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09/17/2004:

"$50m wireless network for Africa"

Midrand - India will provide Africa with a $50m integrated satellite and fibre-optic wireless network for improved communication, the Pan African Parliament heard on Thursday at the opening of its second sitting.

The network would connect 53 African Union member countries for tele-education, tele-medicine, e-commerce and e-governance and e-services, Indian President Abdul Kalam announced at Gallagher Estate in Midrand.

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