to be honest it doesn’t bother me that much that some african nations dont have that many internet connections, i guess they have priorities elsewhere than paying to install lines. in UK there are many areas that can’t get on internet, nor even get Television coverage never mind., so i am not that worried about these useless statistics
]]>Beyond the submarine cables, African countries need to roll out fixed lines and fibre backbones within the country itself. TEAMS is a good idea if it gets off the ground. But I would like to see every country dedicate itself to hooking up its major universities and technical institutes with fibre that runs straight to the submarine cables. That would be a start
]]>I am going to sign up for newshutch… BTW, I did like your duct-taped sleeve for your Mac! Maybe we just need to import containers of duct tape to fix up Africa!
Regarding IP addresses, I hope the TEAMS & EASSY submarine cable projects are on time coz they would expand affordable cyberspace to many more merchants & individuals thus allowing at least 1-10 IP per person!
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]]>But being a Malawian it really doesnt amuse me that Afghanistan is being assessed as better than Malawi. If a review was carried out we should fare much better and move out of the bottom ten.
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]]>With that said I have to rant that if ever there was an area in which Africans must pull themselves up is in telecommunications and conventional mail. There is _NO_ way to do business with a place you where you can’t make a phone call or deliver a package.
Not that this can’t be solved – I could even imagine someone having a good idea and implementing this as a private sector solution (like what DHL has tried to do) but government fatcats would rather strangle communications than make a better country for their people.
Trust me: I try to call my parents in Uganda all the time and it’s very frustrating. They have a P.O. Box rather than an address. They have to pay “taxes” on anything that is shipped to them.
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