Welcome to Zanzicode!
about us
Zanzicode provides free education in the field of Web Development to a small number of talented and motivated students of poor background in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Zanzicode is a project of the Austria based NGO ICT4D.at.
Our goal is to help build the personal careers of our graduates as well as to kickstart a local web development community. Our work so far has proven that there is both talent and demand for professional web work in Zanzibar. This is true especially now, as the digital gap between Africa and the rest of the world is closed a bit further by East-Africa's recent connection to the Seacom broadband internet cable. Graduates of the Zanzicode class are meant to act as multiplicators in this emerging market, and will help to strengthen the flow of information and enable the interaction between Zanzibar and the rest of the world through the web.
our course concept
The 6 month Basic Course is meant to pick up students which already gained basic knowledge of web technologies (HTML and CSS). With these prerequisites, we teach them basic mechanisms and programming concepts of the World Wide Web. We stick to open standards and Open Source Software: Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL. After the course, students are able to realize web applications on their own and are well prepared to get a job in the small but growing local software industry or work freelance. The course hosts 8 students.

Laptops (2.5 years write-off) | |
Teacher, assistant and management salaries | |
Classroom rent, electricity, security | 300 EUR |
Internet connection | 250 EUR |
Sum 4.200 EUR |
The 12 month Incubator Course measures up to the entrepreneurial spirit of graduates of the Basic Course. Strong programming skills and the goal to set up an own real world online business are prerequisites for this course. Students are guided through the process of realizing a business, from the idea to the running software and the functioning micro enterprise. We also stick to Open Source Software, but we optionally switch to Java and Google technologies as industry standards. After the course the students will be owners of their own businesses. The course hosts 4 students.

the story so far
When Martin Konzett (AT) of ICT4D.at has been introduced to the Zanzibits School for Film and Multimedia during a visit to Zanzibar in 2008, he decided to support the project by organising an advanced class in the field of Web Development for a handful of Zanzibits graduates and otherwise fitting students.
After a bit of preparatory work, project Zanzibits Support was good to go in July 2009 and we consecutively sent Dan Hamm (UK) and Fritz Grabo (AT) to Zanzibar for almost 6 months of teaching. With some lessons learned and a better understanding of what is both possible and needed, we started the project Zanzicode with the Basic Course in 2010 with a few adoptions and improvements. The Incubator course will start 2011. If you're interested in our experiences and day to day business, read our our blog.
press
If you want to stay up to date about Zanzicode, please visit our blog and subscribe to it. Also, check out our photostream on flickr, where we upload a few photos and videos every now and then. In case you need any photos in high resolution for printing, please contact us.
partners
Zanzicode is partnering with these organisations:
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ICT4D.at
Austrian Network for Information and
Communication Technologies for Development
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Zanzibits
The Zanzibits School
for Film and Multimedia
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Aidnet Zanzibar
A non-governmental, not for profit-making organisation
registered in Zanzibar
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MeWe OpenSource
A Linux training provider and
Free & Open Source Software consulting firm
If you want to become a partner, please contact us - we'd love to hear from you!
sponsors
contact us
This is how you reach us online:
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Martin Konzett (AT)
martin.konzett@ict4d.at
Initiator, Operations
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Fritz Grabo (AT)
fritz.grabo@ict4d.at
Lecturer, Operations, Website, Blog
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Florian Sturm (AT)
florian.sturm@ict4d.at
Cooperations and Finances
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Salum Rashid (TZ)
salum.rashid@zanzicode.com
Lecturer
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Fereji Nasir (TZ)
fereji.nasir@zanzicode.com
Assistant, Blog
... and in case you want to send us a post card or donate your used laptop via snail-mail, here's our postal address:
ICT4D.at
zH Hr. Florian Sturm
Lerchenfelder Gürtel 48/12
1080 Wien
Austria
legal
ICT4D.at
Austrian Network for Information and
Communication Technologies for Development
Verein zur Bewusstseinsschaffung über das Potential von
Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien für
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (ZVR Österreich: #758627046)
Lerchenfelder Gürtel 48/12
1080 Wien
Austria
Chairman: Mr. Florian Sturm