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Article: Ghana's Chief Computer Geek Uses Pressure to Bridge Digital Gap.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- July 24, 2001
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By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 24--ACCRA, Ghana--Years ago, when the Internet was a lot smaller, a gray-bearded Californian named Jon Postel held so much power over the global network that his friends nicknamed him "God."
Nobody ever mistook Nii Quaynor for God. But he does have a gray beard, and when it comes to the Internet in the West African nation of Ghana, Quaynor has nearly as much power as his friend Postel had before his death in 1998.
Some of Ghana's Internet pioneers aren't exactly thrilled about his demigod status, but Quaynor doesn't care. "They are like little boys," he said of his ...