Africa can learn from the South American mistakes

Africa is firmly in last place when it comes to the development of the digital society, unless you count the Antarctic, but looking towards the failures of other emerging markets might help things along.
First of all you have to address the hurdles which Africa is facing. Firstly, the network is not up to scratch. Secondly, the digital skills gap is exceptionally large. Thirdly, smartphone penetration is only around the 25% mark. And finally, local content is almost non-existent. All of these hu