[wsfii-discuss] Ghana

Sat Nov 4 20:58:26 UTC 2006

Interferential problems ??

Gerard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wsfii-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:wsfii-discuss-
> bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Ken DiPietro
> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 1:59 PM
> To: Discuss list on the World Summit on Free Information Infrastructure
> Cc: Adrian Wooster; Steve Huter; joy at onevillagefoundation.org; mamoako at i-
> calls.net; kafui at onevillagefoundation.org
> Subject: Re: [wsfii-discuss] Ghana
> 
> 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>
> >
> >
> >
> >     -----Original Message-----
> >     From: wsfii-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org
> >     <mailto:wsfii-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org>
> >     [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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