13. Ian Limbach, “Waking up to a laptop revolution:
From grand infrastructure projects to small grassroots initiatives in education, technology is bringing
about change in the developing world,” Financial
Times, March 29, 2006; Xinhua News Agency,
“Ethiopian firm launches standard virtual internet
service,” February 6, 2006.
14. Economic Commission for Africa, Consultative workshop held on Ethiopia’s new broadband initiative,
March 29, 2005, http://www.uneca.org/eca_
resources/news/032905disd_dna.htm; Ethiopian
Telecommunication Agency, Telecommunication
(Amendment) Proclamation No. 281/2002, July 2,
2002, http://www.eta.gov.et/Button/Scan/Telecom
Proc 281_2002 (amendment) NG.pdf.
15. Lynn Hartley and Michael Murphree, “Influences on
the partial liberalization of Internet service provision
in Ethiopia,” Critique, Fall 2006, http://lilt.ilstu.edu/
critique/fall2006docs/Influences on the Partial
Liberalization of Internet Service.pdf.
16. Ethiopian Telecommunication Agency, About ETA,
http://www.eta.gov.et/Button/About%20ETA.html;
Ethiopian Telecommunication Agency, Licenses,
http://www.eta.gov.et/Button/Licenses.htm.
17. Balancing Act News Update, “Ethiopia puts off privatising ETC but rolls out nationwide fibre network,”
Issue 272, September 19, 2005, http://www.balancing
act-africa.com/news/back/balancing-act_272.html.
18. Reporters Without Borders, “Three more sites unaccessible, government denies being involved,” May
29, 2006, http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?
id_article=17783.
19. Julia Crawford, “‘Poison,’ politics, and the press: In
Ethiopia’s toxic political climate, Zenawi’s government sweeps up journalists and shuts down newspapers,” Committee to Protect Journalists, April 28,
2006, http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/2006/
DA_spring_06/ethiopia/ethiopia_DA_spring_06.html.
20. Committee to Protect Journalists, “Internet fuels rise
in number of jailed journalists,” December 7, 2006,
http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/2006/imprisoned_06/imp
risoned_06.html.
21. Groum Abate, “Ethiopia Internet cafes start registering
users,” The Capital, December 27, 2006,
http://nazret.com/blog/index.php?title=ethiopia_
internet_cafes_start_registerin&more=1&c=1&tb=
1&pb=1.
22. Weichegud! ET Politics, “Clarification,” December
13, 2006, http://weichegud.blogspot.com/
2006_12_01_weichegud_archive.html.
23. Groum Abate, “Ethiopia Internet cafes start registering users,” The Capital, December 27, 2006,
http://nazret.com/blog/index.php?title=ethiopia_inter
net_cafes_start_registerin&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb
=1.
24. See, for example, CyberEthiopia, “Internet
repression in Ethiopia,” September 2006,
http://www.cyber-ethiopia.com/net/docs/
internet_repression_in ethiopia.html.
25. Carpe Diem Ethiopia, “Blogging in the valley of
the shadow of death,” June 2, 2006,
http://carpediemethiopia.blogspot.com/2006/06/blog
ging-in-valley-of-shadow-of-death.html; Meskel
Square, “The magnificent eight,” June 1, 2006,
http://www.meskelsquare.com/archives/2006/06/the_
magnificent_1.html.
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From grand infrastructure projects to small grassroots initiatives in education, technology is bringing
about change in the developing world,” Financial
Times, March 29, 2006; Xinhua News Agency,
“Ethiopian firm launches standard virtual internet
service,” February 6, 2006.
14. Economic Commission for Africa, Consultative workshop held on Ethiopia’s new broadband initiative,
March 29, 2005, http://www.uneca.org/eca_
resources/news/032905disd_dna.htm; Ethiopian
Telecommunication Agency, Telecommunication
(Amendment) Proclamation No. 281/2002, July 2,
2002, http://www.eta.gov.et/Button/Scan/Telecom
Proc 281_2002 (amendment) NG.pdf.
15. Lynn Hartley and Michael Murphree, “Influences on
the partial liberalization of Internet service provision
in Ethiopia,” Critique, Fall 2006, http://lilt.ilstu.edu/
critique/fall2006docs/Influences on the Partial
Liberalization of Internet Service.pdf.
16. Ethiopian Telecommunication Agency, About ETA,
http://www.eta.gov.et/Button/About%20ETA.html;
Ethiopian Telecommunication Agency, Licenses,
http://www.eta.gov.et/Button/Licenses.htm.
17. Balancing Act News Update, “Ethiopia puts off privatising ETC but rolls out nationwide fibre network,”
Issue 272, September 19, 2005, http://www.balancing
act-africa.com/news/back/balancing-act_272.html.
18. Reporters Without Borders, “Three more sites unaccessible, government denies being involved,” May
29, 2006, http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?
id_article=17783.
19. Julia Crawford, “‘Poison,’ politics, and the press: In
Ethiopia’s toxic political climate, Zenawi’s government sweeps up journalists and shuts down newspapers,” Committee to Protect Journalists, April 28,
2006, http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/2006/
DA_spring_06/ethiopia/ethiopia_DA_spring_06.html.
20. Committee to Protect Journalists, “Internet fuels rise
in number of jailed journalists,” December 7, 2006,
http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/2006/imprisoned_06/imp
risoned_06.html.
21. Groum Abate, “Ethiopia Internet cafes start registering
users,” The Capital, December 27, 2006,
http://nazret.com/blog/index.php?title=ethiopia_
internet_cafes_start_registerin&more=1&c=1&tb=
1&pb=1.
22. Weichegud! ET Politics, “Clarification,” December
13, 2006, http://weichegud.blogspot.com/
2006_12_01_weichegud_archive.html.
23. Groum Abate, “Ethiopia Internet cafes start registering users,” The Capital, December 27, 2006,
http://nazret.com/blog/index.php?title=ethiopia_inter
net_cafes_start_registerin&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb
=1.
24. See, for example, CyberEthiopia, “Internet
repression in Ethiopia,” September 2006,
http://www.cyber-ethiopia.com/net/docs/
internet_repression_in ethiopia.html.
25. Carpe Diem Ethiopia, “Blogging in the valley of
the shadow of death,” June 2, 2006,
http://carpediemethiopia.blogspot.com/2006/06/blog
ging-in-valley-of-shadow-of-death.html; Meskel
Square, “The magnificent eight,” June 1, 2006,
http://www.meskelsquare.com/archives/2006/06/the_
magnificent_1.html.
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285