I think you may be over-simplifying and over-generalizing "the African way" in this case. I'm actually surprised that they didn't want to learn the "loop button

I think you may be over-simplifying and over-generalizing "the African way" in this case. I'm actually surprised that they didn't want to learn the "loop button". Old cassette players even had a "loop button" that some of the not so educated could use. Their unfamiliarity with the computer and its likely "malfunctioning" in the past may be the reason they wanted to keep it as it was. The behaviour of the people is only a symptom in this case. As for the low hanging fruit, there are many other more urgent areas of focus that bump this down the list - poverty and healthcare being a few [1]. Ghana's democracy is still very young and education hasn't completely permeated every region quite yet. It'll take some time to get where much of the developed world is right now. [1] - http://www.our-africa.org/ghana/ http://www.our-africa.org/ghana/