Non-Commercial Networks in Africa

From: githeko@UXA.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Jason Githeko) Date: 2 Aug 93 08:23:42 GMT Sender: Technology Transfer in International Development Reply-To: githeko@UXA.CSO.UIUC.EDU

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Friends, As part of an exercise that I am doing on behalf of the Commonwealth Secretariat (GOVERNET/COMNET-IT) and the African Regional Centre for Computing (ARCC/AARNEF), a preliminary survey reveals that the following network technologies exist in various countries in Africa. Please let me know if there are any omissions or erroneous entries. Thanks in advance. Shem

EXISTING NON-COMMERCIAL NETWORKS IN AFRICA

KEY: X - terrestrial telephone-based networks. + - satellite-based networks (mainly HealthNet)

COUNTRY FIDONET UUCP BITNET INTERNET HNET

ALGERIA X X BOTSWANA X BURKINA FASO X X CAMEROON X CONGO X + COTE D'IVOIRE X X X DJIBOUTI + EGYPT X X X ETHIOPIA X GAMBIA X X GHANA X + KENYA X X + LESOTHO X X MALI X X MAURITIUS X MOROCCO X MOZAMBIQUE X X + NAMIBIA X NIGER X NIGERIA X RWANDA X SENEGAL X X SOUTH AFRICA X X X SUDAN + SWAZILAND X TANZANIA X + TOGO X TUNISIA X X X X UGANDA X + ZAMBIA X + ZIMBABWE X X +

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