Project Description
For this project, me and my partner each had to research the demographics of a specific country and how immersive that country is with technology. Then compare the two countries based on the facts that were pulled. The locations that my partner and I chose were Nigeria and Ethiopia which are two countries in the continent of Africa.
Interesting Facts
What was interesting while doing this project was seeing the digital divide comparison between Nigeria and Ethiopia. On one hand, Nigeria is the top country in its continent for tech companies and over 60% of fintech investments are in Nigeria. On the other hand in Ethiopia, there is a large digital divide and only 25% of the population has internet access. While Fintech has been emerging in the country it still has ways to go to reach Nigeria's tech portfolio.
Insights
I learned that while that there are desparities across the world involving technology and that technology is an essential resource especially the way the world is trending. The less tehcnology the less access to information a country might have making them appear less modern to the rest of the world. There has been alot of articles in the news tody about many tech comanies using the natural resources of poorer countries to make parts such as chips for top level technology. It's important that we be mindful of how the advances we make in the world could affect other people.