Manager Nat & Guests
We are proud to announce that Black Star and the Community Tourist Center Committee (CTCC) have teamed up to open the first Internet cafe in Busua. The Internet Cafe’s temporary home is at the Black Star Surf Shop. The computers for the cafe where donated by a computer recycling company, 505Recycle, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the US. Thanks 505Recycle people!
The Internet cafe currently has three computers; two of which are used for guests and the other acts as server. The connection is remote and from one of the cell phone companies so it is fast and not cheap (compared to the cities) but it is still less expensive than other nearby options. The computers will be moved to the Community Tourist Center once the building of the center is completed.
When we move the Internet cafe to the new Tourist Center we will also leave a few computers at the surf shop and have a wireless setup there so that people with laptops can sit on our deck and enjoy the nice view of the ocean and have some food or drink from our very own Okorye Tree Restaurant (which shares the deck with the Black Star Surf Shop and now the Internet cafe).
The plan is to get more computers donated so that we can also use the Internet cafe as a community computer classroom. We will start a program that focuses on teaching local kids about the environment and the environmental issues that their community face as they learn how to use the computer.
All profits from the internet cafe go into a community project fund. Some of this money will be used to subsidize
Local Guys hit the Net!
Internet use for community members. Since Internet connection isexpensive and this greatly limits the communities ability to use it, we will subsidize the prices so that they are comparable to what one would pay in the nearby city of Takoradi.
Please support this project and help us keep it sustainable by using our internet service when you are in Busua. This way you get to connect to the world and help out community at the same time. Now that is cool!
