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crl-15631	Strawn, Tim	Rowing Upstream: Snapshots of Pioneers of the Information Age in Africa. Eds. Lisbeth A. Levey and Stacey Young. Johannesburg: Sharp Sharp Media, 2002. 126p. Free (ISBN 0620289139).	2003-11-01	2	.pdf	application/pdf	1870	161	43	The book does, in fact, celebrate the various ICT (Internet Connectivity Tech- nology) initiatives and programs devel- oped by those NGOs, philanthropic bod- ies, social service agencies, and individu- als throughout the African continent dur- ing the late 1990s. Rowing Upstream is the final report on this five-year program, and it attempts to assess the development and availability of African content on the Web, the utilization of and innovation in technology across the continent, growth and support of ICT in African universi- ties, as well as examining the complex web of issues surrounding the work of local agencies, nongovernmental groups, and outside (foreign) donor agencies col- laborating to enhance links within and between African countries as well as to the rest of the world.	cache/crl-15631.pdf	txt/crl-15631.txt