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GhanaWeb - Nov 12, 2004 BusyInternet receives World Bank grant for incubator programme Under the incubator programme, BusyInternet would provide subsidized and ICT business advisory and training services with a view to stimulating entrepreneurship, innovation and improved productivity to some companies... [read the entire article...] |
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Daily Graphic - Feb 15, 2004 Estelle Blazes the Trail With good leadership, right policies and open communication with staff and customers, Estelle is determined to take Busyinternet to greater heights in the IT industry... [read the entire article...] |
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L'Intelligent - Mar 9, 2003 Accra Connection Pas de doute, le Ghana, comme ses voisins d'Afrique de l'Ouest, entre doucement dans l'ère numérique. [read the entire article...] |
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IDGNews.Net - Jan 6, 2003 First Tuesday founder pioneers Net in Africa Busyinternet in Accra hosts a dozen startups as well as conference facilities, a restaurant bar, a 24 hour copy center and an Internet café that has an average of 1,500 visitors per day and boasts the fastest Net access of any café in the city. [read the entire article...] |
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New YorkTimes - Jul 22, 2002 In New York Tickets, Ghana Sees Orderly City If you are caught playing your radio too loudly in Times Square, selling ice cream while parked in a Harlem crosswalk or dumping your kitchen trash in Prospect Park, your ticket does not just go to City Hall to be processed. It goes to Ghana... [read the entire article...] |
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Wall Street Journal - May 22, 2002 On Ghana's Tech Frontier, Internet Start-Up Flourishes Mark Davies wants to make serious money... the only catch: His plan might be illegal. Mr. Davies, a Welsh-born American, is the founder of BusyInternet, which provides Internet access to Ghanaians. By any standard, the company is already a tremendous African success story. Started with $1.7 million... [read the entire article...] |
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Esther Dyson's Release 3.0 - Mar 20, 2002 Getting Ghana Going "The kind of people who turned up with money to use the offices represent just the type of entrepreneurs you could have picked with a complex development plan and careful analysis of local needs, but they selected themselves: small IT-dependent business people, some e-commerce folks, but mostly Web development or programming professionals...." [read the entire article...] |
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AllAfrica.com - Nov 22, 2001 Busyinternet Launches A Nation Onto World It Map Ghana is on the verge of becoming an Information Technology hot cake in Africa as Africa's largest technology centre, busyinternet is commissioned in Accra today. [read the entire article...] |
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Hewlett-Packard - Sep 20, 2001 Africa's largest Internet development center opens in Ghana By enabling Internet connectivity, IT training and locally initiated solutions, BusyInternet is helping to achieve World e-Inclusion's primary goal of providing all people access to the social and economic opportunities of the information economy. [read the entire article...] |
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Voice of America - Sep 4, 2001 Internet Company Takes Off in Ghana "In a place like Accra it is very difficult for young entrepreneurs to find the right tools, not only in terms of hardware to start a high tech business, but also the social environment. If you are looking to be an entrepreneur, the most important thing is sharing ideas with other people with similar interests." [read the entire article...] |
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New YorkTimes - Aug 23, 2001 High-Tech Center to Open in Ghana The plans put BusyInternet in the middle of a debate over the role of technology in developing countries. Some people, including William H. Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, have argued that such countries need basic amenities like food and medicine more than they need personal computers. [read the entire article...] |
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Boston Globe - Jul 23, 2001 THE WIRING OF A CONTINENT: Entering the queue Davies fell in love with Ghana when he visited the country as a teenager. He originally planned a philanthropic venture to provide better communications to people in Africa. But as he considered the failures of other misbegotten African aid programs, Davies had a change of heart. ''We decided that it was a healthier approach that the business should stand on its own two feet,'' he said. [read the entire article...] |
| Company Press Release - Mar 21, 2001 ACCRA CHOSEN FOR AFRICA'S LARGEST INTERNET CENTER "There's no reason Ghana can't develop an industry of technology entrepreneurs and information workers and participate in the new global economy without them leaving this great country. That's the future we're interested in promoting" [read the entire release...] |