Can the internet reboot Africa?

[resilientknight]

No doubt the Bitcoin can make things much better there, through a more dynamic and fair economy.

[RealBitcoin]

I just hope more people join us from Africa and other places.

Seems like the 1st world cant appreciate bitcoin enough, and many shills are against it, but the 3rd world that needs money will love it.

So bitcoin has better chances in Africa than anywhere else.

[virtualx]

Look at a typical African city:

No, sir. This isn't your typical African city. Far from it. Is this Lagos? That's only the bright side. There are some rich folks there, I know Honda has a factory which assembles Accords in Nigeria, but there are also millions of people who barely have anything but the clothes they're wearing. And the poor vastly outnumber the rich. Internet will help, but much more is needed to make Africans richer.

Its Dar-es-Salaam. What I meant to say is Africa is changing. There are more cities like this.

[countryfree]

Look at a typical African city:

No, sir. This isn't your typical African city. Far from it. Is this Lagos? That's only the bright side. There are some rich folks there, I know Honda has a factory which assembles Accords in Nigeria, but there are also millions of people who barely have anything but the clothes they're wearing. And the poor vastly outnumber the rich. Internet will help, but much more is needed to make Africans richer.

Its Dar-es-Salaam. What I meant to say is Africa is changing. There are more cities like this.

Never been to SE Africa, but there are also nice places like this in Lagos or Abidjan. But you never have to go far to find yourself on a dirt road where the houses don't have running water. Yes, Africa's changing. Fast.

[StingrayX]

I think that Internet can be useful for some individuals who use it appropriately but at a large scale (African countries), I think it's more complicated than that because corrupted systems will control any use of technology against them to maintain their power on oppressed people and nothing will change 

[RealBitcoin]

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So bitcoin has better chances in Africa than anywhere else.

Africa has less access to computers and internet, and less individual wealth, fiat, to invest in crypto.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Internet_usage

Very possibly new coins, issued in Africa, will solve some distribution issues. The first African coins will probably be issued by the people who send emails about the rich Nigerian prince. Then probably a wave of "national coins" etc.

Best solution would be for an NGO to set up an infrastructure, like an exchange that also provides information, to smooth crypto in Africa.

There is still cheap labour there and any bitcoin company can hire workers from there.

There are job opportunities there, not just online but physical too. Some african farmers setup a shop in bitcoin and sell the vegetables.

[RealBitcoin]

I don't find information on African farmers selling with bitcoin, maybe it is a wholesaler who accepts bitcoin.

Africa is important because its resources, compared to its level of industrialization, are significant. Most countries and regions consume a lot and produce little, Africa the opposite.

Outsiders want to maintain access to African resources, prevent development that might threaten that. Africa, as a region, has the potential to become a power center similar to what the west has been for many decades. Once there is a more developed uncentralized global economy, with commodities having a more consistent value across borders, Africa will become disproportionately powerful.

Yes there is a lot of resources there that can be used, and if not for the wars and gangs, africa would already be very rich.

Hopefully they dont fall into the shitty socialist illness that the west has.

[BADecker]

The place to start is Western Sahara. Those people are so low in poverty that they will do anything to get out of their hole.

[BADecker]

The place to start is Western Sahara. Those people are so low in poverty that they will do anything to get out of their hole.

What do you mean? Poverty by itself does not help a new economy develop. And for crypto there has to be some level of education.

When there are coins with productive algorithms requiring direct human interaction to mine, like artificial intelligence coins, then there will be more opportunities in places like that. Right now the poorest places depend on 'charity' that does not produce anything useful.

Nobody said it would be easy. But you know how it goes... no pain, no gain.

[Daniel91]

Internet alone can't reboot africa.
In order to really help this content we have to solve really a lot problems.
Political corruption is the biggest problem.
Political instability is second biggest in my opinion.
Other problems are hunger, AIDS, no education for the most people, undeveloped countries, no infrastructure necessery for business like electricity, Internet etc.
I can continue here but already enough said.
Internet alone really can't help them.

[RealityTruth]

facebook is having it's own agenda in africa

[countryfree]

The place to start is Western Sahara. Those people are so low in poverty that they will do anything to get out of their hole.

There are much poorer places in Africa. The coast of Western Sahara is under Moroccan control, then there's a war zone. It's a road and you can't put a foot out of that road because there are mines. Also, there are terrorists out there.

[groll]

Maybe.  This country will be more informed, people will know their rights, will be aware of their surroundings by the use of modern technologies like smartphones.  And since they will know what a smartphones capable of, bringing anything and everything on just a touch, there will be lesser crimes, less case of HIV.  Africans will know everything and anything.  These things will help their country and of course their lives to reboot again.

[waszurHölle]

all the technology is wortheless if they still promoting the same despots who sell out the country.