Terrific idea, Gordon!
To help economies develop across Africa, he said nations needed to increase access to broadband internet, which he said less than 1% of people currently had access to.
“I am already working with some of you to bring together experts in this field for a major campaign and programme of work, because I truly believe that the rapid expansion of internet access in Africa could transform how Africa trades, learns and holds political power accountable.”
It worked well in Nigeria.
Advance-fee fraud boomed in Nigeria as government corruption and an economic downturn during the 1990s fuelled poverty and disillusionment in the country, said Insa Nolte of the University of Birmingham’s Centre of West African Studies.
“The availability of e-mail helped to transform a local form of fraud into one of Nigeria’s most important export industries,” Nolte said.
July 25, 2010 at 10:33
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Was wrong when he was Chancellor
Was wrong when he was PM
Why do
thinkhe’ll be right now?
Read what he says and just do the opposite, you know it makes sense.
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July 24, 2010 at 19:51
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“hold political power accountable”. Broadband didn’t help us hold Gordon
Brown and his cronies to anything like accountable so how is it going to help
africans do it? The man is a fucking idiot, where are the likes of Lee Harvey
Oswald when we need them?
- July 24,
2010 at 19:42
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New opportunities for FRAUD!! sounds tailor made for Gordoom to be advising
them then…
- July 24, 2010 at 18:38
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I don’t want to know about this. Gordon Brown scares me witless.
However, I have no doubt that he will shortly be receiving thousand of
pounds for interviews and appearances. The bigger the cock up then the more
they get paid. Are these people deemed to be more knowledgeable because of the
cock ups?
- July
24, 2010 at 18:20
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Africa has more mobile phones than normal phones. That’s because it has
jumped directly from no phone to the current modern phone system. It’s done
this without government help. Why can’t they do the same with t’internet?
African’s are pretty good businessmen already.
I hope GB doesn’t get involved with his “Curse of Jonah” destroying
everything he touches.
- July 24, 2010 at 18:07
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Ouch!
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