Why are the roads in Africa not paved? They don’t know how?
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Phaenon — 7 months ago(August 12, 2025 09:00 PM)
There are plenty of roads in the world that aren't paved.
The problem with Africa is that local government wants a cut of the money before anything is done. If a business wants a paved road they have to pay for it, and that will require a government permit, and it will have to be sourced locally - at a higher price. And the staff will have to be local and trained up to use it. And it will require security otherwise it will get stolen. And the security will have to be local and trained up too.
So on and so forth.
It's not the entire continent but it is the vast majority of it. And all the money that's been put into get all those countries where they are today…has vanished.
Go figure!
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Phaenon — 7 months ago(August 12, 2025 09:41 PM)
Experience has taught me that white men did build many of the roads in Eastern Africa
These days it is African men working for Chinese companies who are building the roads.
There needs to be lots more of them but there also needs to be better road safety too
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/.ㅤ — 7 months ago(August 12, 2025 11:58 PM)
It's 65% you literal ****ing moron .
https://highways.dot.gov/safety/other/unpaved-roads-safety-needs-and-treatments
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/.ㅤ — 7 months ago(August 13, 2025 12:02 AM)
94% of that 65% are paved with asphalt. You have to be THE dumbest ****er on this site. If you are going to use Google to support an argument at least know how to interpret what you are reading you lignorant **** licker.
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/.ㅤ — 7 months ago(August 13, 2025 12:41 AM)
It's not both. It's 65%. But of the 65% of paved roads in the United States 94% percent are paved with asphalt. It's not difficult to understand. It just takes some basic reading comprehension.
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