> Free local connectivity will not spur local tech businesses, local content > and demand for local content will spur local tech businesses and a community > of entrepreneurial tech companies. Take a visit to Nairobi, Kenya the growth > of their local tech businesses is not because of free local traffic but > because there is a demand of local content and the suppliers are coming up > to feed this demand. It of course started by a few content providers that > fed a desire of user demand. Are we in Uganda feeding a desire of any > Ugandan by working to provide local content for them? We even host our daily > papers out of Uganda! not to mention our GOVT sites!!!!! (ubos.org--North > America, unbs.go.ug--USA just to mention a few)
Indeed it is a shame these sites are outside the country. What can we do about that? > > > -- > Mike > > Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in a > million chances happen 99% of the time. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net http://twitter.com/batje http://twitter.com/mapuganda _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
