Dear Girma,

In case your question include this.

Please check "World Development Indicators", World Bank 1999 for statistical
information on IT penetration in Africa under the title Information age which
gives Countries status - number of daily newspapers, radios, television, mobile
phone, fax machine, personal computers, internet hosts, etc..  including under
power and communication, you will find number of Telephone mainlines, etc..



cheers


Abebe Chekol
Development Information Officer

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Subject:    Help on history of ICT in Africa
Author: Girma Dessalegn <[log in to unmask]>
Date:       10/08/1999 06:23

Dear all,

I'm looking for historical information on computers and commucations
technologies penetration in Africa. Specifically I would like to have
answers to questions like which country and when starts using a computer,
first introduces a telephone, first connected to the internet, etc.

If anyone came across documents on this topic, please give me the references
(books or URLs).

Thankyou all

Girma Dessalegn
Addis Ababa

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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
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Tel: 251-1-51-7200
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