no that was mukiri! i was proLaunch (a group of scientists seated somewhere trying to solve a problem is a good thing). @rollout - you are right, it does help to have a network and a working system (part of coding with a full stomach) but that does not mean that in order for me to have stuff working here i have to wait until the day we replicate whatever is in the Us.

there are many problems that face humanity ION, it should not be a race to solve these problems so that we can brag but rather make real and meaningful changes to the human race. we don't have to compete with the US or China in order to feel more human or worthy - you are human, you are worthy. Kindly fix the problem around you that bites you everyday using whatever science and engineering is availed to you. Mr. Educated if I could paraphrase Wangari Maathai - education, if it means anything, should not take people away from the land...for educated people are in a position to understand what is being lost.

Rollout the govt cannot support education alone, that only happens in Norway as far as I know. Even in the US, historically institutions and individuals have funded and continue to fund research to build capacity eg Carnegie

History shows us that 4000 years ago, Africans were the most developed. They managed to build pyramids 3000 years ago. The pharaos were all back and their DNA shows they originated from sub saharan Africa.

http://forums.civfanatic...showthread.php?t=492254


4000 years later, most African countries will have technical difficulties redoing the same pyramid project. Issues to do with workmanship, funding, technology for raising the stones etc will come up.

1000 years ago, most of africa was mining and producing metals, iron, bronze, copper and gold.

1000 years later, Kenya has to import basic steel from india or China for the SGR project.

In General, african technology has continued on a slow decline.
The reasons given to this decline, which started from 1500 AD to currently, is that the Europeans, Americans and Arabs embarked on slave trade in Africa.
This trade removed the innovative and leadership quality endowed gene pool of people from Africa.
Africa was dispossessed of leaders hence poor political climate which has led to poor economic climate.
Proffessor Nathan Hunn of Harvard explains this here

http://www.voxeu.org/art...frican-underdevelopment


http://www.inmotionaame....&topic=9&bhcp=1


Around 1000 to 1500 AD, just before slave trade, African cities were a beehive of international trade activity. We had the Great Zimbabwe in the south

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Zimbabwe

Ingombe ilede copper industry in central africa/Zambia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingombe_Ilede

In Kenya we had Lamu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamu

People from the Kenyan hinterland followed tana rivers till Lamu for trade.

In tanzania there was Kilwa kisimani city

http://archaeology.about...od/tanzania/a/kilwa.htm


In somalia there was Kismayo and Mogadishu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kismayo

South Africa's ranking as worst in the world for its maths and science education is "a state of emergency", the opposition has said.

The Democratic Alliance called for a full skills audit of all maths, science and technology teachers.

For the overall quality of education, South Africa came 146th in the WEF ranking.

While not all countries were surveyed, South Africa was ranked below Kenya, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.

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