• List of Participants

• Conference Itinerary

• Schedule of Internet Training Session

• Schedule of Seminar on American Democracy and Capitalism

• Schedule for Activities in Washington

• Links

• A Report on the First Workshop, July 28 to August 22, 1997

This summer H-Net and the African Studies Center at Michigan State University, in conjunction with the West African Research Association (WARA) based at Howard University, will be hosting ten West African and one South African for a workshop on Internet connectivity, from July 28 to August 15.

The goal of the project is to facilitate the use of the Internet by West African scholars. To this end H-Net and Michigan State will provide intensive training and support for key personnel at various West African Universities who will then serve as trainers for faculty, graduate students, and staff at their home institutions.

The workshop is financed by a $135,000 grant from the US Information Agency, Bureau of Citizens Exchange. It includes monies for a similar workshop for the summer of 1998. Michigan State University has contributed generously to the grant as well, by providing much of the summer salary and some computer equipment for the West African installations.