Comment on Nigerians are building affordable alternatives to AWS and Google Cloud
alyaza@beehaw.org 3 weeks agoIsnt nigeria basically the only african country right now that isnt a shithole right now?
Nigeria probably has the most theoretical wealth available to it because it’s super rich in oil, but there are definitely other countries that have it better than Nigeria (South Africa, Cape Verde, maybe Namibia or Kenya if you want some deeper cuts). Nigeria also has a metric fuck ton of problems (religious tension and sectarianism, terrorism, an openly corrupt political system which likely stole the last presidential election, and constant economic turmoil) that severely rob its capability to exploit its riches. and yes colonialism is a big part of that, it has fairly bad deals with major corporations to exploit that oil
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Hmm interesting. I just commented from the view of someone who has african friends and the only ones who can afford to move here to study and just for the quality of life are the ones from nigeria and south africa. But being a white south african is cheating because of the basically segregation that happens there.