Internet Development in Africa: Difference between revisions
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==PADISNET== | ==PADISNET== | ||
In a fashion similar to [[ | In a fashion similar to [[ARPANET]], PADISNET began in 1990 as a pilot project to electronically link distinct network nodes. Supported by the International Development Resource Center (IDRC), PADISNET connected on-demand to London, South Africa, the United States, Dakar (Senegal), Accra (Ghana), and Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania). <ref>[http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Padis/Godard.html Africa and Sciences, The Availability of Computer Communications. Retrieved 25 Jan 2016.]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== |