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I've just returned to London after working as an IT advisor in Nigeria for VSO / GTZ (VSO = voluntary service overseas, GTZ = German Agency for Technical Co-operation). The subject of the blog is my experiences in international development.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Internet 'necessary' to Africa's growth

"A professor whose work in spreading information technology in Africa has been awarded by the Internet Society has hit out at critics who say the continent should focus first on basics like water and sanitation." (BBC News)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7149788.stm
Posted by indar ph at 1:13 AM

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