The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE) in collaboration with Accra Linux User Group is organising the international “Software Freedom Day” 2008 . This year's celebrations were held in over 65 countries across the globe on 20th September 2008. The objectives of “Software Freedom Day” is to promote public awareness and use of free and open source software.

“Software Freedom Day” is coordinated by Software Freedom International, an NGO working with partners all over the world to achieve the stated objective. However, the events are coordinated and organized by local grass roots free and open source software advocates.