I am not sure that this response is too useful it tends to say we don't have a problem.
The real issue, in my sector at least, is can the small entrepreneur collect sufficient useful information to justify the cost of going on line. My experience is that the systems that I use to search the Internet through my permanent connection really don't work when I am at a telecenter paying by the half hour. I know its even worse for an Internet starter. Therefore I believe that systems that make the information collection process easier (e.g. TEK, web to email services, sites assembling special information (e.g. <www.safpp.co.za> ) are useful. Regards Dave D A Harcourt Strengthening African Food Processing Project (SAFPP) . BIO/CHEMTEK TFD . P O Box 395, Pretoria, 0001 . South Africa http://www.safpp.co.za . phone +27 12 841 3097 fax +27 12 841 3726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Barometer - an ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having. Definition from Ambrose Bierce's Demon's Dictionary Daniel Makundi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was somewhat taken aback by the post below. > > Internet access in third world has populated significantly in the past > few years: hardly anyone is still using email-only system such as the > once-popular GreenNet-APC. At least for Tanzania where we have Internet > access in all major towns and cities, and spreading fast. John Mullinax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very interesting -- one issue with this approach is that the filtering > happens without the searcher's knowledge or control. One opportunity to > address this may be to use a transformation gateway to compress content > (similar to a WAP gateway, but probably not exactly a WAP gateway). The > gateway may sufficiently reduce the amount of data sent over the wire so > that the searcher in Malawi, or wherever, can select the items that > would seem to be most useful. These pages could then be emailed in their > entirety, per the system described. Just a thought.... ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
