TYPO3's approach to supporting FOSS adoption in the Global South
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Typo3 CMS teams respond to a Rwandan government request for 250 sites by sending volunteer experts to deliver one‑week training to local agencies, not turnkey contractors, so local businesses gain skills and keep revenue. The project grows to 350 sites in four TYPO3 instances with a 500‑site target, spreads activity toward Uganda Somalia Sagal Papa guine, and frames the model as non‑profit, locally led and explicitly anti‑colonial, continuing to scale.
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