| VP Njie-Saidy at the launch of ACE |
In a popular cyber café at the heart
of the Gambia’s business hub, Serrekunda, Mafuji Ceesay was staring at the
computer screen as if reading an important mail. In reality, the 29-year-old
Gambian was waiting for the hour-glass dancing before his eyes to stop. With a
tinge of hopelessness, he right-clicked on the mouse for options and refreshed
the system, hoping to make a breakthrough. No improvement.
“As
you can see for yourself, I have been here for the past eight minutes unable to
view my email inbox. The whole of yesterday I could not access my email because
the network was down,” he
decried.