Why does being in Africa make you untrustworthy?

26 Jul 2010

I haven't been able to use PayPal for two months. I just got profiled for extra security measures on Facebook. I can't make certain purchases from Africa. Few organisations ship goods to me here.

Let's be honest; living in Africa, or being African, gives you a certain unwelcome aroma in the eyes of global corporations. Frankly, we're just not trustworthy.

This isn't new to any of us who live, or spend a great deal of time, in Africa. You're blacklisted, given extra screening, and generally treated like a second-rate human. You're not trusted, and you're not worth the time to figure out if you can be trusted.

Frankly, as a total continent-wide user base, we just don't make enough of a blip on the radar to be worth their time. There's not enough money here in their minds, there is lower-hanging fruit elsewhere with a lot more spending history - and therefore power.

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