The main objective of the training was to empower the various network administrators from the various institutions with skills that will enable them to effectively manage the networks of the various institutions that they represent. This will enable them to ensure the bandwidth they are been provided with is been used for academic work and not been consumed by viruses, spam, peer-to-peer traffic and other malware.

The training was held at Multimedia University College as from June 8^th 2009 to June 22^nd 2009. The facilitators of the training included:

1. Aptivate – (http://www.aptivate.org)

2. ISOC – The Internet Society (http://www.isoc.org)

3. TENET – Tertiary Education Network (http://www.tenet.ac.za)

4. Allan & Nesta - The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust (http://www.fergusontrust.co.uk/)

5. INASP – The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (http://inasp.org)

The training was a hands on experience where they setup a Bandwidth Management and Optimization Box using a wide variety of tools in both Unix and Linux. The people trained were able to acquire knowledge and tools that will be used in effectively installing and maintaining a BOX. They were also able to compare their various experiences in in their respective workplace and assisted each other on various ways they can help each other improve their institutions.

The tarining was a success. More details concerning the training and what was learnt and disscussed can be found on http://oer.aptivate.org