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]
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> 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
> >
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