SchoolNet Namibia

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{{Infobox organization

| name = SchoolNet Namibia

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| type = Not for gain

| founded_date = 2000

| founder = Joris Komen

| location_city = Windhoek

| location_country = Namibia

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| area_served = Namibia

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| key_people = [http://tatejoris.wordpress.com/ Joris Komen]

| focus = FLOSS in Education

| method = Hands on deployment, experience-based advocacy, affordable internet

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| homepage =[http://wikieducator.org/The_Case_of_SchoolNet_Namibia The Case of SchoolNet Namibia] (free software case study) previously schoolnet.edunet-namibia.org/ schoolnet.edunet-namibia.org (and previously schoolnet.na)]

| dissolved = 2009

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{{see also|Global SchoolNet|SchoolNet}}

SchoolNet Namibia was a non-profit provider of Internet service, hardware and training to Namibia's schools.{{cite news |title=Award for Namibia schools project |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2421311.stm |work=BBC News |date=10 November 2002 |accessdate=26 September 2009 }}

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!.{{cite news |title=The fun way to learn |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2006/01/30/stories/2006013000160300.htm |work=The Hindu Business Line |date=30 January 2006 |accessdate=26 September 2009 }}

In 2009, SchoolNet fell out of favour with the Namibian government{{cite news |title=No longer connected |work=Insight Magazine |date=3 June 2009 }} and was dissolved by its trustees and membership on 17 July 2009.{{cite web|title=SchoolNet Namibia *is* officially dissolved|url=https://tatejoris.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/schoolnet-namibia-is-officially-dissolved/| accessdate=8 September 2010|author=Joris Komen}}

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)