Not to pick on this particular "conference" but... is anyone counting the number of these things? Does anyone question their value? This one claims to be "... Africa's second annual conference on Information and Communication Technology..." but, according my email inbox, it would likely be the 10th conference this year on those subjects.
It would be fine if the people who can make things happen in Africa would get together once a year to compare notes. But, there are literally dozens and dozens of these events, all year long, all over Africa. Yes, it's a big place, Africa; so there is a great opportunity for people to fly to another country and stay in a hotel for a few days. This has got to be good business for the Nairobi Hilton and the Stanley Hotel, and good for the travel agents and passport agencies, and good for the airlines and good for the embassies to collect all the money for visas, etc. But what has it got to do with the Internet? Why are networking people using airplanes and hotels to overcome distance and share knowledge? What would happen if everyone that was going to attend these events just took the money they would pay the Nairobi Hilton and the Stanley Hotel and spent it on routers and computers for their nearest school? Instead of more "presentations" on "next generation networks" how about some real investment in networks for THIS generation? ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
