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SW@XE SARL /afronum G.I.E Loum (Cameroon) – Dakar (Senegal) - Winterthur (Switzerland) site: www.afronum.com skype: afronumfriedli, alioune badara badji mail: jurg.friedli@afronum.com ph. Dakar ++221 77 439 14 12 (A.Badji) ph. Zurich/Douala ++41 79 897 00 99 (J. Friedli)

November 2016

presented by: Jurg Friedli – Founder and Network Systems Engineer Alioune Badji – Dakar, Senegal Marie-Chantal Kwenang, Loum, Cameroon Jules Kwenang, Loum, Cameroon in Loum, Cameroon, and Dakar, Senegal

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History SW@XE SARL started off in 2003 in Dakar with IT services in mind. afronum GIE (later registered as an NGO) was an offspring which was occupied with IT development, hardware provided free from imported machines coming from Switzerland. After having realized some smaller projects, more than 100 PC’s and servers were being given for free to the Senegal police in order to form their personnel in IT basics, which has been done successfully for more that 6000 students up to now. This action has spread our name not only to the highest level of the Senegal government, but also to the public. Whereas SW@XE has its activities in IT support, network deployment and business consulting, afronum G.I.E. focuses on school / IT development. The difference is that afronum has a clearly humanitarian approach, SW@XE in turn is a profit oriented company. Following projects have been realized by SW@XE SARL and afronum GIE

Elementary school Ecole Keur Mbaye Fall 2003 (afronum) School police Grand Dakar 2004 (afronum) IT school National Police of Senegal in Dakar (Sûrété National) (SW@XE) Mayor’s offices network Grand Dakar 2004 (SW@XE) City of Matam (Cybercafe and school) 2006 (afronum) Collège privé afronum (Elementary school Thiès) 2008 (SW@XE) Ecole bilingue de Bakossi, Loum, Cameroon 2014 (afronum Cameroon)

We have the vision of an equally developed Africa in terms of education, connectivity, networking and basic IT knowledge. We are realistic enough to know that it is a long and enduring work. It needs a long breath and a lot of individualism to reach these goals, but we've seen and felt at lots of occasions that the country is hungry and we have to help it to get the share of education that it needs.

Please note the acknowledgement letters and articles which appeared in local newspapers about our work. This can give you an indication to which extent SW@XE/afronum is known in Senegal since 2004.

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afronum GIE primary school, Thiès, Senegal

On top of the page Alioune Badji with a part of the school’s students.

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afronum GIE (Cameroon) Since 2013, we have been extending our activities to Cameroon, to the Bamiléké region (the axe Loum – Bafoussam – Mbouda – Bamenda) to promote our school concept. In November 2014, we entered a cooperation with the Ecole Bilingue Route de Bakossi in Loum to help reconstructing the school and adding new features like basic IT training with DELL laptops for a start.

Inspector Mekoute with some of the students, below the youngest from Kindergarden.

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Staff Senegal (SW@XE SARL consulting) Our goal is building trust between the African business community and external investors/ suppliers/customers. Excellent relations to the Senegal government and the capability to negociate in English, French and German give us a an advantage over other companies in that sector. We are preparing the field for investors who want to set up their business in Africa and take care of all administrative tasks related to that process. Alioune Badji, Director Co-founder of SW@XE and ex-director of the hairstyling school at the "Palais de la Beaute", which has established itself as no. 1 in Dakar. Consulting Senegal, customer relations Head of staff and administrative matters Human resources research Finance control Jurg Friedli, Director As founder of SW@XE SARL with primary IT development in Senegal in mind, and the goal of setting up a private LINUX-based networking school (EPT afronum / Ecole professionnelle de télécommunication) his role in SW@XE consists of the following: IT and networking (Linux / Windows networking) Public relations International relations/affairs Baba Dabo, Head Technician Linux networks systems engineer, certified LPI 3 Djibril Basse Consultant, expert in microfinancing, Masters degree

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Staff Cameroon (afronum GIE) J. Friedli, Founder Responsible for all activities, including fundraising, project realization, consulting, PR, finances, staff organization, networking, IT, and administration supervision. Claire Tchougang Our directrice for activities in Belgium (promotion, overall business plans). Marie-Chantal Kwenang Our good soul and my personal friend. She takes care of currently 10 orphan children and is heavily occupied with administrative and organisational work for afronum GIE and ADAF. Jules Kwenang IT supporter, Chauffeur, caretaker – a true allrounder.

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Afterword Due to the financial crisis in 2008 we unfortunately lost our donors for the development projets, and the economic crisis had arrived in Senegal as well. The new airport at Ndiass, which was supposed to open in 2005 will now officially be working in 2017. We did not have enough business to carry on as planned and SW@XE was dormant for the last years. Senegal had its share of economic problems, as almost every country had, and at this time Africa was not yet in focus for big business like it is today. Since the Chinese have discovered Africa in terms of business (successfully), the image has changed dramatically, and this will be our chance to get our share. Economic growth is good in Senegal now, new highways have been constructed, gas fields were found off the coast, and the political situation has been stable. Two presidential changes within the last 20 years did pass without unrest or civil riots. Those facts and the economic growth in Senegal made us decide to revive our company and concentrate on consulting, also on advice by the chamber of Commerce Switzerland-Africa, of which I have been a member in Switzerland and Senegal as well for the last 15 years. J. Friedli

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References Switzerland/Europe/U.S.: A. Wicki, HBM Partners, Zurich M. Eichin, LEMEX International AG, Baar R. Soldi, Zurich K. Schlumpf, ex-Vice President CCSACO (Chambre de commerce Suisse-Afrique de l'Ouest), Berne M. Suhr (World Vision International, Swiss Branch Zurich) M. Reusser, SAP Dallas (United States) G. Munroe, CEO active intelligence, London (UK) Senegal: L. Samaké, Maire de Grand Dakar, Dakar A. Drame, Maire de Matam, Matam O. Sané, Directeur Centre de recherches pédagogiques INSEPS, Université Dakar M. C. Cissé, Directeur de la Sûrété du Sénégal, Dakar M. Abdoulaye Balde, Sécretaire du Président de la République du Sénégel, Me. Abdoulaye Wade M. Lô, Chef du cabinet du ministre du développement social Cameroun : John Chapfor, Director Ecole Bilingue Route de Bakossi, Loum Innocent Matouke, General School Inspector Region of Loum, Loum

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Letters of approval and press

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MAIRIE DE GRAND-DAKAR : Des ordinateurs aux écoles élémentaires (03.07.2004, Le Quotidien)

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La mairie de Grand-Dakar a offert un lot important d’ordinateurs aux écoles élémentaires de la commune. Pour la circonstance, les élèves, les groupements féminins, le corps enseignant, les parents d’élèves et les personnes du troisième âge, se sont retrouvés à l’école Taïba pour remercier l’équipe municipale, l’ONG suisse « Afronum » et la société Swaxe, donatrices des ordinateurs. L’acte républicain et civique a été posé par les élèves de ladite école qui ont chanté l’hymne national du Sénégal devant une assistance joyeuse.

Prenant la parole, le maire de Grand-Dakar, Mamadou Lamine Samaké, après avoir remercié l’ONG Afronum, la Swaxe et leur représentant Jurg Friedly, a fait savoir que les ordinateurs destinés aux écoles sont dotés d’un logiciel de gestion des établissements élémentaires dénommé «Daara 2000 ».

De l’avis du maire, le logiciel « Daara 2000 » est conçu par des chercheurs sénégalais pour faciliter le travail administratif des écoles. « C’est une réduction de temps et un perfectionnement du travail des établissements élémentaires », explique le maire Mamadou Lamine Samaké. Plus que de doter les écoles d’ordinateurs, le maire révèle que la formation en Informatique est assurée par Afronum et la Swaxe.

Poursuivant, Mamadou Lamine Samaké note que le geste de la mairie ne s’arrête pas en si bon chemin. Car « toutes les écoles, tous les postes et centres de Santé et le poste de Police seront dotés d’ordinateurs, car les autres lots sont au Port de Dakar et attendent d’être livrés », a-t-il révélé.

Pour le directeur de l’école Taïba, Bachir Camara, le maire Mamadou Lamine Samaké « a traduit en acte concret la vision du président de la République ». Par ce geste : « c’est tout le corps enseignant de la commune qui vous remercie à travers ma personne », continue Bachir Camara. Avec les ordinateurs, le directeur Bachir Camara soutient qu’une rupture s’opère dans la politique de gestion des établissements scolaires : « nous allons avoir les moyens modernes de gérer les données statistiques de nos écoles ».

Jurg Friedly, le représentant de l’ONG Afronum et la société Swaxe s’est félicité de l’accueil des populations communales. Pour le Suisse, les axes de coopération entre la commune de Grand-Dakar et les sociétés de son pays existent et peuvent être améliorés. Jurg Friedly a fait savoir que son organisation a pris l’engagement de poursuivre la coopération dans le domaine de l’Informatique avec la mairie de Grand-Dakar.

ABDOULAYE SEYE