Archive for December, 2006

Silent night in Chichewa

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Usikuwo woyerawo
Mwana adamlerayo
Akakhale Mfumuyo
Anabadwa m’kholamo,
Mfumu ya mafumo
Ndi ya anthuwo.
Mwanayo wa Mulunguyo
Andikonda inetu,
Nan’tayira chumacho
Nadzagona m’udzumo.
Ndiyamika Mbuye
Wanga Yesuyo.
Usikuwo woyerawo!
Wadzatu mtenderewo
Ife tonse anthuwo
Atitenga Mlunguyo.
Mlemekeze ‘Tate,
Mwana, Mzimunso.
Christmas Yabwino!
(Thanks Soyapi!)

A practical approach for getting internet access for organizations in Malawi

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

My friend Jon Saints has a good writeup on his experience getting connectivity to one of the more isolated cities in Malawi.
http://www.ituprising.com/malawi/blog/jon/case_study_overcoming_the_digital_divide_in_malawi
“It was the combination of resource pooling, engineering, policy that finally made the CCAP a true market for high speed internet connectivity. The combination of these three factors all coming together at the right [...]

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