I think service providers need to drive literacy levels right from the grass root thru provision of public access to data in semi rural areas upcountry thru schools, tertiary institutions and even district headquaters.
The whole debate of local content will shoot wide open if we can widen the base of this market. If anything internet should be cheap or free for schools upcountry coupled with a few donated computers so as to promote interest and literacy Rgds JB Powered By MTN Uganda's Blackberry! ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> Sent: Tue Mar 04 15:53:29 2008 Subject: Re: [LUG] Uganda to assess EASS Nepad project and possibly abandon it? On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 18:22 +0300, Reinier Battenberg wrote: So, should Uganda push for the use of more Swahili, in order to protect its online economy? Per Capita matters here too. How much are you going to earn from an economy where over 70% have hardly interacted with the internet and earn less than US$ 5 a day? This is even before you talk about literacy..... Wire
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