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Nii Quaynor Quotes

born 1949 Ghana

Nii Narku Quaynor (born 1949) is a Ghanaian scientist and engineer who has played an important role in the introduction and development of the Internet throughout Africa.

Ghana
Engineers

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My hope for Africa in the future is that Africa will own its portion of the internet

Knowledge is built by discussing with other people and by making mistakes and finding new ways to solve problems

Digital rights are not too far away from the right to education

The impact of the gap between the haves and have nots in a knowledge industry may be devastating

Knowledge is about being able to think by oneself, to solve problems, to find new solutions

Any society that lacks highly specialized knowledge, could churn out consumers who are not involved in the supply chain

What is most important is to stir the ecosystem and stimulate knowledge locally

It’s evident that the lack of technical know-how has literally self-colonized Africa

Africa has not succeeded in owning the internet

I did not know that one day someone would have called me the father of the internet

Only Africans could liberate and develop Africa

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nii Quaynor (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.