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Russel Southwood, the editor of the excellent Balancing Act – Africa<\/a>, newsletter has written an article challenging some of the assumptions that drive the ICT for development process.<\/p>\n

Balancing Act News Update – African internet developments<\/a><\/p>\n

This is easily the best article I have read on this subject in a long time. It’s concise, critical without being abject, and very sober.<\/p>\n

It is often said in Hollywood that there are only a few stories in the world: for example, boy meets girl, revenge and so on. So it is with digital divide initiatives: there are perhaps five basic assumptions and the time has come to look at whether they are working or not.<\/bq><\/p>\n

It should be required reading for all of us who have or are venturing into this difficult area, and believe we can do better at it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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