Africa: African leaders welcome microsoft support for IT access

African political leaders praised Microsoft's support for the region's development of information-technology access and called for greater investment to further expand this reach. Speaking at the start of a two-day conference Microsoft organized to discuss ways to bring more software to Africa, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete said Africa was the world's "last frontier in information technology," with just 10% of the Tanzanian population having easy access to computers.