Tectonic: A Computer for Africa | Linux Today

Tectonic: A Computer for Africa

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 15, 2006

“Ochuko Onoberhie is from the Fantsuam Foundation in Nigeria, a
non-profit founded in 1996. Among the many many projects pursued by
the organisation one–the Solo computer–stands out. The Solo
computer is a plan to create a computer that can withstand the
heat, dust and irregular power challenges many African countries
suffer from.

“The Solo is being developed in partnership with a group of
software designers based in the UK with Fansuam field-testing the
latest prototypes. Visually the Solo is noticeably different to
other PCs: It looks–and is–small and not much bigger than a
regular motherboard…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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