Why is Africa stuck in the stone age?

[waszurHölle]

Yes but it is not PC

but at least the people in Botswana are trying to change it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana

yet they have still problems to solve :

many people still live in barracks, unstable energy(STEAG shall fix it) and HIV

[Inotanewbie]

This is not meant to be an offensive post, I am genuinely curious as to why Africa is so far behind the rest of the world.

The Roman Empire had running water, amenities, reliable shelter and clothing for its entire populace 2,000 years ago. 2,000 FRIGGIN YEARS AGO. They created art, sculptures, vast architecture using 2,000 YEAR OLD technology yet if you go to a random area in Africa, it is plagued by poverty, destitution and just overall squalor.

Why is Africa 2000+ years behind the rest of the world and what can be done to correct this??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonialism

I would say that it is the general lack of current (and recent) colonialism in Africa that would contrubate to it's general lack of technology. When a country starts a colony it will generally bring in resources and it's new technology to it's colony in order for the colony to thrive and to succeed. Without many colonies in Africa it is not importing technology at a as high of a rate that it otherwise would be

[arbitrage001]

This is not meant to be an offensive post, I am genuinely curious as to why Africa is so far behind the rest of the world.

The Roman Empire had running water, amenities, reliable shelter and clothing for its entire populace 2,000 years ago. 2,000 FRIGGIN YEARS AGO. They created art, sculptures, vast architecture using 2,000 YEAR OLD technology yet if you go to a random area in Africa, it is plagued by poverty, destitution and just overall squalor.

Why is Africa 2000+ years behind the rest of the world and what can be done to correct this??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonialism

I would say that it is the general lack of current (and recent) colonialism in Africa that would contrubate to it's general lack of technology. When a country starts a colony it will generally bring in resources and it's new technology to it's colony in order for the colony to thrive and to succeed. Without many colonies in Africa it is not importing technology at a as high of a rate that it otherwise would be

Low production cost will bring in new technologies and expansion if basic infrastructure and security are in place. If a country can not provide simple need and security for its own citizen, why would anyone invest in the country?

[BADecker]

The other thought is that Africa is not stuck in any kind of stone age. It is simply that the media makes the rest of the world think that they are not.

Take a look at how poorly doctors and hospitals in the U.S. do at saving cancer patients. Sure, U.S. cancer patients get to die in luxury, but they still die.

If you want to see what is happening (or similar to it) in many places in Africa, watch the 2005 movie Sahara. Stuff like the pollution in Sahara isn't being widely reported. But it is happening. It wouldn't be surprising if an exact scenario like in the movie played out to destroy most life in the whole world.

Also, see one of the things that the people of Africa can do about their conditions: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=917252.0.

[pattu1]

Also, see one of the things that the people of Africa can do about their conditions: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=917252.0.

You think the solution to poverty is guns? 

[BADecker]

Also, see one of the things that the people of Africa can do about their conditions: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=917252.0.

You think the solution to poverty is guns? 

Gun manufacturing is a profitable business, especially if all the common people of Africa who don't have guns buy them.

The people could be employed at the gun and munitions plants and earn good money. They could take guns home with them to protect their families from foreign invaders.

As skills among Africans increased, they might even get into the manufacture of nukes.

Right now, the country of South Africa is the only notable place in Africa where guns and armament are manufactured. If it spread throughout Africa, Africa could stand up and take its place in the modern world, just like South Africa has.

Of course, all the things associated with guns would have to be included in the package - gun safety training and gun laws and rights.

The problem with this whole idea might be the low mental IQ of much of Africa combined with their high emotional IQ. Africa just might be the place that a populace that had open carry might be constantly getting into gun battles with their neighbors over nothing... just for the fun of it.

[BADecker]

The port city of Lagos, Nigeria, is almost as populous as New York State, and probably the largest city in Africa.

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

List of cities proper by population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population.