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West Africa high speed internet
Replied Dec. 29, 2008
West Africa high speed internet
Replied Dec. 27, 2008
West Africa high speed internet
Replied Dec. 18, 2008
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Backbone is everything. Even with fibre going into the coastal countries, I don't see it being available in rural or even semi rural areas in the near future.
If the USA is building pure IP Satellites for rural and semi rural access, using next gen…
One factor that has help the US and other developed nations complete high speed networks is the abundance of competiton and investors wanting to jump in and install fiber optic networks with the hope of providing high speed connections to the public…
Ed,
I was talking to a customer who is involved with a wood gasification manufacturer, working on a conversion kit for deisel generators. This kind fo technology can have major implications for countries like Africa where waste wood is plentiful bu…
Jesse: Points well taken. I notice here in the States that Cox Cable is teaming with Clearwire to bring wireless to places that it would be too expensive to drop coax or fiber. The global trends I'm clueless about is indicated by these factors 1) mo…
Ed, you mention the 'last mile' and I think you agree the wireless platform is a much more cost effective platform for expanding access to dense populations in undeveloped countries. Consider that movies/television media is already being heavily dis…
It makes sense that the backbone will be built out with fiber whenever feasible and "the last mile" will be LTE, WiMAX, possible in meshes. If a particular area builds sufficient demand then fiber from the backbone to the premise may take off. Helpf…
I believe the solution for the average person is to be found in state of the art wireless networks like the 3G networks that ATT and Verizon are building out here in the US, Asia and Europe. I have an I-phone and absolutely love it. I get great reli…
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- Are you an investor or entrepreneur ?
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- ustawi.com
mjota.org
- What is your current position ?
- COO of Ustawi, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of MJoTA
- Personal Introduction & Profile
- I have traveled 3 times to Nigeria and once to Kenya since July 2007 on business.
- Which sectors are interesting for you ?
- Banking, Drugs, Health Services, Manufacturing, Construction, Media, Real Estate, Telecommunications, Transportation, Utilities
- Which region is interesting for you ?
- North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, South Africa
- Which countries are interesting for you ?
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- You can find all about what we do at Medical Journal of Therapeutics Africa on mjota.org and on my LinkedIn profile. Email: sjdodgsonphd at yahoo dot com. We are starting weekly Africa investment forums on GoToMeeting from 6 to 8am (EST, which is 5 hours behind GMT) each Tuesday morning. MJoTA has been scammed, robbed, beaten and raped by West African and East African professionals who arrogantly believe that everything came easily to us and anything we have is theirs for the taking. Which was a lesson well learned from the European colonists. MJoTA believes we all have to stop greed, laziness, jealousy: start seeing everyone as a human, someone worth loving, and get down to work hard. Because moving capital legally and ethically into Africa is damned hard work, and personally I am sick of being scammed, and am weeping, weeping for the damage these professionals have done to their own countries.
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- At 8:32pm on October 14, 2008,
Dan Steketee said…
- Susanna - thanks for connecting with me. I hope we all can get a lot out of this group. Please send me an invite at dsteketee@hotmail.com on LinkedIn too
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=824789
and I will gladly join your network. I would love to share some of my contacts with you. I am also typically on LinkedIn more than I am on this site.
What types of deals are you looking at right now?
Thanks,
Dan
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