<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body>Ok. Read you loud and clear now.<div> <div>Ofcourse ransom is not the best way.<br>Maybe was to create emotions and guilt - which would not work in business world either.</div><div>I would encourage the creation of demand for Africa from others just like the way mobile telephony investors have responded to a Regulated environment in Africa. </div><div>The Bottom Billion is a good target but can also be a strong bargainer if we are willfully united in the intent. </div><div>Too much rhetoric from me on this..? Yes I m being swept by emotions for True Africa:-)</div><div><br><font size="2">From Yassin . Sent from samsung mobile. On O2.</font> </div></div><br><br><br>Nii Narku Quaynor <quaynor@ghana.com> wrote:<br><br><br><div>Go and hold the world to ransom? That is *reckless* and I mean it<br><br>On Oct 19, 2012, at 19:09, Y Mshana2003 <<a href="mailto:ymshana2003@gmail.com">ymshana2003@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Wow. .. a bit harshB-)<div>Just let individuals say what they think then we will know about their perception and how to influece the streamlining process.</div><div><br></div><div>Otherwise you will not know what is in someones mind.</div><div><br></div><div>The difference between a Ruler, a Manager and a Leader is in the way they communicate. A teacher is a different case.</div><div>Politeness is a simple thing to forget.</div><div><br></div><div>I am just concerned..... Huh!</div><div> </div><div>Yassin - a simple person<br><br><br><font size="2">From Yassin . Sent from samsung mobile. On O2.</font> </div><br><br><br>Nii Narku Quaynor <<a href="mailto:quaynor@ghana.com">quaynor@ghana.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><br><div>Reckless :(<br><br>On Oct 19, 2012, at 16:24, Dr Yassin Mshana <<a href="mailto:ymshana2003@gmail.com">ymshana2003@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Well well.. It is an idea shared. There must be thinking behind it....?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 October 2012 14:56, Nii Narku Quaynor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quaynor@ghana.com" target="_blank">quaynor@ghana.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Oct 19, 2012, at 6:55, Gideon <<a href="mailto:gideonrop@gmail.com">gideonrop@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> The only way Africa could have a voice is to have a bargaining power that exists not in the lobbying only but more tangible factors like "we have this % of content, that holds the % stake of the www e.t.c. ". so we shall argue based on the stake we hold!!<br>
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</div>....really? Bargain first with yourself, learn to create and use your content/applications, share it with others and forget about holding the world to a ransom<br>
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Rather use the open Internet to simply develop Africa's economies, industries and capacities<br>
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> Gideon Rop<br>
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