Technology is the root of all evil

By Philip Emeagwali

"Africa’ s lack of substantial technological knowledge of the Internet and its potential may lead it to be assaulted or manipulated in unexpected ways, just as it was devastated generations ago for the lack of a simple compass. We didn’t recognize the power of the compass then; the danger is that we don’t recognize the power of technology today," writes Philip Emeagwali, voted Africa's greatest scientist by New African and extolled as “one of the great minds of the Information Age”click and read more