Because Nigerian never invested a lot in education and technology. Last year, Nigeria s President, Olusegun Obasanjo, met with Microsoft officials and expressed his desire for Microsoft to help Nigeria develop its Information Technology sector. With the exception of South African, all African leaders has superficial understanding of how their information technology sector can be developed. I read that Obasanjo granted Microsoft a blanket approval to support his objective of bridging the digital divide between Nigeria and the United States. What he has done is given Microsoft the keys to the Nigerian economy.
History repeats itself.
In Zimbabwe, illiterate Africans sold their lands to white farmers for peanuts. Today, they are fighting to get their lands back. Obasanjo has given the keys to the Nigerian economy to Microsoft. His grandchildren will go to war to get the keys back. Microsoft is not in the business of developing a nation's information technology sector.