http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/28/start-of-the-web4dev-conference-major-issue-connectivity/ Exploring the web for change. Connecting people and ideas. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:48:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/28/start-of-the-web4dev-conference-major-issue-connectivity/comment-page-1/#comment-166 ICTlogy » Web4Dev conference: main ICT4D issues pointed out Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:23:35 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/28/start-of-the-web4dev-conference-major-issue-connectivity/#comment-166 [...] Christian Kreutz writes about the first day at the Web4Dev conference taking place in Nairobi. Some subjects he highlights — and I just list: [...] [...] Christian Kreutz writes about the first day at the Web4Dev conference taking place in Nairobi. Some subjects he highlights — and I just list: [...]

]]> http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/28/start-of-the-web4dev-conference-major-issue-connectivity/comment-page-1/#comment-165 jke Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:01:40 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/28/start-of-the-web4dev-conference-major-issue-connectivity/#comment-165 Oh it's interesting to hear about Bitange's argumentation on the broadband connectivity in rural Kenya as I, for one, believe that there's so much more benefit from such an approach than just the creation of jobs in urban areas. Such growth of technology in rural areas imho is THE reason to justify any investment towards this direction as it creates an incentive for the youth to stay there (and not move to the city). Oh it’s interesting to hear about Bitange’s argumentation on the broadband connectivity in rural Kenya as I, for one, believe that there’s so much more benefit from such an approach than just the creation of jobs in urban areas. Such growth of technology in rural areas imho is THE reason to justify any investment towards this direction as it creates an incentive for the youth to stay there (and not move to the city).

]]> http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/28/start-of-the-web4dev-conference-major-issue-connectivity/comment-page-1/#comment-3528 Christian Kreutz Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:45:25 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/28/start-of-the-web4dev-conference-major-issue-connectivity/#comment-3528 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">New blog post: Start of the web4dev conference: Major issue connectivity http://tinyurl.com/2vt6fz</span></span> New blog post: Start of the web4dev conference: Major issue connectivity http://tinyurl.com/2vt6fz

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