Dear all, Wanted: Future trainers on FOSS Certification - (LPI certified Linux Administration) in East and Southern Africa! Application deadline for the 1st Regional Training of Trainers in Nairobi, Kenya, is September 22nd, 2010 (Course dates: 1st- 12th November 2010) The application deadline for the 2ndRegional Training of Trainers in Johannesburg, South Africa is November 15th, 2010 (Course dates: 14th- 25th February 2010) * Do you want to expand or kickstart the business of providing Linux Administration training? * Do you have experience in training others on Linux and, and/or are you part of a training institution? * Are you interested in building a successful business in Free/Open Source Software (FOSS), and in helping others to do the same? Then respond by September 22nd 2010 to become part of an exciting training programme on ?FOSS Certification? based on the Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) Level 1 Please visit the following link to get the full detailed requirements of this call and access the application forms and procedures. _http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/blog/_[user-raw]/wanted-training-participants-first-regional-lpic-1-training-trainers The ict@innovation programme, a partnership between FOSSFA and InWEnt, is looking for African experts and institutions wanting to become qualified trainers on the subject of Linux system administration. Trainers have the opportunity of incorporating FOSS Certification training into their institution's curriculum and/or developing FOSS Certification training as a new revenue stream. You have the opportunity to: * Thoroughly deepen your Linux administration skills * Become a trainer capable of offering training on the Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPI) * Certify your Linux skills with the LPI Certification * Establish FOSS Certification as a revenue stream and incorporate LPIC training in your institution? curriculum * Join a global network of expert Linux systems administrators and benefit from ongoing mentorship * Gain access to up to date Linux system administration training materials that you can use to enhance your training delivery The detailed course outline for LPIC-1 can be found at this link: http://www.lpi.org Sent on behalf of the management team of ict@innovation, George Nyambuya (ict@innovation / FOSSFA / InWEnt) and Petra Hagemann (InWEnt) - For all inquires and answers to this mail, please use the following address: ikua@fossfa.net - Please feel free to further distribute this information to persons / institutions which might be interested in the call. - In case you have received this information through different channels: sorry for cross-posting. Best regards, Evans Ikua FOSS Certification Manager, ICT@Innovation, FOSSFA/inWent,