[governance] Africa, ICT and electricity - things are happening

[Riaz K. Tayob]

Be good to know how the PRSPs (as opposed to the disastrous SAPs) of the 
World Bank and IMF are going to perform...

SAPs were a disaster even by the Bank's own reckoning - are we in for 
more of the same?

Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:
> Hallo all
> 
> Yes... and Nnenna and Lee have pointed out.
> Alternatives are availble and people use them.
> 
> I am not suggesting we ignore the importance of
> sustainable and accessible energy sources, but let us not
> forget the millions of Africans who do have access to
> electricity, but not to the internet (because of lack of
> infrastructure, and high costs of access and of hardware).
> 
> African institutions such as schools, universities,
> businesses, hospitals, research centres, local governmen
> officest, libraries where they exist, etc. struggle to get
> access to, or if they have access, to afford the bandwidth
> they need to perform every day actions (like downloading
> software, books, etc.) that users in other parts of the
> world take for granted.
> 
> Anriette
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