Home

The IDLELO Conference offers a real opportunity to discuss new issues, tackle complex problems and find advanced enabling solutions able to shape new trends in FOSS and related technologies on the African continent. In 2010 the conference will be held in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. IDLELO 4, which follows successful series of conferences already held in South Africa, Kenya, Senegal is going to be held from 17th to 21st May, 2010.

IDLELO is one event for FOSS practitioners, developers and advocates as well as governments to showcase results, share experiences and challenges, review progress on the continent in diverse domains and chart a way forward for an African future grounded in true ownership of technology. IDLELO is therefore a premier international forum for the presentation of research results in Free and Open Source Software(FOSS) in Africa.

IDLELO is a Southern African word meaning "common grazing ground". Idlelo captures the essence of FOSSFA's existence as well as the fundamental objective of the conference. The original idea of an African conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons was born at about the same time as FOSSFA itself.

IDELEO 4 will consist of pre-conference trainings on key FOSS areas. It will welcome a diverse number of parallel events, an exhibition and a government round table. The Conference will welcome FOSS and IT keynote speakers, projects, companies, solutions and innovations, not just in Africa, but across the global FOSS community. IDLELO 4 will mark the launch of the new Idlelo logo as well as the Assembly General of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA)