Khaled Hassounah stood at the front of a dusty classroom, 10 miles outside of Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, pointing his index finger in the air.

“Show me your power adapters,” the 31-year-old Hassounah called out. Forty young hands shot up in response, hoisting pronged AC adapters skyward, black cords dangling to the floor.

It was test deployment day for Hassounah and his team from the One Laptop Per Child project, and the students were interacting with their new laptops–or any laptop–for the very first time. For Hassounah, who recalled his time with the Nigerian students during a recent interview with CNET News.com, the day rewarded more than a year of hard work.

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