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Life As An African Web Developer

Posted by timothy on from the grass-is-drier dept.

There's an interesting look at the realities of high-tech in Africa running on NewsForge -- specifically, one writer's account of starting a web development company in Ghana, dealing with obstacles including power problems worse than the norm in deepest California.

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  1. Mundungu! Call the president! by El+Jynx · · Score: 0, Troll

    And tell him there's hyenas chewing on the power cables again!

    Somehow I don't think that watching hyenas glow in the dark is what African IT experts thought their teachers meant when they were learning about Shockwave Flash.

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  2. Re:I know Guido by beee · · Score: -1, Troll

    Your post was way too long and I didn't read any of it.

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  3. Time Management? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    >> Life As An African Web Developer

    How do you fit in web development while you're eating people?

  4. Line the ducks up why don't you... by Thaidog · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...what is it called when somebody posts something that seems legit, but knows what will happen to the subject once released to the public? Flamebait? Good thing I got that USB to NES adapter for the Duck Hunt gun... Ok next article: Word association... and AMD chip looks like a.... cracker! BLAM! I just can't miss...

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  5. Re:Going up? by notbob · · Score: -1, Troll

    Here, Here, well done.

    I couldn't have said it better myself, let them stand on their own 2 feet or die in their own squaler of a mess.

    Nobody built things for us, we did it on our own.

    Whites of european decent built much of modern civilization and we're proud of that.

    The africans? We'll let you know when they invent something useful without European/American influence.

    I still think killing them all and making it a nature preserve / nuclear waste dump site is the best option. But that'd be too practical a solution.

  6. The mean IQ of Ghana is very low.. 71 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The average IQ score in Ghana is 71. They are NEVER going to be able to emulate Western society.

    http://www.lagriffedulion.f2s.com/sft.htm