In the summer of 1998, H-Net and the African Studies Center at Michigan State University hosted visitors from Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, and Zambia for a workshop on Internet connectivity. The African participants spent two weeks at Michigan State where they participated in an intensive workshop on the pedagogical and research uses of the Internet and the World Wide Web, and seminars and roundtable discussions on the Internet and its uses for civic education and democratization. Participants spent a third week in Washington hosted by Howard University where they received training in advanced information systems at the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, and the National Archives. The Washington Week included meetings with USIA staff, as well as education leaders at the American Association for the Advancement of Science and seminars at Howard on networking-related policy issues.

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In the summer of 1997, H-Net and the African Studies Center at Michigan State University, in conjunction with the West African Research Association (WARA) based at Howard University, hosted ten West African visitors and one South African. The goal of the project was to facilitate the use of the Internet by West African scholars. To this end H-Net and Michigan State provided intensive training and support for key personnel at various West African Universities who then serve as trainers for faculty, graduate students, and staff at their home institutions. The workshop was financed by a $135,000 grant from the US Information Agency, Bureau of Citizens Exchange which included monies for the 1998 workshop. MSU generously contributed by providing much of the summer salary and some computer equipment for the West African installations.