Just to add a little more information about Geekcorps: The founder, Ethan Zuckerman, has a weblog called "My blog's in Cambridge, but my heart is in Accra".
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethan/ He's no longer with the organization, but he should be an invaluable source of information regarding the recent history of internet growth in Accra. There is also a fascinating podcast of a presentation that Ethan made at the Pop!Tech 2004 conference: http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail250.html Best Dave On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:57:22 -0600 (CST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dina, > > If you don't know about them already, I recommend chatting up the guys > over at Geekcorps.org, it's a non-profit that does a lot of work with > technology in the Accra area. I am not sure if they have what you are > looking for exactly, but i imagine if anyone would, they would. I think > it's a good place to start asking around. > > Good luck > > -Chris > > > Colleagues - > > > > I'm writing up research on Ghanaian adolescents' use of the Internet, > > especially for online health information. I would like the most current > > stats, if possible on the general popoulations' use of the Internet, from > > Ghana and in Accra, specifically. Anyone have suggestions on a good > > source? > > > > Regards, Dina > > > > > > Dina L.G. Borzekowski, Ed.D. > > Assistant Professor > > Department of Population and Family Health Sciences > > Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health > > 615 N. Wolfe Street, Rm E4144 > > Baltimore, MD 21205 > > tel: 410-502-8977 > > fax: 410-955-2303 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE > in the body of the message. > -- The Daily Glyph http://www.gomaya.com/glyph Usumacinta http://www.gomaya.com/dams Cell 917 312 9733 _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
