Snapshot of Lagos Nigeria. Not your daddy's "Third World" country

When Basel Action Network shows a junk television at an African dump, and then accuses African traders of doing mysterious favors to avoid UK or USA's recycling costs, it hits a chord... with people who have never lived in Africa.

If you've spent time in Africa, you know the real problems in Africa are things like TRAFFIC JAMS.



Multiple reports show that most of Africa's e-waste is generated by Africans.  Cities like Lagos (over 15M inhabitants) have televisions and computers and cell phones, have had them for decades.  

And it's a good thing.  People are much more likely to get their electronics from repair and reuse, which creates sustainable African jobs, for geek entrepreneurs, than from new tantalum mining in the Congo or tin mining of Indonesian coral islands.

And it's fundamentally good.  That's why it's so criminal for UK's Environmental Agency to put the Geeks of Color, like Joe Benson, in jail.

From 2010 to 2014, Africa's Internet usage increased by...

5,219.6 %

Here's a link to da stats http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm



Now, if 80% of imports of used goods were junk, then you'd necessarily see a huge increase in new product to support this growth.

Oh?  You didn't?  Neither did  we.   Had to be, HAD to be, reuse.    #FREEHURRICANEBENSON

WORLD INTERNET USAGE AND POPULATION STATISTICS December 31, 2013 World Regions Population ( 2014 Est.) Internet Users Dec. 31, 2000 Internet Users Latest Data Penetration (% Population) Growth 2000-2014 Users % of Table Africa 1,125,721,038 4,514,400 240,146,482 21.3 % 5,219.6 % 8.6 % Asia 3,996,408,007 114,304,000 1,265,143,702 31.7 % 1,006.8 % 45.1 % Europe 825,802,657 105,096,093 566,261,317 68.6 % 438.8 % 20.2 % Middle East 231,062,860 3,284,800 103,829,614 44.9 % 3,060.9 % 3.7 % North America 353,860,227 108,096,800 300,287,577 84.9 % 177.8 % 10.7 % Latin America / Caribbean 612,279,181 18,068,919 302,006,016 49.3 % 1,571.4 % 10.8 % Oceania / Australia 36,724,649 7,620,480 24,804,226 67.5 % 225.5 % 0.9 % WORLD TOTAL 7,181,858,619 360,985,492 2,802,478,934 39.0 % 676.3 % 100.0 % NOTES: (1) Internet Usage and World Population Statistics are for December 31, 2013. (2) CLICK on each world region name for detailed regional usage information. (3) Demographic (Population) numbers are based on data from the US Census Bureau and local census agencies. (4) Internet usage information comes from data published by Nielsen Online, by the International Telecommunications Union, by GfK, local ICT Regulators and other reliable sources. (5) For definitions, disclaimers, navigation help and methodology, please refer to the Site Surfing Guide. (6) Information in this site may be cited, giving the due credit towww.internetworldstats.com. Copyright © 2001 - 2014, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.