The Internet in Africa as a whole

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LinkAfric Project
Cleveland, le 23 Fevrier 1995. A proposal to create an organization to promote Internet in Africa (in French).
Review of Internet mailing lists for Africa
Compiled by David Bedell, 21 June 1996.
Internet Background Paper
Africa Policy Information Center, Background Paper (Announcement & Excerpts), 7 August 1996. Excerpts from some sections of the APIC background paper, a table of contents and information on how to obtain copies.
Beyond Basic Connectivity
AfricaOnline, 10 July 1997. About AfricaOnline.com Vice-President of Technical Operations, Karanja Gakio's, recent presentation to the African Networking Symposium at INET '97, the premier international event for Internet and internetworking professionals which took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (June 23-27).
Use of the Internet is Growing in Africa
From Tom Butterly, Director of Information Management Consultants in Zimbabwe, 18 February 1998. Growth in connectivity (brief).
Internet Brings Africa Closer to Information Age
IPS, 20 December 1999. While the internet provides a lifeline for thousands of Africans seeking to join the information age by providing distance learing facilities, remote health centres and an international market for craftsmen, Africa remains the region with the least number of Internet hosts and users, and a radical new approach is needed if the continent is to attain its goal of attaining a sustainable information society by the year 2010.