Bono’s and Paul’s Big Adventure

Pop-star Bono and Secretary of the Treasury Paul O’Neill have just returned from their fact-finding trip to Africa to determine whether foreign aid works and how wealthy nations can successfully aid developing nations. But did they miss the biggest issue: Can information technology and the Internet help Africa develop economically and politically? What will the consequences be if the digital divide is added to Africa’s other problems?

Nicholas Thompson discusses the extent to which the Internet has helped Ghana, the most wired country in West Africa, as well as what it can do for the rest of the continent.

Participants

• Nicholas Thompson
  Markle Fellow, New America Foundation