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
