#ASKnet – The Access to Skills & Knowledge network
icebauhaus has supported the strategic partner r0g_agency for open culture and critical transformation for the implemention of the four years project #ASKnet in South-Sudan and Uganda by conceptual advise and project management capacities. #ASKnet is a cross-border consortium of community driven organizations which provides access to a range of open source knowledge and information, media and IT related training as well as community oriented hands-on skills. Supported by r0g_agency for open culture and critical transformation (Berlin) and Hive Colab (Kampala) with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), 2022–2025.
13 #ASKnet Member Organisations
Founded by young South Sudanese creators and sustained through regional partnerships, #ASKnet links local hubs, educators, activists, and innovators in Uganda, Kenya, and South Sudan. Together, they use media, technology, and peer learning to solve local challenges, create livelihoods, and amplify community voices. The main objective is a connected, creative, and open society where knowledge flows freely, empowering communities to shape their own futures by building a transformative and sustainable media ecosystem. >>> Check the stories!
#ASKnet Open Educational Resources (OER)
#ASKnet develops and shares practical Open Educational Resources (OER) guides, toolkits, and training materials that anyone can adapt, remix, and apply in their own community. This is education as collective resilience, innovation rooted in culture, connecting people through shared knowledge, and shaping a sustainable, interdependent future. The #OpenGuides series introduces open culture, digital literacy, and creative collaboration methods for changemakers at every level. The #ASKotec Media Kit was born from the #ASKnet network’s need to make media education accessible anywhere, especially without stable power or internet. A modular learning and storytelling toolkit packed with exercises for community media training. The #ASKotec Media Kit combines portable, low-tech tools with open learning guides, helping communities document their stories, share local knowledge, and amplify youth and women’s voices in media for peace, inclusion, and resilience. >>> Check the tools!
#ASKnet Platforms
In #ASKnet, OER and platforms are living tools connecting creativity and innovation with shared purpose. Through #ASKtraining and GitHub, from repair cafés and podcast training to solar dryer projects and open guides, each hub adapts and improves materials to fit local needs, building a distributed network of community knowledge. The #ASKtraining platform is an open, adaptable, and community-driven space designed to compile, share, and streamline workshops and “how-to” guides. The #ASKnet Local Expert Action Directory (LEAD) links skilled community members in media, ICT, and technology with peers, clients, and collaborators for expertise from storytelling to programming and design. Network members use #ASKaggregator to share, amplify, and promote their community social media campaigns in real time. >>> Check the platforms!
