Comments on: Why the Poor Remain Poor in Africa http://whiteafrican.com/2006/03/28/why-the-poor-remain-poor-in-africa/ Where Africa and Technology Collide! Wed, 23 May 2012 21:23:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mama Mia http://whiteafrican.com/2006/03/28/why-the-poor-remain-poor-in-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-842 Mama Mia Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:51:34 +0000 http://whiteafrican.com/?p=196#comment-842 so so so so true, especially the 'why get an education' bit. I have a friend who was tops nationwide in both primary and secondary school, got a good Uni degree, has loads of experience, but can't get a job locally. Option to travel abroad isn't there coz she's married. Not sure where cleaning up the rot would start .... so so so so true, especially the ‘why get an education’ bit. I have a friend who was tops nationwide in both primary and secondary school, got a good Uni degree, has loads of experience, but can’t get a job locally. Option to travel abroad isn’t there coz she’s married. Not sure where cleaning up the rot would start ….

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Africa: Technology to aid the poor http://whiteafrican.com/2006/03/28/why-the-poor-remain-poor-in-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-822 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Africa: Technology to aid the poor Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:56:18 +0000 http://whiteafrican.com/?p=196#comment-822 [...] White African firmly believes that technology and the free market can both be used to empower the poor in Africa. [...] [...] White African firmly believes that technology and the free market can both be used to empower the poor in Africa. [...]

]]> By: Irena http://whiteafrican.com/2006/03/28/why-the-poor-remain-poor-in-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Irena Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:01:25 +0000 http://whiteafrican.com/?p=196#comment-817 Interesting article! Interesting article!

]]> By: HASH http://whiteafrican.com/2006/03/28/why-the-poor-remain-poor-in-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-808 HASH Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:55:08 +0000 http://whiteafrican.com/?p=196#comment-808 Well, I'm not talking about it in the armed revolutionary sense necessarily. It's more about how technology can be used to make monopolies and corruption irrelevant because they are simply bypassed. Disruptive technologies have a way of throwing slow moving government beauracracies behind the power curve. They cannot change fast enough, they find themselves using old technology and practices while the rest of their populace rushes by. Well, I’m not talking about it in the armed revolutionary sense necessarily. It’s more about how technology can be used to make monopolies and corruption irrelevant because they are simply bypassed.

Disruptive technologies have a way of throwing slow moving government beauracracies behind the power curve. They cannot change fast enough, they find themselves using old technology and practices while the rest of their populace rushes by.

]]> By: Kierke http://whiteafrican.com/2006/03/28/why-the-poor-remain-poor-in-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-807 Kierke Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:08:10 +0000 http://whiteafrican.com/?p=196#comment-807 Now there's an idea worth pursuing. How can technology and people using it liberate the people from the government? Now there’s an idea worth pursuing. How can technology and people using it liberate the people from the government?

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