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RE: Day in the Life of a Steemit Blogger: Solar Phone Chargers For Africa, Venezuelan Project and Roya

in #africa7 years ago

What a great idea!

There is however a bigger problem for Africans to get connected than charging. Although I agree that some challenges exist, the bigger threat is the cost of accessing the internet.

In many rural areas there are no fixed lines - not copper or fibre. These people have to make use of cellphone networks to connect which is extremely expensive.

I am talking as someone from one of the most developed African countries.

But once again, GREAT initiative!!

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Well, ideally this project should be run by Africans, since they know the needs the best. I'm trying to get the basic idea together, and the donor side..... a few Africans have already come forward wanting to take this on....research needs to be done to figure out WHAT WE CAN DO. As a small step, using this platform to see some change.