| A remote farming village in the mountains used its irrigation system to create hydroelectricity. Once the electricity was established, the village school went one step further -- creating a wireless link to the Internet -- bringing the Web to a town
with no plumbing, and information to a school with no books. |
In most of Africa the infrastructure is so poor that only a few people have access to telephones. Though some Internet projects have been completed, many argue Africa will not be able to connect fully to the wired world until the connections go wireless.
Until then, many point to a more viable communication method making significant inroads throughout Africa: community radio. |
With more than 1 billion people, a third of whom live in poverty, India is nevertheless poised to become a dominant force in information technology. Its sophisticated middle class, strong education system and reputation for excellent engineers and
computer scientists have combined to bring a new sense of purpose to many Indians.
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