Jacques Sebisaho, MD, is from one of the remotest places in Africa: Idjwi island in Lake Kivu between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. While neighboring countries have been beset by wars and violence Idjwi has remained a peaceful oasis, albeit one left behind by many development advances that have been made in better-known …
Dr. Jacques Sebisaho grew up on an island called Idjwi, belonging to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the second largest inland island in Africa, and the tenth largest in the world. Idjwi is roughly equidistant between the DRC and Rwanda, with 10 to 15 kilometers separating its western shore from the DRC …
FOR IDJWI, AN ISLAND ON THE RWANDA-DRC BORDER, ISOLATION HAS BEEN A GIFT. Idjwi – For many of the world’s 7 billion people, it would be hard to imagine a world without the Internet. In just a couple of decades, our lives have become so intertwined with the World Wide Web that it’s difficult to …
One curious characteristic of the internet in rural areas of Africa is that spread of connectivity is often very closely related to the growth of hospitals. Medical centres for impoverished areas are high on the priority list for governments and NGOs, but in any attempt to practice modern doctoring these days some kind of internet …
SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND RWANDA, THE ISLAND OF IDJAWI HAD NO INTERNET ACCESS UNTIL LAST MONTH. HOST SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH JACQUES SEBISAHO, A DOCTOR AND NATIVE OF IDJWI ISLAND, ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS RESPONDED TO THE INTERNET Listen To Interview > TRANSCRIPT SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When's the last …