[wsfii-discuss] Ghana

Sat Nov 4 12:58:48 UTC 2006

To all,

I recently attended the Muni Wireless Event in Minneapolis where I met a 
gentleman from Ghana. I am providing his contact information as someone 
else I would suggest should be included in this discussion.

Maxwell Amoake is the founder of I-calls.net and is extremely interested 
in wireless. I have included his email address in the cc field above and 
hope that this will be one more person who can contribute to the success 
of this event.

Respectfully,

Ken DiPietro

New-ISP.net/NextGenCommunications.net
Wireless solutions - not concessions.
http://www.nextgencommunications.net
1044 National Highway LaVale MD 21502
Tel# (301)789-2968 Cell (301)268-1154

Fred Pook wrote:
> Hi Harry, Adrian and all,
>  
> We WSFII's gathering in Dharamsala, India at the moment are discussing 
> in the last days
> of the WSFII workshop, about the next World Summit. So many pointers 
> are popping up in the direction of Ghana, Africa that it seems very 
> likely that WSFII will go there in 2007.
> I would like to introduce Kafui from the University in Winnaba, Ghana. 
> He is here in Dharamsala and offers us a space for our next gathering 
> in the coastal town. Please contact Kafui < 
> kafui at onevillagefoundation.org 
> <mailto:kafui at onevillagefoundation.org>> and it would also be nice if 
> you joined the wsfii-discuss mail list at 
> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss so we can hear 
> what wireless projects are taking shape in Ghana,
>  
> Thanks Fred
>
>  
> On 11/3/06, *Malcolm Corbett* <m.corbett at broadband-uk.coop 
> <mailto:m.corbett at broadband-uk.coop>> wrote:
>
>
>     Dave,
>     Not precisely on topic, but my colleague Adrian Wooster will be in
>     Ghana
>     next week scoping a project initially to connect three schools in
>     Kumasi,
>     Bayerebon and Akomodan. This is part of an effort to improve schools
>     connectivity supported by the UK charity Comic Relief, Kuapa Kokoo
>     - the
>     Ghanaian cocoa growers' co-op and Trading Visions, educational
>     charity arm
>     of fair trade company Day Chocolate.
>
>     Perhaps you could put Adrian and Harry in touch.
>
>     Regards,
>     Malcolm
>
>     Malcolm Corbett
>     CEO
>     Community Broadband Network
>     Tel: +44 845 456 2466
>     Mob: +44 7770 896534
>     Skype: malcolmcorbett
>     EMail: M.Corbett at broadband-uk.coop
>     <mailto:M.Corbett at broadband-uk.coop>
>     Web: www.broadband-uk.coop <http://www.broadband-uk.coop>
>
>
>
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>     From: wsfii-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org
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>     [mailto:wsfii-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org
>     <mailto:wsfii-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org>] On Behalf Of Dave
>     Hughes
>     Sent: 02 November 2006 17:46
>     To: 'Discuss list on the World Summit on Free Information
>     Infrastructure'
>     Cc: DonByTheRivah at cox.net <mailto:DonByTheRivah at cox.net>; 'Steve
>     Huter'
>     Subject: RE: [wsfii-discuss] Ghana
>
>     Where can I find the detailed information of the wsfii workshops
>     planned for
>     Ghana? Where, when, how much, what scope. To forward to a young
>     man from
>     Kumasi, Ghana. Harry Konnor Tetteh who is trying to figure out how to
>     connect up 10 schools to the net. He would probably benefit from a
>     hands on
>     workshop. Below is a description by him of what he is doing. He
>     doesn't have
>     much backing for what he does. Some of us are trying to see, long
>     distance,
>     what it would take, wirelessly, to connect the schools to the
>     backbone in
>     the center of Kumasi, and where support could come from.
>
>     "What I have been doing is volunteering in schools to assist
>     students and
>     teachers to take part in online project learning. I have been
>     doing this for
>     six years now and one major obstacle is connectivity in the
>     schools. All
>     along, I have been using the local internet cafes to help students
>     to take
>     part in this project with my own money and this has really
>     enlightened the
>     student for better understanding of global issues. Not only that,
>     it has
>     also helped their personal development by helping them realize
>     their full
>     potentials which has truly manifested through their outstanding
>     achievements
>     in various online projects like "Doors to Diplomacy" and
>     "CyberFair" by
>     GlobalSchoolNet and also "ThinkQuest" by Oracle Education
>     Foundation. Some
>     of the students also received a special award from the U.S States
>     Department
>     recently (in July) for their special collaborative project. Harry"
>
>     Dave Hughes
>     dave at oldcolo.com <mailto:dave at oldcolo.com>
>
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