If we were to ask What SHOULD be on the horizon?, then I would answer:
IMHO, the number one thing that would help Africa catch up to the
technology revolution would be the elimination of the telecom
monopolies. Whether by allowing competition from both internal and
external vendors, privatization
Congratulations! Fola Odufuwa has got it exactly right, IMHO. As we look
for what was referred to in some previous posts as 'narrowband'
solutions, the evolution of the mobile phone from a simple audio
communication device to an internet gateway may prove to be the answer.
While we won't get the
Dear Colleagues,
If you are...
- an IT consultant with nonprofit clients
- an IT professional who is on staff at a nonprofit organization
- a member of the Nonprofit Open Source movement
- a member of the Community Technology Center movement
- a member of the Circuit Rider movement
- a
re: ... identifying a trusted party at that end. There are local
non-profit organizations that provide technology assistance and support to
other non-profit organizations. They are based on the circuit rider model
popular in the US, where technicians travel from site to site with their
bag of
