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A look back at West Africa’s RIOnet
November 27, 2009 ♦ Comments Off on A look back at West Africa’s RIOnet
A look back at West Africa’s RIOnet

Despite its shortcomings, we can’t forget how far current African infrastructure and ICT development has come since the early 1990’s. The following example highlights how foreign interests can aid developing nations by providing both physical and human resources for development.
RIO (meaning “Reseau Intertropical d’Ordinateurs”) was a network of electronic communication …