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Line 88: Another significant problem can be the selection of software installed on technology<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2989567.stm Computers to Africa scheme criticised (5/1/2003)]</ref> – instructors trained in one set of software (for example [[Ubuntu (operating system)\|Ubuntu]]<ref>[http://www.aabgu.org/media-center/headlines/computers-wiki-africa.html Students Bring Computers and Wikipedia to Africa (9/17/2010)] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722002405/http://www.aabgu.org/media-center/headlines/computers-wiki-africa.html \|date=2011-07-22 }}</ref>) can be expected to have difficulty in navigating computers donated with different software (for example [[Windows XP]]). A pressing problem is also the misuse of [[electronic waste]] in dangerous ways. Burning technology to obtain the metals inside will release toxic fumes into the air.<ref>[~~http~~https://abcnews.go.com/WN/discarded-computers-poisonous-african-children/story?id=9266722 How Discarded Computers Are Poisoning Africa's Kids (12/7/2009)]</ref> (Certification of recyclers to [[e-Stewards]] or [https://web.archive.org/web/20101004004645/http://www.r2solutions.org/ R2 Solutions] standards is intended to preclude environmental pollution.) Finally, while the training, support, hardware and software may all be donated, it is rare for another vital component of technology, Internet access, to be made available at a discounted rate. "In about half the countries in Africa, one year of <nowiki>[dial-up]</nowiki> Internet supply will cost more than the average annual income."<ref>[http://www.schoolnetafrica.org/fileadmin/resources/Internet_prices_in_Africa.pdf Internet prices in Africa. A comparative study. (probably 2003)] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728002618/http://www.schoolnetafrica.org/fileadmin/resources/Internet_prices_in_Africa.pdf \|date=2011-07-28 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.satsig.net/gispa-afrispa.htm Is Africa in a Digital Quagmire? (11/6/2004)]</ref>

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