Day one has just ended at West Africa Com 2009 and has been busy at the FMNA stand.

The conference covered many important issues today including the challenges for rural areas in bridging the digital divide in Africa and how these communities can access improved telecoms services.

This is a much talked about issue, internet penetration is still very low, lack power is a major issue and poverty and affordability will inhibit roll out of services to the mass market. There was interesting debate with the general consensus being it will take  long time for this to happen.

ForgetMeNot Africa  has asked various people for there contributions and will post these soon and welcome any comments and debate.

Tags: Abuja Nigeria, Bridging the digital divide, ForgetMeNot Africa, West Africa Com