involve in FOSS contribution

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Who will be the users?
Local government offices
Private/business companies
Educational institutions(Schools)

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Conclusion
Build Libreoffice(LO) community in developing
countries can widen the FOSS/LO communities.
Build FOSS/LibreOffice community and connected
with another LO communities can make an opportunity
for better contribution and success on LibreOffice
projects.

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References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Ethiopia
http://www.mcit.gov.et/web/english/the-technology-park
http://techxav.com/4-countries-that-strongly-support-open-source/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg

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I THANK YOU!