Welcome Friends! Cote d'Ivoire Albert Adjo Dadie Claire Konate Kouakou Kouadio Aissata Toure-Bourgoin Ghana Harry Akussah Amos Anyimadu Joseph Budu Yaa Osei-Brimpong Senegal Fatimata Ba Gora Dia Madiama Mbaye Ibrahima Thioub South Africa Bennett Alexander Rekha Jhilmeet Zandi Lesame Samuel Leshoro Lulu Makhubela Velaphi Myeni Andile Siyengo Ann Tothill Monde Quvane Fiona Wilson Zambia Sekelani Banda Musonda Lemba Bertram Mmembe Norah Mumba Mutumba Namafe

Summer 1998 This summer H-Net and the African Studies Center at Michigan State University will be hosting visitors from Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, and Zambia for a workshop on Internet connectivity, from July 6 to July 17. Meet the people who are working hard to make this project a success. Building Bridges The goal of the project is to facilitate the use of the Internet by African scholars and to build bridges of communication across the globe. H-Net and Michigan State will provide intensive training and support for key personnel at various African Universities who will then serve as trainers for faculty, graduate students, and staff at their home institutions. Partnership H-Net and the African Studies Center at Michigan State University have worked together, supported by the United States Information Agency, to make this project possible. Building Scholarly Networks in Southern Africa: Final Report