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I would gladly start working with programmers in Africa. I'm based in Europe (Poland), and for a long time I've been thinking about how we're working with peopl
by jwr 13y ago
I would gladly start working with programmers in Africa. I'm based in Europe (Poland), and for a long time I've been thinking about how we're working with people around the globe while completely ignoring the huge continent that is right within ±2h of our timezone.
The problem begins with the word "Africa". Obviously, this is a meaningless word, describing an entire continent full of radically different countries. And yet we use it. I know how I get annoyed when my country gets generalized as "Eastern Europe" (first, we're Central Europe, and second, countries in this part of Europe are quite different from each other). I can't even imagine what it feels to be thrown into an "Africa" bucket.
Then there is the issue of whom to work with (and where), how to start, how to build trust. It's just immensely difficult. I know next to nothing about African countries, much less about major cities, good schools, places where I could find programmers and business partners.
I am hoping for more ties between European and African developers and entrepreneurs, so that we can start working together. Which would hopefully make the life of an African programmer easier, at least on a practical (economic) level.
- V-2 13y ago> I know how I get annoyed when my country gets generalized as "Eastern Europe" (first, we're Central Europe, and second, countries in this part of Europe are quite different from each other) Good point, I'm not fond of that oversimplification, either. I wrote about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6584077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6584077 That's a classical read worth recommending for those willing to understand the subject better: http://www.euroculture.upol.cz/dokumenty/sylaby/Kundera_Tragedy_(18).pdf http://www.euroculture.upol.cz/dokumenty/sylaby/Kundera_Trag...
- wilsonfiifi 13y agoYou could probably get in touch with the trade representative of any the embassy of the country you are interested in. That would most likely be a good starting point to get general information. In Ghana a few good points of contact would be: Ghana Consulate Warsaw: http://www.worldembassy.us/embassy/ghana-poland-warsaw.html http://www.worldembassy.us/embassy/ghana-poland-warsaw.html Google Ghana: Mark Davies: http://markdavies.net/ http://markdavies.net/ Ghana Telecom University College: http://gtuc.edu.gh/ http://gtuc.edu.gh/ Meltwater: http://meltwater.org/ http://meltwater.org/ University of Science and Technology: http://www.knust.edu.gh http://www.knust.edu.gh