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2012-02-13
The Unique Challenges of Making Technology Work in Developing Countries | Inveneo.org
Submitted by Inveneo Newsfeed on 26 January 2012 - 7:00am.
Making technology work in the rural and developing world is a process full of unique challenges. This post - The Unique Challenges of Making Technology Work in Developing Countries - by Andris Bjornson, Inveneo's Chief Technology Officer and practicing project engineer, describes his day traveling to bring the Cisco Community Knowledge Center (CKC) in Sekenani, Kenya online with high speed terrestrial broadband Internet.
The condensed timeline, wild game, and bad weather combined to make this a good story ... well worth reading.