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World Service,09 Oct 2009,18 mins

02/10/2009

Business Daily

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Rwanda's extraordinary ambitions to transform its economy, attract foreign investors and turn farmers into call centre workers by using the latest technology. Can a poor country with a tragic history really become East Africa's high-tech hub? The BBC's Technology Correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones reports from a satellite internet equipped bus, a lap top filled school and the offices of Rwanda's senior education officials.

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