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This is the fourth update on how my cooperation with the organizations I am working with is going:

Africa Drive Project (ADP) (more about ADP):
I am in very good email communication with people that worked or used to work with ADP. Being in Pretoria since two days. I already conducted very informative interviews with three ADP stakeholders, including SAP Research and eDegree.
Tomorrow, I am going to visit the University of North-West, Mafikeng Campus to participate in a ADP Technology Meeting. Other meetings for interviews with "ADP people" are scheduled for next week.

Cell-Life (more about Cell-Life):
Very helpful and forthcoming team so far. I visited their office a couple of times and were told to come in whenever I want to. Already conducted interviews with Cell-Life staff, with a representative of the Desmond Tutu AIDS Foundation, as well as with counsilors of the Hannan Crusaid Treatment Centre in Guguletu who use the Cell-Life technology to make Anti-Retro-Viral Treatment more effective. There, I had very interesting discussions, also besides the interviews, with the women who both get treatment and counsil other clients...
I am planning on conducting some more interviews with Cell-Life stakeholders during my last week in Cape Town.

tuXlab (more about tuXlab):
Met with part of the tuXlab team and already had a great discussion about the project. Went to a fascinating launch of a new tuXlab in Khayelitsha (see below) and conducted first interviews. Besides, I had a very good talk with Computers 4 Kids.
I am going to attend a tuXlab event in Johannesburg on June 16 and hope to be able to talk to some of their other stakeholders, including co-ordinators of some of the tuXlabs in schools in the Western Cape Province in my last week in Cape Town.

Posted by Nikos at 06:07 PM | Permalink

This is the third update on how my cooperation with the organizations I am working with is going:

Cell-Life (more about Cell-Life):
Very helpful and forthcoming team so far. I visited their office a couple of times and were told to come in whenever I want to. Already conducted interviews with Cell-Life staff and with counsilors of the Hannan Crusaid Treatment Centre in Guguletu who use the Cell-Life technology to make Anti-Retro-Viral Treatment more effective. There, I had very interesting discussions, also besides the interviews, with the women who both get treatment and counsil other clients...
I am going to conduct interviews with more Cell-Life staff, as well as a representative of the Desmond Tutu AIDS Foundation the following week.

tuXlab (more about tuXlab):
Met on Tuesday with part of the tuXlab team and already had a great discussion about the project. Went to a fascinating launch of a new tuXlab in Khayelitsha (see below) and conducted first interviews. I am going to talk to some of their partners, including co-ordinators of some of the tuXlabs in schools in the Western Cape Province and Computers 4 Kids. Also, I will attend a tuXlab event in Johannesburg on June 16.

Africa Drive Project (ADP) (more about ADP):
I am in very good email communication with people that worked or used to work with ADP and I will be in Pretoria, where the headquarters of ADP are, from June 12 to June 23. There, I am going to conduct interviews with ADP stakeholders, including SAP, eDegree, GTZ and some of the involved schools.

Posted by Nikos at 10:38 PM | Permalink

This is to give an update on how my cooperation with the organizations I want to work with is going:

Cell-Life (more about Cell-Life):
Very helpful and forthcoming team so far. I visited their office a couple of times and were told to come in whenever I want to. Already conducted interviews with Cell-Life staff and with counsilors of the Hannan Crusaid Treatment Centre in Guguletu who use the Cell-Life technology to make Anti-Retro-Viral Treatment more effective. There, I had very interesting discussions, also besides the interviews, with the women who both get treatment and counsil other clients...
Other interviews with Cell-Life staff, as well as with the Desmond Tutu AIDS Foundation will be arranged for this and next week.

tuXlab (more about tuXlab):
Met on Tuesday with part of the tuXlab team and already had a great discussion about the project. Will go to a tuXlab and visit their office on Friday to conduct the first interviews. Also, I am going to talk to some of their partners, including co-ordinators of some of the tuXlabs in schools in the Western Cape Province. If possible, I will be able to attend a tuXlab event in Johannesburg on June 16.

Africa Drive Project (ADP) (more about ADP):
In touch with the project coordinator in Germany. I will travel to Pretoria to visit the project in mid-June to interview the stakeholder involved.

Posted by Nikos at 06:30 PM | Permalink

This is to give an update on how my cooperation with the organizations I want to work with is going:

Cell-Life (more about Cell-Life):
Very good work and forthcoming team. Even took me to an HIV/AIDS clinik in Guguletu to arrange interviews with a counsilor who trains patients in using the provided mobile phone software. Arranged other interviews for this and next week, as well as one in two weeks.

tuXlab (more about tuXlab):
Have been in touch via email a couple of weeks ago. Emailed and called a couple of times and hope to get an answer from them as soon as possible as time is running out...

Africa Drive Project (ADP) (more about ADP):
In touch with the project coordinator in Germany. I will travel to Pretoria to visit the project in mid-June to interview the stakeholder involved.

Posted by Nikos at 06:13 PM | Permalink