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A Great Open Source Race: China vs India vs the African Continent

The global landscape of open source software development is shifting, with China and India emerging as dominant forces. China now leads the world with 2.2 million active open source developers, while India has over 2 million contributors. This places both countries ahead of Europe, which has 1.9 million developers, and the U.S. with 1.7 million. GitHub projects that India will surpass the U.S. as the largest developer community on its platform by 2027.

Africa's Role and Challenges
While the number of open source developers in Africa is smaller, the continent is experiencing the fastest growth rates globally. Nigeria leads with a 45% year-over-year growth, followed by Ghana and Kenya at 41% each. This rapid expansion is a "leapfrog infrastructure" that uses open source solutions to bypass legacy systems. However, the article highlights a key challenge: the quality of open source contributions. Despite India's high number of contributors, the quality of its open source software is described as not yet comparable to that from the U.S., Japan, or Hong Kong. This is a potential challenge for Africa as well

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ICTworks · A Great Open Source Race: China vs India vs the African Continent - ICTworksChina-India race may dominate headlines, but Africa's open source story is just beginning to show amazing promise and growth rate