Hi, Phil:
Like Siobhan, I am also excited for your efforts and in particular, for
compiling all these names and links and including some of us in your list.
People like you, Andy and several others I cannot readily mention here are not
only asset to us at DDN but also a challenge and worthy
Hi, Andy and Others,
This is just fyi that the German Government has awarded scholarships to limited
number of refugees in Ghana, mainly from Liberia, Sierra leone and Togo. You
may find the report at
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=88425
Prince Obiri-Mainoo
Hello,
Just to let you know some of the often overlooked problems facing developing
countries that receive computer donations from the U.S or any other developed
country. Please read about one school's experience in Ghana. The link is as
follows:
Andy,
Thanks once again for the video and the opportunity to see the young Ashanti
kente weavers of Bonwire at work. The background traditional nwomkoro music
reminded some of us of our days as youngsters in the village in Ashanti. The
type of music is still played and sang at funerals and
Hello, Janet:
Thanks for your positive and genuine reaction to Andy's trip to Ghana and his
subsequent postings for the DDN reading forum. It always takes somebody like
Andy, who means business, in popular African palance, to go there and come
out with pictures of the stark reality of the need
Hi, Amy:
Andy Carvin is just about leaving for Ghana within the next few days on a
research on telecenters, particularly one at http://www.petriensa.com. Very
likely you may benefit from his findings. Andy is very instrumental over here
at DDN but you can reach him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good
Rene,
May be this is something we can look into. For instance, there are Akans, the
dominant tribal group in Ghana in the Ivory Coast and some Ewes in the Volta
Region of Ghana and in the French-speaking Togo. Both the Ivory Coast (aka Cote
D'Voire) and Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta) and
Andy,
Glad to know that you are visiting Ghana soon. My organization is looking into
the viability of VoIP in African countries as another means of contributing
towards the socio-economic development of African countries. Could you please
find out what the Ghanaian government's policy on VoIP
Try Serena Software at serena.com. Their 86 page Web Content Management for
Dummies by Nathan Rawlins may be what you need. They sent this to me free and
you may get it for nothing if you contact them and tell them what you need it
for.
Prince Obiri-Mainoo
Paul Mondesire [EMAIL PROTECTED
