Digital colonization of Africa as a whole

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New communications technology project helps save lives in Africa
AFP, 4 November 1997. Here the US government points to virtue of bottom-up control [i.e., by private interests having the motive and opportunity] and some tangible benefits, largely to those already advantaged enough to get medical attention, to support privatized communication vs. democracy.
U.S. firms scramble for Africa satellite deal
Reuters, 2 March 1998. The RASCOM consortium of outside capitalist interests seek to own and control what looks to be the backbone of future communications in Africa.
Politics hover in background as US-based fund sacks boss
By Simon Barber, Business Day, 8 November 2000. Africa.com's mission is to become the dominant electronic gateway to and from Africa, and its headquarters are in Durham, North Carolina. This is a front for the New Africa Opportunity Fund, which includes Citigroup, Sun America, Northwestern Mutual Life, etc. Its intiial loan capital is guaranteed by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a US government front.
Telecom Experts Meet
By Haruna Mohammed, Accra Mail (Accra), 15 May 2001. A conference of the Africa Network Operators Group (AfNOG) and the Africa Internet Registry, Africa Network Information Center (afriNIC) in Accra. The theme is, A strike against Techno-Colonialism. Conviction that Africa will not be ready for the new global economy unless it develops its own human resources.
Free Software to Schools Still Carries a Price Tag
Editorial, ITWeb (Johannesburg), 14 February 2002. The announcement that Microsoft plans to donate free software to 32,000 schools in SA has caused a fair degree of debate, particularly considering the release by the National Advisory Council on Innovation (Naci), of a warning against the threats of proprietary software and urging government to adopt open standards and open source software.