[wsfii-discuss] Wireless Ghana Can help in Kumasi)

Thu Nov 9 16:26:36 UTC 2006

Thank you , Gideon
For offering your help in the various projects mention on this list. I hope
every one by now has joined this wsfii-discuss list and will use it to
communicate open and free about wireless in Ghana, like you do Gideon.
If not yet joined on http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss
please do so now, i cc'ed everybody again in this mail:
m.corbett at broadband-uk.coop,
adrian.wooster at great-technology-company.com,
DonByTheRivah at cox.net,
sghuter at nsrc.org,
kafui at onevillagefoundation.org ,
joy at onevillagefoundation.org

Thanks Fred

On 11/5/06, Gideon Amoah <gideon.amoah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Harry, Adrian and all,
>
> I work with a wireless team here in Ghana called Wireless Ghana and we are
> located at the Eastern part of Ghana and we do the same project as what is
> been discussed in this mail. We can be of help to the guy in Kumasi who
> wants to connect 10 schools. For now we have got 7 nodes running on our
> network and would increase it in the Phase II of the Wireless Ghana project.
> This is the site for more information( www.wirelessghana.com) if there is
> any thing don't hesitate to contact me on 233 244562244. Hope to hear from
> you soon.
>
>
> On 11/4/06, wsfii-discuss-request at lists.okfn.org <wsfii-discuss-request at lists.okfn.org>
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 18:02:53 +0530
> > From: "Fred Pook" < fredpook at gmail.com >
> > Subject: Re: [wsfii-discuss] Ghana
> > To: m.corbett at broadband-uk.coop,        "Discuss list on the World
> > Summit on
> >        Free Information Infrastructure"        <
> > wsfii-discuss at lists.okfn.org>
> > Cc: Adrian Wooster < adrian.wooster at great-technology-company.com>,
> >        DonByTheRivah at cox.net, Steve Huter <sghuter at nsrc.org>,
> >        kafui at onevillagefoundation.org , joy at onevillagefoundation.org
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> > 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>
> > 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> 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
> > > Web: www.broadband-uk.coop
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: 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; '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
> > >
> > >
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> Regards,
>
> Gideon Kofi Amoah
> Project Co-ordinator - Wireless Ghana
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