Explores issues regarding the Internet, especially its role in education, in two West African countries, Burkina Faso and Ghana. These developing countries share a common border, but their technology reality is very different. Existing differences highlight some of the issues Africa is dealing with concerning the Internet. (Author/AEF)

Describes the Pan-African Network for a Geological Information System (PANGIS) that was designed so that developing African nations could use their own information resources and make them available internationally. Topics discussed include training programs, standards, computer hardware and software, bibliographic databases, and future plans. (LRW)