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Re:Rwanda just released the first smartphone made entirely i... by Robotbeat on Thursday October 10, 2019 @10:35AM (#21214981)
After my deep dive into reading about the Zipline Drone company (who first deployed at-scale in Rwanda and now serve virtually the entire country with rapid, fully electric airborne blood and medical product delivery), I learned just how well Rwanda is doing economically. Very vibrant, indeed.

They are led by a paternalistic figure who helped stop the genocide and has high support in the population. It's not as democratic as I would like, and the Rwandan meddling in Congo isn't exactly clean, but trajectory of Rwanda to middle income country status is commendable. I worry about Kagame's admiration for the Chinese model of development, though. I guess an advantage of Africa versus China is the nations are more numerous and so power is more disperse (possible exception: Nigeria by the end of the century). I hope a gradual trajectory toward prosperity for all, freedom, and peace take place on this continent.

Re:Rwanda just released the first smartphone made entirely i... by mattr47 on Thursday October 10, 2019 @10:49PM (#21221116)
He has support because if you voice against him you end up in prison, jail or exile.

I'm not saying he didn't do great things to stop the genocide in 94, but the country is the way it is because he rules with an iron fist.