Imagine if you will...

...a world with Africa at the forefront of scientific development.  An Africa uninhibited by the economic restraints imposed by the west.  A continent in dire need of medical and technological advances and free from the baggage of industrial infrastructure (and its associated mindset) could certainly become any early home for the birth of the singularity.

A new article on SciDevNet explores the possibilities associated with Africa developing on its own, wholly new terms.  It's certainly thought-provoking.

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