http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/08/18/installing-wireless-internet-in-rwanda Comments for "Installing Wireless Internet in Rwanda" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/08/18/installing-wireless-internet-in-rwanda#comment-1651 You should also check out the Green WiFI idea. http://green-wifi.org/<br class="clear" /> Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:23:18 -0400 Adam comment 1651 at http://www.nextbillion.net http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/08/18/installing-wireless-internet-in-rwanda <p style="padding: 5px; float: left;"><a href="http://http://www.terracom.rw/"><img src="http://www.nextbillion.net/files/images/terracom_logo.gif" alt="" title="" class="image img_assist_custom" width="170" height="44" /></a></p>When Greg Whyler, an American tech entrepreneur, purchased <a href="http://www.rwandatel.rw/" target="_blank">Rwandatel</a>, Rwanda’s government owned telecom monopoly, he found that his new company paid 12 employees “<a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06229/714284-96.stm" target="_blank">whose sole job was to play on the company soccer team.</a>”<span>  </span>Now that’s pretty cool!<span>  </span>Of course Greg Whyler didn’t think so.<span>  </span>By spending upwards of $35 million on telecommunications in Rwanda, Whyler has made a serious investment in a nation still suffering from the trauma of its infamously brutal civil war.<span>  </span><a href="/blogs/2006/08/08/part-ii-rwanda-finds-hope-in-coffee" target="_blank">While many people in Rwanda believe that coffee and export oriented development are the ticket to economic prosperity</a>, Whyler has placed his faith in the internet, arguing that fiber optics will save Rwanda from its woes and power economic growth in the region.<br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/08/18/installing-wireless-internet-in-rwanda">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/08/18/installing-wireless-internet-in-rwanda#comment Consumer Products Strategy Telecommunications and IT The Policy Agenda Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:07:11 -0400 Ethan Arpi 3193 at http://www.nextbillion.net