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PAST EVENT
Broadband Internet In Africa: Economic and Policy Implications
Seminar
Series: Science, Technology, and Globalization Project Seminar Series
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
September 10, 2009
10:00-11:30 a.m.
| Speaker: | Calestous Juma, Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project Director |
Related Projects: Science, Technology, and Globalization, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Description:
In July 2009, Seacom, a Mauritius-based firm, launched its $700 million undersea fiber optic cable connecting eastern Africa to the rest of the world with high-speed, low-cost Internet. Based off field observations, this talk explores the economic and policy implications of what is probably the most important infrastructure investment in eastern Africa since the construction of colonial railways.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
Contact:
STG Coordinator
79 John F. Kennedy Street, Mailbox 53, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: greg_durham@harvard.edu
Url: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/project/39
