by Haymee Perez Cogle & Silvio Cabral Almada
AFRICAN REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TELEMATICS FOR DEVELOPMENT
Ethiopia, 3-7 April 1995
NETWORKING IN ANGOLA
Prepared by:
Haymee Perez Cogle: Angonet System Operator
Silvio Cabral Almada: SDNP-Angola Technical Consultant
LUANDA, 1995
1. BACKGROUND
The first Electronic Mail link in Angola was set up in 1990 under the auspices of Programme Angola- Canada. At that time, a communications node was set in Development Workshop, an international NGO working in Angola since 1980. The purpose was to link Programme Angola's NGO members in Canada with their partners in Angola. When Programma Angola ended in 1993, this E-Mail link ceased to operate. Development Workshop thus sought assistance from the Regional Initiatives Fund of the Canadian International Development Agency, Canadian High Commission (CIDA-CHC) in Harare, Zimbawe to upgrade the regional E-Mail Link and to extend its services to other nationals and internationals NGOs in Angola.
In february of 1994, with assistance from CABECA project was set Angonet node. Throu