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- 014.10.2 Sub-Sahara, generally
- by Bob Barad <bob.barad@f151.n109.z1.fidonet.org>
-
- In this, my first contribution to Internet News, I can only attempt a broad
- overview. More detailed reports will follow. Mike Lawrie <ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za>
- just completed a tour of the USA during which he spread the news that email is
- flowing in Africa. A dedicated 9600 bd line is now operating between the ac.ZA
- domain host at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa and Portland,
- Oregon, USA.
-
- Botswana, Ethiopia, Namibia, and Zimbabwe are connected to Rhodes by dial-up
- uucp and/or z5.fidonet.ORG. Zimbabwe has requested registration of the ZW
- domain.
-
- Pascal Renaud <renaud@orstom.fr> reports uucp links from orstom.FR domain to
- Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Togo, and Cameroon.
-
- The NGONET and ESANET projects are providing access for African NGOs and
- universities using fidonet software connecting with gateways to apc.ORG domain.
- Current sites include Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia,
- and Zimbabwe. Please send questions or news for future articles to me at Baobab
- Communications or to the "The Baobab" BBS, reachable via modem at
- (202) 296-9790 in Washington, DC
-