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Juanita Rivera <jr03072n@stmail.pace.edu>

Mr. Berhanu Beyene <1beyene@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>

Fekadu Mulugeta <fekadu_2@yahoo.com>

Jejaw Demamu <bdtc@telecom.net.et>


Dear Juanita:

(1) Many thanks for your msg.

(2) Referring to your inquiry, pls retrieve/visit the followings;

(a)

1.     Section V-5;

2.     Section VIII-8;

http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%20System/Reference_web_sites.html


(b) My following list distributions;

1.     (04/05/05) Ethiopia is now leapfrogging on ICT (filename: 04-05-05-b.doc, attached to this msg)

2.     (03/30/05) Broadband Internet in the US and Ethiopia (filename: 03-30-05.doc, attached to this msg)


(3) As mentioned in the Item (2)-(b) above, the Multimedia Broadband Internet (MBI) project of the Ethiopia Telecommunication Corporation of the Ethiopian government received US$40 million from the Japanese governmentÕs Official Development Assistant (ODA) fund to install terrestrial optical fiber network at 3 Gbps for connecting major universities and hospitals around Ethiopia.

(4) EthiopianÕs next task is to configure how to effectively utilize the broadband Internet, particularly with e-learning and e-healthcare/telemedicine.

We proposed our Ethiopian colleagues this matter along with the establishment of GUS/Ethiopia — see the materials in the Item (2)-(a) above which were mostly composed by Berhanu.

(5) Prof. Fekadu Mulugeta is now working on the construction of a funding inquiry material for organizing a workshop to initiate this activity.

Dear Berhanu and Jijaw:
Have you heard from Fekadu on this matter recently?  Pls help him with your best effort.  Thanks.


(6) To get the general ideas of our projects, pls retrieve my following list distribution;

(04/17/05) Chapter on "Building Global University System" by Stuart Umpleby
<http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%20System/List%20Distributions/Archives_from_041505.html>, or
<http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q1A5226EA>


(7) Lastly, I took the liberty of admitting you into our list so that you will be kept updated with our daily progress.  Pls enjoy reading it.

Pls feel free to contact me if you have any further questions.

Best, Tak


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Juanita Rivera
Graduate Student for Master of Science
Information Systems
Pace University
jr03072n@stmail.pace.edu

Mr. Berhanu Beyene
Founder and Chairman of Association to Support E-Learning in Developing Countries
Research in E-Learning in Developing Countries
Computer Science Department
University of Hamburg
Vogt-Koelln-Str. 30, 22527
Hamburg, Germany
+49-40-5131 6335
+49-40-42833 2232
Cel: +49 172 5256 138
Fax: +49-40-42833 2202
1beyene@informatik.uni-hamburg.de
admas3@yahoo.com -- works from Ethiopia.
www.asel-in-dc.org
http://www.aseleh.org

Fekadu Mulugeta
Director, Distance Education
Addis Ababa University
P. O. Box 1176
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
fekadu@cded.aau.edu.et
fekadu_2@yahoo.com
www.aau.edu.et

Jejaw Demamu
Bahir Dar University
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 79
bdtc@telecom.net.et


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