I've just published a new blog article on Functional Africa—Africa, Technology and Lindy Hopping—in which I discuss how Functional Programming represents an opportunity for Africa, and why. https://en.functional.africa/blog/lindyhop
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I don't know how that can be in other African countries, but I know that the incumbents you mentioned are the same here in Nigeria. I tweet about the quirks of Go frequently. I could use something else, but there's the market and the incumbents.
That's maybe more true for Nigeria than some other African countries. Though I think Nigeria's software economy still has room to grow, and I'd like to encourage that growth to be in a more functional direction...
