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25 October 2008
"Have You Got What IT Takes?"
Gertjan van Stam
LinkNet
Ubuntu Campus
Macha Mission
Chief Macha Area
Choma District
Southern Province
Zambia
P.O. Box 630 722
Choma, Zambia
Have You Got What IT Takes @ Rural Africa?
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Interesting Issues in the Bush
Connectivity costs:
CIR 128
k
B = USD 1,100
CIR 0 kB = USD 400
Electricity, on 80% of time, spiky;
Shocks for equipment on roads: step counter Lusaka => Macha = 25,000 steps
Patching.. eh, bandwidth..
No shops
No working capital
No mortgages
See page at
http://link.net.zm/files/Macha_Paper_for_ICTD2007.pdf
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