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Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business.

This year Mombasa will be hosting a SFD event for the second year running, this time at the the Koblenz Hall along Moi Avenue from 10 am to 5 pm in the evening.

The theme for this year event is: Empowering the community using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

There will be a number of activities going on through the day such as;

• Talks from IT professionals on various topics regarding FOSS
• InstallFest; members of the public can come with their PC’s and laptops and have experts install FOSS for them
• Open Source Cds distribution
• leading open source software will be on display (educational, general use, business use)
• open source workshop/training
• and so much more

The event is free and open to the public. Will put up more details as they come. Hope to see you there.

Big thanks to Lamu Software and Bid A Web for making it possible for us to rent the hall.