West African University Development: Solving the Problem of Communication throught the Internet (1997)
http://matrix.msu.edu/connect/project97.html

The first of the African Internet Connectivity technology-traning workshops took place in July of 1997. This workshop was hosted by H-Net and the African Studies Center at Michigan State University, in conjunction with the West African Research Association (WARA) based at Howard University, and included ten participants from West Africa, and one from South Africa. The goal of this project was to facilitate the use of the Internet by West African scholars. To this end, the project worked to provide intensive training and support for key personnel at various West African Universities who have since served as as trainers for faculty, graduate students, and staff at their home institutions. From July 28 to August 22, MSU and WARA hosted the first workshop of the Internet Connectivity Project. The aims of the workshop were:

• To give an overview of the important technical skills of connecting to the Internet.
• To provide the participants to the workshop with pedagogical supports that could help them to extend what they have learned once back home.
• To encourage participants to establish important long term networks of contacts for answering questions, solving problems, and facilitating their own institutional and individual interests via the Internet.