Theory is a wonderful thing...until it has to be put into practice. How practical is it to bring the Information Superhighway to itself from a development worker in Nigeria trying to improve telecommunications in a country where conditions can only bedescribed as excruciatingly difficult. Dr. Inyang delivered bis paper during the African Regional Symposium on Telematics for Development, held by the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in April 1995. Jos is the capital of Plateau state, one of the 30 states making up Nigeria. The climate is mild and pleasant and so attracts a lot of expatriates with mission agencies and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs). One such NGO is the River Blindness Foundation (RBF).
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