SchoolNet Namibia

SchoolNet Namibia was a non-profit provider of Internet service, hardware and training to Namibia's schools.^[1]

SchoolNet Namibia

Founded	2000
Founder	Joris Komen
Dissolved	2009
Type	Not for gain
Focus	FLOSS in Education
Location	Windhoek, Namibia
Area served	Namibia
Method	Hands on deployment, experience-based advocacy, affordable internet
Key people	Joris Komen
Website	The Case of SchoolNet Namibia (free software case study) previously schoolnet.edunet-namibia.org/ schoolnet.edunet-namibia.org (and previously schoolnet.na)]

See also: Global SchoolNet and SchoolNet

From February 2000, close to 450 schools received free hardware, free training on the OpenLab and Edubuntu operating systems and subsidised Internet connectivity, as part of the plan to empower youth through Internet access.

It published the Creative Commons-licensed comic, Hai Ti!.^[2]

In 2009, SchoolNet fell out of favour with the Namibian government^[3] and was dissolved by its trustees and membership on 17 July 2009.^[4]

As of July 2012, the original domain of SchoolNet Namibia was discontinued. An archive of the SchoolNet Namibia website could be found at http://schoolnet.edunet-namibia.org/ until the death of Gerard Jensen in December 2014; the SchoolNet story is covered by http://wikieducator.org/The_Case_of_SchoolNet_Namibia The Case of SchoolNet Namibia] (free software case study)