I thought of something today and want your thoughts. What if IT modernization plans in Africa are part of a plan to train Africans as third-world cheap labor and expand outsourcing even more? (Conspiracy)

submitted ago by 0x4F

Things like One Laptop Per Child, Google and Facebook's internet balloons, etc.

I mean it's not like there's a shortage of H1Bs and cheap Asian call centers, but it's not like multinational corporations have a built-in stop switch when it comes to maximizing profits and further "diversifying" the labor pool to drive down wages even more than they already are.

It could be just an innocuous program to help African schoolchildren learn computers, but as with anything that involves Silicon Valley, I'm always skeptical of their ulterior motives.

What do you think?

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pitenius ago

It's also a plan to create an African market. Think about it: what do most people do on their computers? Look at FaceBook? Play Flappy Bird? That shit might be a rough sell in Africa.

"Hey, Ngele! For only the cost of an import item and crushing debt to jump start your "infrastructure" you can post to the internet."

"Mr. Charlie, I don't know these people. Why should they care for my ideas?"

"Oh, but you do know them! Think of all your friends from school!"

"But I see them every day..."

So they have to convince Ngele, Jr. that Flappy Birds = America = Rich. (The last link in that chain has been done, but look at Nigeria's per capita debt: $90. Median salary? $6000. Hell, they're richer than America, really.)