Well said @asemota. Let me explain reinventing the wheel".

Most folks who shout tech don't understand how it builds societies, grow and accelerate economies.

Tech is sexy but it comes from science which comes from knowledge.

Developing countries like Nigeria emphasis a lot
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..on tech (the sexy part) while developed nations emphasize on knowledge (the gritty part).

Hence, the developed countries invest heavily on research (source of new knowledge) while developing countries heavily import tech.

A characteristic of developed countries is to..
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..solve science and tech needs of developing nations and also giving them aids.

Developing countries love to be fickled about "reinventing the wheel" (lazy habit) without understanding that knowledge represents a factor of social and economic development since Stone age.
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Knowledge is not only cumulative, it grows exponentially. With a rich base of knowledge, it becomes easier to add more knowledge, find social utility and economic value hereby enriching those with this capability. That is, the rich nations get richer.

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Knowledge is the first principle and its why education is so important.

Countries like Nigeria easily forget that China building their rail system means they are buying what started from knowledge, skills, Competencies to the tangible they are seeing.

Knowledge is wealth /5