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Welcome to the website of the Kenga Solutions, a South African company based in Johannesburg. Owned and Managed by Dr Derek Keats who has more than 25 years experience with technology and education, as a teacher, professor, pioneer and level 2 manager at universities. Kenga Solutions offers the following services:

• Helping you understand how to leverage the power of Free and Open Source Software in your organisation
• Strategic and long-term planning for innovation in your organisation, including scenario planning and planning for management under uncertainty
• Education and educational services in the 21st Century, including the creation of online learning systems using our own open source (FOSS) software
• Stragegy and planning for open educational resources (OER)
• Deployment of web applications (anything over http:// using the Chisimba framework (see the block below for more information on this service)
• Developing, managing and hosting conferences that are focused on technology in education and other industries
• In exceptional circumstances, we can also develop educational content (see some of the side blocks for examples by Dr Keats).

We carry out our services based on the following principals:

• ethical behaviour in all our actions
• adopt an ecosystem approach to our strategic thinking, planning and software deployment and development work
• follow an approach that looks at vision, people, process, technology and sustainable finance (VPPTS model)
• invoke an analytical approach to planning and implementation
• recognize the critical role of risk and uncertainty in today's world.

Kenga::eLearn is the Kenga Solutions eLearning platform built on the Free Software (open source) platform, Chisimba. Kenga::eLearn provides a comprehensive suite of services for your organisation to embark on eLearing using a cloud-based solution. Fast and efficient, your eLearning solution can be deployed in the cloud within minutes of your signing a contract, with fully customized look and feel being available within a few days. Although we offer comprehensive hosting packages, Kenga::eLearn can also be installed on your own servers, or those of a hosting provider of your choosing.

We offer the following services:

• Installation and support for Kenga::eLearn software on the international cloud provider, Rackspace, any other cloud provider of your choosing, or within your own data centre if this is your requirement;
• Training of your staff in the basics of eLearning using Kenga::eLearn;
• Customization of the Kenga::eLearn platform to meet your needs, including the development of any new application functionality you require; Configuration and systems administration for Kenga::eLearn.

Kenga::eLearn is a comprehensive eLearning platform similar in scope to other commonly available commercial and open source platforms, with the additional benefit of being very flexible and customizable. With Kenga::eLearn you are not just buying a technology, you are buying 35 years experience in education, and the experience of an established internationally known pioneer in eLearning, Dr Derek Keats.

We are based in South Africa, but our services are available in Africa and throughout the world. For further information, please call or email:

• derek [at] dkeats.com – +27 82 787 0169
• esther [at] kenga.co.za – +27 82 549 6951