Improving access to education via satellites in Africa: A primer (an overview of the opportunities afforded by satellite and other technologies in meeting educational and development needs)

A primer published by IMFUNDO - partnership for IT in Education. This Primer was commissioned by Imfundo:Partnership in IT and Education. It was written by Mathy Vanbuel of ATiT, Belgium (atit.be) and was first published online at imfundo.org in 2001. This edition is an up-dated version commissioned by Imfundo and written by Mathy Vanbuel and published online in October 2003. Its objective is to provide an overview of the opportunities afforded by developments in satellite technology in meeting educational and development needs especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This publication is protected by a creative commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0). For the complete text and an explanation of what this means, visit creativecommons.org Neither Imfundo nor ATiT assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any information described herein. The information contained within this document is by its very nature incomplete. Therefore, the authors accept no responsibility for the precise accuracy of the documentation.