The New Year balloons regrouped together a sign that technology is moving
The Gambia may be a small geographical entity but that does not mean that the country has small minds or small things. One of the areas where the country is making inroads is Information Technology. This article takes a look at the how the IT revolution is taking the country to another level.
At a little sleeping rural community in Central Gambia, a city boy traveled to his ancestral village to visit his parents. Armed with a mobile phone and a walk man, the boy became an instant celebrity when he called his friends abroad and started talking loudly to impress the rural folks.
Suddenly one of them asked him if he was talking to himself, then the City Boy paused and responded: 'I'm talking to someone overseas' Oh God, the villager screamed; I thank Him for giving me the chance to witness another world where people in the village can talk to others when they are far, far away.
The Villager was somewhat surprised that the City Boy spoke for a long time, and wondered why the [person he was speaking to] did not appear in person. What I did not understand at that time was that my people had noticed that societies differ, and what they don't know, they don't know.
Telephone was not the priority, drums and bigles were used mostly to send messages to those who bothered to listen.
Now my peoples have realized that more than ever before the world had underground what some academics call a permanent transformation. At least, thanks to Information Technology my peoples can communicate with their loved ones anywhere in the world. Because, a lot of others are becoming more and more excited about talking, and enjoying the benefits of talking on the phone, governments are going all the way to actualize the dream.
In a world where migration is one of the major challenges playing out in our social psyche, telephones are increasingly becoming 'one' of the items to buy if you are interesting in connecting and reconnecting with peoples, ideas and places. In the Gambia where a local boy who grew up in the city returned home only to find his society at the same level, relished in boasting about his consciousness of the other world.
Telephones have now been virtually replaced with emails, the power of the Internet is something that we can hardly underestimate, we have seen how the advent of email has contributed toward the intellectual development and sophistication of the human mind. One would begin to wonder what happened to the Villager when Qcell introduced 3G in the Gambia for the first time and how other villagers reacted.
With the much fancied launching of a SECOND 3G technology by the Gambia's telecoms giant, IT freaks can't wait any longer.
By Ebrima Baldeh
Suddenly one of them asked him if he was talking to himself, then the City Boy paused and responded: 'I'm talking to someone overseas' Oh God, the villager screamed; I thank Him for giving me the chance to witness another world where people in the village can talk to others when they are far, far away.
The Villager was somewhat surprised that the City Boy spoke for a long time, and wondered why the [person he was speaking to] did not appear in person. What I did not understand at that time was that my people had noticed that societies differ, and what they don't know, they don't know.
Telephone was not the priority, drums and bigles were used mostly to send messages to those who bothered to listen.
Now my peoples have realized that more than ever before the world had underground what some academics call a permanent transformation. At least, thanks to Information Technology my peoples can communicate with their loved ones anywhere in the world. Because, a lot of others are becoming more and more excited about talking, and enjoying the benefits of talking on the phone, governments are going all the way to actualize the dream.
In a world where migration is one of the major challenges playing out in our social psyche, telephones are increasingly becoming 'one' of the items to buy if you are interesting in connecting and reconnecting with peoples, ideas and places. In the Gambia where a local boy who grew up in the city returned home only to find his society at the same level, relished in boasting about his consciousness of the other world.
Telephones have now been virtually replaced with emails, the power of the Internet is something that we can hardly underestimate, we have seen how the advent of email has contributed toward the intellectual development and sophistication of the human mind. One would begin to wonder what happened to the Villager when Qcell introduced 3G in the Gambia for the first time and how other villagers reacted.
With the much fancied launching of a SECOND 3G technology by the Gambia's telecoms giant, IT freaks can't wait any longer.
By Ebrima Baldeh
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