> Ie, go to africa, go to costa rica, where a drone will be going over trees instead of houses (who will complain?). It’s a funny thing I only realised after s

> Ie, go to africa, go to costa rica, where a drone will be going over trees instead of houses (who will complain?). It’s a funny thing I only realised after spending a couple months in West Africa: Amazon is pretty much non-existent in Africa. They ship only to to more or less a dozen countries there, and a third of those are North-African countries. And I’m not sure it’s a logistical problem. In 2014, less than 15% of West African countries’ populations had a bank account, let alone a credit or debit card. And while mobile money definitely is taking off, cash is still very present and… well, most people probably don’t earn enough to make it worth operating there for Amazon. Just a quick search gave average salaries for Senegal at less than XOF100k (~$180) / month. In Ivory Coast, it would appear to be ~XOF300k. Just looking at the prices on Amazon makes me seriously doubt it would be worth the effort. And that's without even taking into account how different doing business can be in some countries.