[huridocs-tech] Launch of NGO.ZA - ICT Services for Civil Society

NGO.ZA - ICT Services for Civil Society

The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) and ICOZA launched a new
joint venture, called NGO.ZA, this afternoon in Johannesburg.

Jay Naidoo, former Minister of Communications, and Chairperson of the
J&J Group, was the keynote speaker at the launch of NGO.ZA. ICOZA is
part of the J&J Group.

The overall aim of NGO.ZA is to meet and respond to the South African
NGO sector's connectivity, hardware and e-business infrastructure
requirements, and as a result, transform the ICT usage, capacity and
infrastructure levels of the sector.

In view of the fast-changing nature of ICT products and services and the
growing ICT awareness and requirements of the South African NGO sector,
SANGONeT conceptualised this new initiative aimed at providing the NGO
sector with a wide range of affordable ICT solutions.

SANGONeT has been at the forefront of providing information
communication technology (ICT) services to the South African NGO sector
since its inception in 1987. It is still one of very few NGOs in Africa
involved in the ICT field and continues to serve civil society with a
wide range of ICT products and services.

ICOZA is South Africa's first independently empowered Tier 1 Internet
service provider (ISP). It offers a complete range of Internet and
value-added services to support clients' connectivity and e-business
infrastructure in a close collaboration between the J&J Group and South
Africa's leading ISP, Internet Solutions.

The collective experience and expertise of SANGONeT and ICOZA will
result in the provision of an extensive range of relevant and affordable
ICT services through NGO.ZA to the NGO sector throughout the country.

The following range of services will be offered through NGO.ZA:

- Connectivity - lease line, ADSL, ISDN and Dial-Up with free 24/7/365
telephonic technical support, virus protection and spam filtering;
- Hardware: a full range of computer hardware solutions;
- Outlook SMS: e-mail to SMS messaging enabling cost-effective
communication;
- Hosting: a comprehensive web hosting service on dedicated servers;
- Vax/Fax Solutions: save on the cost of a fax machine and paper by
sending and receiving faxes using e-mail.

This range of services will be expanded during the next few months in
line with the ICT needs and requirements of the NGO sector and new
developments in the ICT field.

Visit www.ngo.za for more information on the new NGO.ZA initiative and
services.

NGO.ZA was officially launched during a special one-day event organised
and hosted by SANGONeT on Thursday, 21 October 2004, to celebrate World
Development Information Day this year. The event focused on important
development issues affecting South Africa, highlighted the role and
significance of information and communication in the South African NGO
sector, and profiled the work of the NGO sector and specific initiatives
aimed at improving its information and communication capacity. A number
of NGOs exhibited at the event.

SANGONeT also launched three other new initiatives during the event,
including the Thusanang Online Donor Database <www.funding.org.za>, the
SANGONeT Development Calendar 2005 and the new SANGONeT website
<www.sangonet.org.za>.

For more information on the World Development Information Day event and
the various new SANGONeT initiatives, please contact the following
people:

NGO.ZA

Joseph George, Technology Services Manager, SANGONeT
Tel: (011) 403-4935 / Fax: (011) 403-0130
E-mail: joseph@sangonet.org.za
www.sangonet.org.za / www.ngo.za


Thusanang Online Donor Database

Joseph George, Civil Society Information Services Manager,
SANGONeT
Tel: (011) 403-4935 / Fax: (011) 403-0130
E-mail: fazila@sangonet.org.za
www.sangonet.org.za / www.thusanang.org.za



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