Rory J. O'Connor (b. 1957) is Washington correspondent for the San Jose Mercury News, covering technology policy issues. Previously he was a technical writer and a reporter on high technology and business for various trade publications. This article originally appeared in 1996 in the business section of the Mercury News, which serves the Silicon Valley area.
"Africa: The Unwired Continent" (Composing Cyberspace p. 270) is not available online.
1. What are the major barriers to improving access to new technologies in Africa, according to O'Connor's article? Which barriers seem to be the most formidable?
2. What solutions and strategies for "wiring" Africa are proposed in the article, and which do you think are most promising?
3. Based on this article, how important do you think it is for Third World countries to develop advanced electronic technologies? What priorities would you assign for scarce resources?
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