WRITING ARTICLES FOR COMPETITION: HOW THE WEB AND GOOGLE HAVE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN TRANSFORMING LIVES IN AFRICA.

THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF GOOGLE AND THE WED TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA.

If am allowed, I would have changed the topic to:

"Thank You Google For Making Things Easier For Us Africans". 

This may be a competition, Knowing too well, I [may] not be good at competitions, but I want to use this mean to thank Google with respect to all their good deeds and helpful contributions to Nigerians and Africa as a whole. I do not see this as a competition, I see it as a way we Africans can thank Google and appreciate the web.

Internet Darkness: Means, When a group of people cannot access the web, due to limited enhancements like internet network access, thereby missing out the benefits associated with it - information.

But when these said group of people, can access the web, due to break through on what previously limited them... is now brought to - Internet Light.

Google helped in restoring internet light to Africa. 

History Back Date...BEFORE GOOGLE'S RESCUE.
Dating back to the 90s and early 2000s, [The common] Nigerians, in Africa, was in [internet] darkest as far as the web is concerned. People like me, who is addicted to surfing the web -  may be for: information, eCommerce, communication etc... Has no way or means of satisfying their thirst. Although, okay, if there was a means, with respect to communication between peoples, or searching for information - It's called Yahoo.


Even though some people think that Yahoo and Ask etc., was available for Search..., these companies and, or the individuals that run or manages them, does not have Africans at heart. Because, they made everything about accessing the same or shared information, very difficult for us Africans. Ranging from: [even] the smallest thing, one can do - which is creating an email account. - Maybe not small...

Even when they allowed us Africans, at their discovery of us, they will make it non-functional - they don't have good service for Africans. But , if they had good service, they enjoy it only in that places like USA, Germany, etc. - Developed continents.

Let's say, there is Yahoo, but the only way to access it by a common man is through an internet connection and access. Let's say again, that everything can be done on the net as at that time, yes, but you need to have good means to connect with people on the other side of the world. But internet access was not cheap.

 
Internet And Africa...
In Africa, internet access was never cheaper than now, in fact, thinking of having internet access to surf the web, was like thinking of going to hell, then having a thought of cheap one - is the hell itself. Every of these sad things put Africa, as a whole, into the internet darkness.

Unities Of Africa...
Africa is one continent, as they international refer us - Developing, so anything that affects one country, in these developing continents affects all others. May be, somebody thought of it - that the only way to make Africa come to the world of reality and light is [first] to give them internet access that is affordable - May be... But not sure. I know very well, that, it is the basic, "because" that is the right channel for getting to the web.

Africa Moving Forward...
Then, in the years: 2002 - 2004, the light of having internet access to surf the web started shining, but very little, because, the big inventors took over it. By this, I mean, you need to have long - longest mast which can cost about so many different African Moneys. Let's talk a little about the accessories, big Money too [all these just to set up a link to access the web]. For some of us, who wants to satisfy our thirst for internet and the web, we must go patronize them... 

HOW THE WEB AND GOOGLE HAVE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN TRANSFORMING LIVES IN AFRICA - Part II.