Intel wants Africa Wimaxed up

INTEL HAS THE emerging African market in its sights and in efforts to win it over, says it will train 150,000 African teachers in tech by 2012 in the “Intel Teach Programme”.

So far, 20,000 Nigerian teachers and 15,000 educators from other African nations have been indoctrinated by the firm according to Devan Naidoo, General Manager for Intel Africa.

Naidoo said it is Intel’s aim "to reach 16,000 teachers in Abuja in the next few months." But Intel’s aim may actually have much more to do with spreading Wimax strategically across Nigeria and Africa at large.