Title: Hi PG. As a Nigerian Internet start up founder, I was quite disheartened to read  Leila Janah, post (http://tcrn.ch/aE4UqK) where you were quoted as saying you would "rather fund an incubator for less glamorous businesses, like gas stations and plumbers." than start a Y combinator in Kenya.<p>A continent with 1 billion people and, 110 million connected online (growing in triple digits) I would like to believe we can produce companies that can have product market fit before deciding to scale up and probably open offices in the west. .e.g US.<p>When I wrote my blog post "A cure for Nigerian Internet Scams (http://bit.ly/ayCTUX), I counted you as one of the people that we would seek support from to become relevant in the world of startups.<p>So hearing that you think there is no hope for us, is quite deflating.<p>So my question is, why do you believe Africa cannot produce global scale startups?
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