The original press release is indicative of why I loathe April Fool's Day. Despair not; there are many initiatives, individuals, and organizations working hard in many parts of Africa to realize better connectivity that offer hope. -Michael On Apr 2, 2016 12:07 AM, "Olévié Kouami" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Enrique, > > 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. > > > My 2 cents, > Warm regards > -Olévié- > > > 2016-04-01 18:02 GMT+01:00 Enrique Chaparro <[log in to unmask]>: > >> Remmy, Olévié, >> >> 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. >> >> 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 >> > > > > -- > *Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI* > > > *Directeur-Adjoint de O and K IT SOLUTIONS sarl Editeur de logiciels de > gestion (PGI/ERP) S.I.G.E. (http://www.oandkit.com > <http://www.oandkit.com>)* > > *Président/CEO de l'INTIC4DEV (Institut des TIC pour le développement) > http://www.intic4dev.org <http://www.intic4dev.org> * > > *Secrétaire Général de l'ESTETIC - Association Togolaise des > professionnels des TIC (http://www.estetic.tg <http://www.estetic.tg>)* > > *ICANN-GNSO-NCSG-NPOC Communications Committee Chair (http://www.npoc.org/ > <http://www.npoc.org/>)**ICANN - Fellow & Alumni (http://www.icann.org > <http://www.icann.org>) - Membre de Internet Society (http://www.isoc.org > <http://www.isoc.org>) * > > *Membre fondateur du RIK-Togo (Réseau Interprofessionnel du Karité au > Togo)* > (http://www.globalshea.com) - *Skype : olevie1 FaceBook : > @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé – Togo* >