Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | about this site Black star: Ghana, information technology and development in Africa (05 Mar 2004) Why the poor have so little clout over IT reflects a wider contest in Ghana over the future of the egalitarian ideal in the country. In recent months the government has taken a number of steps that have vastly increased prices of basic services for people living in cities. In January 2003, the government doubled the cost of gasoline sold at state- controlled outlets. Last year, electricity charges were doubled by the state electricity company. Both sets of price increases are aimed at ending government subsidies, once substantial, on these products. Article URL: http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_3/zachary/index.html Read 101 more articles from First Monday sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: CSS Sprites: Image Slicing’s Kiss of Death This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy