Bringing the Internet to Remote African Villages

This is an interesting article, Bringing the Internet to Remote African Villages, published February 3, 2009 in the New York Times about a project funded by Google and installed by engineers from the University of Michigan that has made the Internet accessible in Entasopia, Kenya. It addresses some of the benefits (such as raising consciousness about local issues online) and challenges (such as computer illiteracy and illiteracy, in general) of making high-technology available in such a rural setting. I think it shares some interesting threads with our projects, such as sustainability, race/ethnicity, class, access, etc.