My reaction to Nigeria
Flat World Ranking: 2.0
Nigeria is a 2.0 country because most of the communication between countries that is done over the internet is headed by companies. One such company is called Co-Creation Hub. This company allows its workers to use the internet to work on inventing new products that will help the country. An example of one of these projects is an app that helps Nigerian college students study for exams. While most of the people in Nigeria do not have access to computers or the internet when they do have access to to these things it is mostly through companies that they access them.
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10 Current events
1. Terrorist attacks across Nigeria by a radical Islamic group called Boko Haram
2. Violence over the upcoming 2015 presidential election have started to appear 3. Some in Nigeria want to split the country to make two countries. A Muslim country and a Christian country. 4. Technology is making it easier for people to see the way the government spends money. 5. Threats of impeachment against President Goodluck Jonathan have been made. 6. Nigeria has one of the highest population of people living with Aids in Africa 7. Nigeria exports oil. 8. Corrupt government officials are taking advantage of their status. 9. A Muslim women from Nigeria won the a beauty pageant exclusively for Muslim women. 10. Militants attack and kill Muslim worshipers in a Mosque. HDI Index Ranking of 153
The HDI evaluates a countries average education, health, and living standards and ranks it against the other countries it evaluates. We can then compare the living standards of the countries and better understand what can be done to improve them.
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