How can I kickstart a group advocating digital literacy with Ubuntu?

Question

I'm currently working in a cyber cafe in Cameroon, Africa. Desktop penetration is very low here, so I wish to create a grassroots organisation with my mates to promote ICT. Where can I find materials and people interested in the project "Promote Computer Literacy and Digital Literacy with Ubuntu"?

Answer 1

Due to Customs issues this would be very difficult to achieve from scratch.

• As you can see even System76 don't ship there: https://www.system76.com/home/shippinginformation/

Actually you need to find an African import company that can provide you with components (Motherborads, GPUs, RAM, HDD, Cases, .....). Mount machines and install/tweak ubuntu on them. Contact the Commerce Chamber in your city to get a list of any existing suppliers.

• In another hand you can start by going through a partnership program with a company like Dell as a resseler or redistributor: http://partnerdirect.dell.com/sites/channel/fr_cm/Partner-Programme-Information/GlobalCommercialEmergingChannel/Pages/GlobalCommercialEmergingChannel.aspx