Quote from: Lighthouze on October 15, 2018, 02:54:16 PM

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I think I differ slightly on this stand. Africa might be a bit backwards in terms of the literacy levels, but it's still not left far behind in terms of technology and advancements. There seems to be a lot of focus on the cryptocurrencies which are the offshoots of the blockchain technology, this governments of these African countries and other developed countries for that matter are against.

But the blockchain techonology is gradually finding it's way into the reins of these countries. A country like Nigeria, where corruption is widespread, the country's Customs Agency is considering the application of blockchain technology in collection of imports duties, et al.
http://africanleadership.co.uk/nigeria-customs-service-adopts-oracle-blockchain-cloud-service/

It is not left far behind?
How do we count his far, number of highways, number of universities, number of hospitals, life expectancy?

And your argument is a pure example or apple and ~~oranges~~, ~~broccolis~~, dirtbikes.
We're talking about normal, average people adopting and doing business in crypto and you come with an example of a private application made by the government (with the help of a US company)

Quote from: Lighthouze on October 15, 2018, 02:54:16 PM

So I won't be quick to right off Africa as a hub. There's significant progress made and with time, there will be more adoption around here.

Any real sources and something actually being done? What are those sings of progress you talk about?

Quote from: player514 on October 15, 2018, 06:39:17 PM

As much as I find the last statement you make here pretty crude, it's in a sense true. Niger itself has a 19.1% literacy rate. 1 in 5 people are considered literate. I wouldn't be surprised if this is tied to the fact that the country is not as urban as it can be -- there might be a lot of people living in villages.

If that's the case (that many countries have a lot of village life), how can we expect them to grasp the concept of BTC? Urbanization takes time, and it's likely that there are some villages that don't use any technology and use food and grain as currency instead. Maybe some of the more urban areas in Africa could adopt crypto, but I don't think it's the best place crypto could be housed at.

Yeah, it might be not the best choice of words, but unfortunately, that's reality.
And speaking about Niger as I was curious, Wikipedia gave me one hell of a shock.
"Niger's population has rapidly increased with a current growth rate of 3.3% (7.1 children per mother"
It just confirms that BTC should be one the second or third page of priorities, if not in another book.

Quote from: Kakmakr on October 16, 2018, 07:05:37 AM

People are underestimating the resolve of people, when it comes to currencies. The uneducated people still use money, even if they cannot do the math. How did the uneducated people in Zimbabwe manage with fiat currencies, when they had to work with numbers in the Trillion range?

You're overestimating people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO83b6wbKU4