Archive for November, 2005
Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
Some time back I posted an entry describing part of the story of Marie, one of our Village Phone operators here in Rwanda. Marie is an exceptional woman, indicative of the resilience and strength of people (and women in particular) in this country. Last week I had the opportunity to ...
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
As I've noted elsewhere in this blog, I'm not the world's biggest fan of camping. Growing up in the midwest we did occasionally camp, but it usually involved vehicles, defined campsites, coolers full of goodies, and tents that could have housed the armies at Troy. It was fun, in ...
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
Press release issued today:
Nokia and Grameen Foundation USA (GFUSA) today announced a collaboration to bring affordable, accessible telecommunications to rural villages in Africa through microfinance. This collaboration builds on GFUSA's global Village Phone initiative that helps people living in rural areas start self-sustaining businesses while providing affordable telecommunications to their ...
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
Yesterday afternoon I got a call from my colleague David, who was then in Kampala (Uganda) for meetings. I picked up the phone and heard “George, it's David, they're rioting in Kampala...” and then click, the connection went dead. Brilliant timing. Got in touch with him a few minutes later ...
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