UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
Statement made by African Electronic Service Providers, April '95

Statement made by African Electronic Service Providers, April '95

STATEMENT BY AFRICAN ELECTRONIC SERVICE PROVIDERS

Statement made at the closing session of the Addis Ababa Conference on Telematics for Development in Africa.

Addis Ababa, April 7, 1995

It is with great pleasure that we have seen the importance of African telematics raised during this meeting. We hope that the result of the symposium will be to raise the profile of Africa in global communications and to get more of Africa online.

This statement is signed by service providers who speak on behalf of their 10,000 electronic mail users in sub- Saharan Africa.

o Donors and member states should recognize the key contribution of existing service providers and it is strongly advised that they consult and support these systems in the implementation of new initiatives.

o These functioning local initiatives should be recognized both as independent systems as well as examples of successful donor projects.

o All new initiatives should take in a sub-regional perspective.

o New initiatives should be made with a view to providing a transitional path between existing levels of service such as dial-up store and forward systems to full IP connectivity.

Operator                  Country      e-mail address
Lishan Adam Ethiopia lishan@padis.gn.apc.org
Derek Ajesam Asoh Cameroon ada@camfido.gn.apc.org
Silvio Almada Angola silvio@ridsang.gn.apc.org
Fred Bukachi Kenya fbukachi@ken.healthnet.org
Moussa Fall Senegal moussaf@endadak.gn.apc.org
Mike Jensen S. Africa mikej@wn.apc.org
Gebre-Egziabher Kiros Ethiopia gkiros@padis.gn.apc.org
Venancio Massingue Mozambique postmaster@dzwo.uem.mz
Theophilus Mlaki Tanzania mlaki@hnettan.gn.apc.org
Charles Musisi Uganda cmusisi@mukla.gn.apc.org
Makau Ngola Kenya mngola@elci.gn.apc.org
Paulos Nyirenda Malawi pnyirenda@unima.wn.apc.org
Iyabo Odusote Nigeria iyabo@yaba.cnuce.cnr.it
Ben Parker Kenya ben.parker@sasa.unep.no
Nick Perrier Nairobi nick@elci.gn.apc.org
Doug Rigby Kenya drigby@elci.gn.apc.org
Erik Rowberg Tanzania erowberg@marie.gn.apc.org
Bill Sangiwa Tanzania wsangiwa@hnettan.gn.apc.org
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Some of the articles, abstracts, and list of participants of the Symposium on African Telematics- Ethiopia, 3-7 April 1995 are now available on-line. The URL for accessing these valuable resources is:

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Padis/menu_telematics.html

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Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 23:46:34 -0400
Message-Id: ]032334Z23051995@anon.penet.fi]
From: an255605@anon.penet.fi
Subject: E-MAIL IN AFRICA


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