Bridging the Information Technology Divide in Africa: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Africa of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, May 16, 2001, Volume 4 |
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Page 1 - his statement will be put in the record. [The prepared statement of Mr. Payne follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE DONALD M. PAYNE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE
Page 4 - thank you, Mr. Smith. [The prepared statement of Mr. Smith follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF
Page 1 - advantage of the information revolution and surf this great wave of technological change, they may be crushed by it.
Page 4 - who died in a plane crash while on a famine relief mission to Ethiopia in 1989. Throughout his career, Congressman Leland fought to bring the benefits of development to the people of Africa. The Leland Initiative was launched in June 1996 to help bring the information revolution to Africa
Page 31 - to thank the Chairman for holding this hearing. It is an important
Page 6 - Women's Business Network. With membership from Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa and the United States, the Women's Business Network promotes use of the Internet in developing trade relationships, expanding access to critical market information, and establishing e-business linkages between African and US companies.
Page 5 - policies were in place, USAID turned to the US technology sector, using firms in Utah, California, Virginia, Maryland and elsewhere to design modern satellite-based Internet gateways to bring efficient high speed Internet into the national phone companies. We introduced both