Originally Posted by biznatch

IMO, the "little Umbungnu" was quite unnecessary. (Like calling an African-American child Shaniqua, when one doesn't know her name).
And while I understand the concerns of money that "food is more important", etc.. This program is designed for classroom environments. For example, a class of poor children would have a laptop per child, and the children would have to bring it with them every day, and they would learn together.
And honestly, it could really help the other problems of hunger disease (notably AIDS) because they'd be able to access an incredible amount of information from all-over the world.
Also, these computers allow for anyone to see how the coding works in programs, and have programming applications. It's not impossible that a lot of the software development and technical assistance industry might develop in Africa.
Nowadays a lot of that industry is in the Asian-Pacific region, which is partly English speaking.
Many African countries are French speaking, so in the long run, European tech industries could find labor there.
A lot of this may seem far-fetched, hypothetical. But while I doubt many charity programs, I think this one has true potential.