Madam Dorothy
Happy new year oh, may be we Africans come up with such ideas to make ISOC
buy into it. It would be interesting to see how the concept could draw the
needed attention to Africa's plight on access to the Internet with
anticipatory change in terms of reality.

Just thinking!

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On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Dorothy K. Gordon <
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> It would be more credible if the initiative was from an African
> organisation or at least something like the Africa chapter of ISOC.
>
> best
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> Dorothy K. Gordon
> Director-General
> Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Oghia" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, 2 April, 2016 11:04:19 AM GMT +00:00 Casablanca / Monrovia
> Subject: Re: APRIL FOOL ANNOUNCEMENT - Oliver
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> That's a great idea Ayden! Another idea would be to highlight the
> initiatives, organizations, and individuals that I referenced.
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> -Michael
> On Apr 2, 2016 2:01 PM, "Ayden Férdeline" < [log in to unmask] > wrote:
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> I feel the same way, Michael. I posted on the #FastAfrica listserv, when
> the idea for this press release was floated, that I think it would be more
> meaningful and a better use of resources if Web We Want was to assemble a
> willing coalition of African leaders who understood how vital the Internet
> is in today's digitally-enabled society. I said it wouldn't need to be
> every leader on the continent, but a declaration from even two or three
> recognising the importance of the Internet and committing to improving
> infrastructure would be a better output. To their credit - after the mixed
> response from the community and Web Foundation staff - they decided against
> proceeding with the media release en mass. So aside from in this listserv,
> I don't think you'll find it anywhere… The Web Foundation is also sending a
> delegation this week to Banjul to meet with the Commission of the African
> Union to try to draw some attention to issues re: poor connectivity.
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> Ayden
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> On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Michael Oghia < [log in to unmask] >
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> The original press release is indicative of why I loathe April Fool's Day.
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> Despair not; there are many initiatives, individuals, and organizations
> working hard in many parts of Africa to realize better connectivity that
> offer hope.
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> -Michael
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> On Apr 2, 2016 12:07 AM, "Olévié Kouami" < [log in to unmask] >
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> Dear Enrique,
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> IMHO the situation in Liberia is not yet a disaster.
> It's a question of Education. I
> For me Education is different from Culture.
> IMHO, we need to integrate Culture into Education for the good of our
> humanity. But we can acquire Education from any part of the world.
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> My 2 cents,
> Warm regards
> -Olévié-
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> 2016-04-01 18:02 GMT+01:00 Enrique Chaparro < [log in to unmask] >
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> Remmy, Olévié,
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> Slightly offtopic, but since we talk about Africa, something that,
> disgracefully, is not an April 1st joke: the privatisation of Liberia's
> elementary education system.
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> http://m.mgafrica.com/article/2016-03-31-liberia-plans-to-outsource-its-entire-education-system-to-a-private-company-why-this-is-a-very-big-deal-and-africa-should-pay-attention
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> Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI
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> Directeur-Adjoint de O and K IT SOLUTIONS sarl
> Editeur de logiciels de gestion (PGI/ERP) S.I.G.E. (http://
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