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...WORLD, June 11]. I thought that only those of us who live in the so-called developing countries experienced such inefficiencies. So, the rich also cry. I wish Prime Minister Tony Blair a successful re-engineering of the Queen's land into an El Dorado. NURUDEEN ALABI-BELLO Kazaure, Nigeria...
...Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donates $25 million to Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Center for International Development for an Aids research and prevention program in Nigeria. The grant is the largest in HSPH history; the money will support the Nigerian AIDS Prevention Initiative...
...biggest hurdle is lack of access. Few Africans can afford a telephone connection, let alone a computer. In Nigeria, for example, only 15,000 people out of a population of 120 million have Internet accounts. Africa Online gets around this problem by offering cheap Internet access at more than 600 of its branded e-touch centers, where customers can send e-mails for about 10?, roughly the cost of an envelope and pencil. The service has some 60,000 users and centers can be found in post offices, fast food outlets and stand-alone stores. In South Africa, the company...
...Still, the more his firm succeeds, the more likely it is that Makatiani will begin to face serious competition. South African Internet giant M-Web, already the biggest isp in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe, is looking to move into countries farther north, including Nigeria. As African countries deregulate their telecom industries, large international firms are also likely to move in. "It's going to be a lot tougher," says M-Web's chief operating officer, Andrew Milne. "The introduction of something like wireless connections to Africa will change the landscape overnight...
...hospitals in Jos, a city in Nigeria (where more than 2 million adults are HIV-positive), word has begun to spread that help might be on its way. Families that had until recently thought the deaths of mothers and fathers were inescapable are now scrambling to find enough money to buy drugs that can keep the sick alive. Most families in this situation will run out of money after a month, or perhaps two. America can play a role in sustaining their chance at life, and in sustaining the chance for life of a continent. With an amount of money...