Bridging the Digital Divide Will Help Shield Africa From External Shocks
Posted in: Digital Divide at 04/02/2010 08:13
Twelve months ago, the economic clouds were dark and prospects gloomy.
As a result of the crisis at the epicentres of the global economy, demand for and prices of our exports, especially mineral products, were falling.
Investment flows including the IT industry were retrenching.
There is no doubt this has caused some damage and interrupted the economic momentum we had built since the turn of this decade.
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