Ethiopia goes digital

Ethiopia, one of Africa's poorest countries, is spending one-tenth of its GDP every year on IT. Over the next five years the government plans to invest more than $100m in public-sector computers. It aims to equip hundreds of government offices and schools with broadband internet connections. And by 2007, according to the plan, none of Ethiopia's 74 million people will live more than a few kilometres from a broadband access point.