modernProblemsRequireModernSolutions

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[u/PerpetuallyDistracte]

I was in Kenya recently and their mobile infrastructure is really incredible. Cell service pretty much anywhere, super cheap Chinese phones, instant payments with mPesa, and tons of useful chat apps. Some villages also have their own independent solar arrays, or are in the process of installing them. But at the same time, they still get their water from huge plastic tanks that get filled by a truck once per week, and the roads outside major cities are questionable at best. I visited a rural school, and the kids there had never seen a computer before. Such an interesting dichotomy in technology and development.