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Hi Daniel,<br>
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Thank you for your mail. May I suggest that you and your students join in one of the GeoForAll webinar series to start planning ideas for this. Rafael Moreno is leading our webinar series, and I will request him to consider an interactive webinar on OpenCitySmart
[1] and NASA Europa Challenge [2] and use the opportunity to plan ideas . It will be great to have student teams from Africa for next years Europa Challenge.<br>
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I fully understand the issues on low internet access in many parts of the developing world. But things are changing and will change. From my experience in India, things have changed a lot in the last ten years in getting low cost internet access (though still
lot of work need to be done esp. in rural areas ). <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Especially, in university campuses there is high speed internet at low cost. I am optimistic that costs for high speed internet access will keep coming down in the future. </span>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What is the situation for low cost internet access in University campuses in Uganda? Are you based from a university there?</span>
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Please feel free to connect with colleagues in the network and discuss ideas .<br>
<br>
Best wishes,<br>
<br>
Suchith<br>
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[1] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Opencitysmart" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk347220" previewremoved="true">
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Opencitysmart</a> <br>
[2] <a href="http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk813184" previewremoved="true">
http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it</a> <br>
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From: GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Dan Bwanika <bulemezi@gmail.com><br>
Sent: 12 November 2017 3:32 AM<br>
To: GeoForAll@lists.osgeo.org<br>
Subject: [Geo4All] Interacting With Students/Professionals in Uganda<br>
<br>
Forum<br>
<br>
I am trying to find a way of how Professors, Scholars and Researchers<br>
in the Global North can interact with prospective students here in<br>
Uganda for short courses in any field specifically related to; Urban<br>
Geographies, Regional planning, Infrastructure Planning and Design and<br>
New Urban Technologies (Big Data, Urban Architecture & Design,<br>
Cartography, Infrastructure Engineering/Planning etc.,)<br>
<br>
Of course there’s need for a high speed internet connection (skype) to<br>
make this possible. French Orange (Africell) has such facilities but<br>
theirs are rather expensive.<br>
<br>
If you’re an interested Professor, Scholar and Urban Researcher and<br>
you might find this proposal interestng and has the means of<br>
interacting with students here in Uganda please let me know or we can<br>
talk about it.<br>
<br>
Best Wishes,<br>
<br>
Daniel Bwanika<br>
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Box 12413 Kampala<br>
Uganda<br>
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