Sugar Labs Ghana

This is only a preliminary proposal.

Business model: Earth Treasury combination of XOs, Sugar, electricity, Internet access, textbook contracts, and microfinance.

• A university connection as a local human resource
  • University of Education, Winneba, is a partner in the Ghanaian government XO project, and a partner of Earth Treasury through OneVillage Ghana.

• A local pilot user group from which to learn
  • BASICS International Nana's House school in Accra

• A local passion or sub-goal that provides a rationale for the work
  • OneVillage Ghana Open Digital Village program

• Bi-directional communication with the global Sugar community and other Sugar Labs
  • Of course.

• A sustainable and well-defined entrepreneurship model
  • E-commerce for families of students
  • IT businesses and outsourcing when students have learned enough
  • Other opportunities as they arise

• A program to reach out to local free-software community and local industry
  • Winneba LUG
  • Local businesses that already support the school

• Other resources
  • OLPC Ghana
  • OLE Ghana
  • Ghanaian government purchase of 10,000 XOs, first step in plan to give XOs to all Ghanaian schoolchildren ages 5-12
  • Ghana Ministry of Education, Science and Sports
  • English is the language of instruction