Jambo
Opensource for fun and for profit
B.K. Muite
Before
- Petrol Station in Bénin
Petrol is sold by the (mainly liquor) bottle in Bénin. There are thousands of these shops in the capital Cotonou, where motorbikes can refuel. It is said that the petrol is illegally imported by sea from Nigeria. Cotonou is one of the most polluted cities in West Africa because of the tens of thousands motorbikes.
![Ferdinand Reus [CC BY-SA 2.0]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Petrol_station_in_B%C3%A9nin.jpg){kind=link}
Before
- An old shoe seller (street hawker) takes a break in the hot afternoon...
![Tspdi [CC BY-SA 3.0]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_of_Kolkata,_An_old_Shoe_Seller_(_street_Hawker)_takes_a_break_in_the_hot_afternoon....jpg){kind=link}
After
- Online store
Intoduction to Prestashop
![Waveonwiki [CC BY-SA 3.0]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prestashop.svg){kind=link}
Outline
- General Overview
- Deployment
- Translation
- Discussion
- Further translation or experimentation
E-Commerce
E-Commerce
- Shared stores:
- +Good visibility
- +Easy for occasional sales
- +Goodwill and trust developed by platform
- -Cannot do own branding
- -Commission and shared sales information
E-commerce
- Independent stores:
- +Can do own branding
- +Can target appropriate audience
- +/-No need to share all sales and visit data
- -Technical sophistication required
- -Hosting costs
E-commerce
- Open source E-commerce platforms:
- +Can do own branding
- +Can target appropriate audience
- +/-No need to share all sales and visit data
- +Reduced technical sophistication requirments
- -Hosting costs
E-commerce
- Open source E-commerce platforms:
Prestashop source code
Prestashop deployment
- Setup Apache/Nginx, PHP and MySQL database
- Unzip folder and set paths appropriately
- Integrate Pesapal plugins for payment and delivery
Prestashop Translation to Kiswahili
- Setup account on crowdin
- Contribute at https://crowdin.com/project/prestashop-official/sw#
Acknowledgements
- Kira Lurich
- University of Tartu
- Estonian Science Foundation
SuperTuxKart
![Gamingforfun365 [CC BY-SA 3.0]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Logo_de_SuperTuxKart.png){kind=link}
SuperTuxKart - Safari Rally Version?
![Arnaud 25 [Public Domain]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peugeot_504_02.jpg){kind=link}
SuperTuxKart
- Open source car racing game
- Several racing options, including network gaming
- Other open source games listed at:
Demo
Ways To Contribute
More ...
- Additional Discussion
- Further Testing/Gaming
- Further Translation - Firefox, Deepin desktop
- Swahili-English dictionary
- Tuki English-Swahili dictionary