I dislike such projects. It's kind of like having a showcase for the "special kids" where everyone can come and look at how "great" they are because they made some useless trinket.

Build by looking people in the eye, talking and trading with them, not by praising some impressive but ultimately useless thing some random people people from some village did.

That's why China is winning in Africa. The chinese do not build websites showcasing how great some african villagers are. They come and say: you have that, we have this, let's make a deal. You win, I win.

I posted this for the "hacker interest" value - there's some cool hacks there. In the broader view, I definitely see your point.

Talk about Hacker News in it's truest sense. Makes me embarrassed to have ever said "we can't" or "I can't" on any project I have worked on.

Another article on the site had a link to a job board there: http://jobs.whiteafrican.com/ I'm thinking about seeing what kind of candidates I could get. Any suggestions on how payment works? I've never worked with an international candidate before

Give it up. Africa is hopeless.

Whitey's great weakness is this weird urge to help other races. We need to help ourselves first. God knows everyone else does - by feeding on us.