>access to the global network, intelligent and resourceful people located virtually anywhere can operate on substantially similar footing to anyone else

Great article, but this part is just false.

Africa is blanketed with internet access already - often way ahead of 1st world (I recall reading an article about Seattle getting LTE-A and thinking...wait...got that a year ago). It doesn't quite create the magic the author implies. A bit like writing code doesn't mean you can create the next big app. A lot of ingredients go into it