Building an Infrastructure in Africa

[Guest SirVladimir]

Hey.

I'd love to hear your points and insights about how to move Africa up. Please, consider the state of affairs and where the continent's parts lie on the Spiral. No, we cannot spread self-actualization as we know onto the continent, unless we ensure its safety and infrastructure first. No "just sell them Leo's course." 

• Share visions, theoretical or already in process.
• Share projects or companies that are trying to move Africa up.
• Share links or videos.
• You may tackle interesting questions. For example: How could a First-World technology such as a blockchain help create a sustainable infrastructure for Africans looking for food, water, safety and steady ground?

[Guest SirVladimir]

https://www.integratedsociopsychology.net/global/don-beck-south-africa/

[Guest SirVladimir]

Gives you an idea about the complexity of tribes and religions on the continent:

 

[Guest SirVladimir]

The World Bank and African Development Bank report there are 650 million mobile users in Africa, surpassing the number in the United States or Europe. In some African countries more people have access to a mobile phone than to clean water, a bank account or electricity.

https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/may-2013/africa’s-mobile-youth-drive-change#:~:text=The World Bank and African,or electricity%2C the agencies add.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2017/11/08/in-much-of-sub-saharan-africa-mobile-phones-are-more-common-than-access-to-electricity

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/10/09/majorities-in-sub-saharan-africa-own-mobile-phones-but-smartphone-adoption-is-modest/

Could the presence of mobile technology be used to create solutions such as digital cash? 

[Guest SirVladimir]

This article outlines how mobile phones are shaping the future of Africa, along with a bunch of projects I haven't yet gone through.

https://www.digitalcorner-wavestone.com/2018/02/how-mobile-phones-are-shaping-the-future-of-africa/

This paper then takes a closer look at mobile phones and economic development in Africa over the past decades.

https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1257/jep.24.3.207

[Consept]

Good topic, I'll have a look at the bits you've shared 

[RareGodzilla]

A big problem with Africa as well as most of the 2nd and 3rd world is that these countries are economically exploited. Big corporations from wealthy nations buy natural resources and business. Brain drain is also a series problem it's hard for poor nations to keep their talented people because 1st world wages incredibly times higher. It's essentially imperialism. Only that you don't steal natural resources you buy them. 

If you want to save Africa you need to make your 1st world countries more progressive, stop economic imperialist practices that strip poor countries of their resources. It's kind a cliche but the problem is essentially free market capitalism. Those nations simply can't compete against the 1st world powers. This is not limited to Africa at all. In EU for example Austrian companies bribe Romanian authorities so they allow them to cut down their trees in protected natural parks and cause long term damage to those forests.