Kabissa

Kabissa is derived from Swahili and
means ‘complete’. Their mission is to
provide a space on the Internet for the
African non-profit sector. Kabissa
seeks to support African non-profits in
their effort to take advantage of ICT
and Internet as a means for achieving
their humanitarian objectives. Our Role is to:

Guarantee that there is a home on the
Internet for the African non-profit
sector, empowering African non-profits
and making African non-profit
information as readily available as
possible.
Provide professional Internet and
computing tools and services relevant
for all African organizations and
tailored to their needs.
Help lower operating costs for African
non-profits s by ensuring they get
the “best commercial deal” on ICT and
Internet services and tools and on
their terms.
Our Work involves

Maintaining a safe, reliable Internet
server. The Kabissa server is located
in Seattle, USA and has over 150 user
accounts, hosts 26 domains, and
receives 10,000 website visitors every
month.
Providing free, permanent Kabissa
membership accounts to African non-
profits. Members get their own web
space, e-mail mailboxes, automated
mailing lists and more.
Providing domain registration and
hosting at low cost and in the name of
the registrant. Domains hosted on
Kabissa for our members are linked
directly with their Kabissa membership
accounts.
Constantly developing a multi-lingual,
user-based community website providing
direct access to members and their
websites, as well as essential learning
resources, software, and Internet tools
and services appropriate to the needs
and working conditions of our members.
Producing the Kabissa newsletter
containing news and information
relevant to the African non-profit
sector. The newsletter appears on
Fridays and is distributed via e-mail
to our members and others interested in
their affairs.
Publishing and distributing the Kabissa
cdrom for offline access to the Kabissa
community website and other computer-
based resources.
Carrying out consultation meetings and
workshops to serve the multiple
purposes of: 1) grounding Kabissa in
the actual, vocalized needs of African
organizations, 2) identifying and
including local experts in each
country, 3) recruiting members, and 4)
providing training on Internet best
practice.
Nurturing partnerships with other
initiatives and organizations whose
work supports our mission to serve the
African non-profit sector.
Supporting capacity-building projects
carried out by our members using
Kabissa services and tools as a
framework for taking full advantage of
Internet and ICT.
Members
What follows is a selection. See the
Member Directory for the full list of
member organisations.

Bisharat
Bisharat (Arabic for glad tidings) is
an evolving idea in the current form of
a personal research & networking
initiative, based in Mali. It grows out
of interest in the potentialities
opened up by connecting indigenous
knowledge & languages with the new
information & communication
technologies (ICTs).
BWACA Arts Promotions
Maintaining our cultural heritage and
social development through the
promotion of a true image of African
Arts and Culture.
Network on Equity in Health in Southern
Africa (EQUINET)
A network of research, civil society
and health sector organisations seeking
to influence policy on health in
southern Africa. Aims to build
alliances leading to positive policies
on health both at local and regional
levels.
Media Rights Agenda (MRA)
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) is a non-
governmental organization working for
the promotion and protection of press
freedom and freedom of expression in
Nigeria. It has Observer Status with
the African Commission on Human and
Peoples' Rights
Women of Uganda Network
Profiles women organizations and soon
to come women business in Uganda.
Provides links to girls schools in
Uganda. Provides information on
upcoming events hosted by Ugandan
organizations.
Partners

What follows is a selection. See the
Partner Directory for the full list of
partner organisations.

Balancing Act
Balancing Act is facilitating the
development of content for the internet
and other new media technologies in
Africa that will have an impact on
people's lives and that they will want
to use, with a particular focus on
cultural content.
Electronic Community
The EC Mission is to empower
geographically diverse civil society
organizations throughout Africa to
actively participate in the process of
African development by providing them
with the technical tools, training and
Internet presence they need to
effectively achieve their development
goals; while enhancing the internal
capacities of the communities and
environments within which each civil
society organization operates.
Fahamu
Fahamu is dedicated to strengthening
the work of not-for-profit and other
non-governmental organizations
throughout the world through the use of
information and communications
technologies. We produce and publish
CDROM based learning materials
specially for this sector, design and
manage websites, run training courses
(including on-line courses), and
provide support for internet-related
work.
OneWorld.net
OneWorld.net calls itself the world's
favorite portal site for human rights
and sustainable development.
World Computer Exchange
U.S. non-profit organization focused on
shipping donated working, Internet-
accessible computers through government
ministries or NGOs to schools in
developing countries in Africa, Asia,
and Latin America and partnering them
on-line with participating U.S.
schools.