Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Africa Internet Technology Initiative

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• Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Africa
  Internet Technology Initiative
• MIT - AITI

• An organisation founded in the year 2000 and run
  entirely by MIT students
• Focuses on bringing information technology to
  Africa by working with schools and universities
• Countries include Kenya, Ghana and Ethiopia
• More information online about MIT and AITI at
• web.mit.edu and web.mit.edu/mit-africa

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MIT-AITI in Ghana Summer 2003.

• Scope 6-week program in Accra at University of
  Ghana, Achimota and Presec High School
• Purpose Starting today, teaching computer
  programming using Java, with practical work in
  computer laboratory and a final project

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The Team
George Heming

• Originally from Jamaica
• Junior at MIT
• Family lives in Accra
• Likes
• Long walks on the beach
• To freak
• Dislikes
• Responsibility

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The Team
Jehanzeb Noor

• Originally from Lahore, Pakistan
• Junior at MIT
• Family lives in Lahore
• Likes
• Roommate
• Ghanaians
• Dislikes
• Cockroaches

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The Team
Robert Speaker

• Originally from Rhode Island
• Freshman at MIT
• Family lives in US
• Likes
• J-lo
• Boardwalk and Park Place
• Dislikes
• Roommate

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The Team
Greg Dennis

• Originally from Massachusetts
• Grad at MIT
• Family lives in US
• Likes
• Tight Leather
• Loose Leather
• Dislikes
• British Embassy

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The Team
Sonia Garg

• Originally from Michigan
• Grad at MIT
• Family lives in Michigan
• Turn-ons
• Vegetables
• Bhangra
• Turn-offs
• Freshness

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The Team
Eugenia Lyashenko

• Originally from Ukraine
• Sophomore at MIT
• Family lives in Snow
• Turn-ons
• Potatoes
• French speaking women from Chad
• Turn-offs
• An Irish man

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The Team
Evita Grant

• Originally from Accra
• Freshman at MIT
• Family lives in Accra
• Likes
• Waking up early
• Calling people auntie
• Dislikes
• People waking up at 3pm

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The Team
Dan Da Man Kim

• Not Chinese
• Junior at MIT
• Family lives in Indiana
• Likes
• Sleeping until 3pm
• Goats
• Dislikes
• Waking up before 3pm
• Security Checkpoints