There many factors that limit our our approaches in programming. And this is not only in Africa, India, and China do also lack a number of analytical technics. They have got advantages over Africa as they receive much from the western world but they are not there yet. In Africa, we are damaged at home , our peers, out lecturers impose their outdated views (their addictions), customers too obvious things , governments too have got policy makers who are guided by same university professors. We too programmers have not done enough to share knowledge, discuss alternative ideas etc. The resultant effects can be seen on our products that lack business model, we do too much of obvious things. In short our upbringing discourage alternative thinking, people around us too can immediately shut down our ideas before trying to see them in different angles. Imagine what would happen if, the founders of whatsapp where African from an African university, and the tried to seek an advice from an arrogant Prof who is already using sms