Re:I'm all for technology, but... (Score 1)

It seems to me that Zuckerman's position isn't:

Lack of IT is a problem.

But rather:

Consistent access to IT can help solve problems.

They are directly addressing some pretty critical issues--communication with family members abroad who help support the family back home by working and sending money; helping to organize and maintain massive and crucial processes like Rwanda's reconciliation/justice commissions; reducing dependence on foreign powers for the basic mechanisms of global finance--in addition to indirectly addressing the more material issues by facilitating education and business.

It's important not to create a false dichotomy between "help with the basic necessities" and "help with IT and communications issues". It's possible for the "developed" nations to do both, and we should, in my opinion.