Wireless Ghana – Broadband for the West African village.<\/a><\/p>\nHaving been an active advocate and tech trainer on this type of project for about 3 years, it warms my heart whenever i see a project like this. <\/p>\n
* It proves we were right, and that low-cost, DIY wireless really is an adequate solution for rural connectivity issues.
\n* It means there is one more community on-line, limiting the bias towards western culture opn the internet
\n* It’s an opportunity for me to try and reach out to some people through our projects. And perhaps a future opportunity for me to visit Ghana again, a country which i spent 3 months in, and which will forever be close to my heart.<\/p>\n
I’ll have to contact these people, and see what they are up to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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