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Rwanda (Part 2): Strike up the Bandwidth!

Rwanda is rushing in to the internet world with plans to wire up the whole country. Peter Day hears what drives the plan.

Global Business continues it's series of reports from Rwanda this week, with a look at the country's plans for wiring up.

Rwanda plans to become a 'middle income' country by 2020 and the internet is an important plank on which the government plans to build it's new economy.

The government has recently completed a $50m deal with Korea Telecom, which will mean wireless broadband will reach out across the whole country. On top of which they are rolling out a nationwide 'one laptop per child' plan.

But can this rush to join the wired up world produce the results Rwanda wants, and what will the leap forward mean for a mainly agricultural economy?

Peter Day hears from the decision makers about the policy, and those putting the plans in to practice in Rwanda.

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