There wasn’t an argument to counter, it was a throw-away piece of hyperbole. It didn’t vote either way, but I can see people down-voting simply because it looks like trolling.
If you want to make a proper argument about Facebook taking over African economics, go ahead. But so far the main ‘argument’ seems to be that it must be evil, because Facebook.
As it's written now a lot of that focus and nuance is gone, which is a shame because it was a very good question IMO.
This might blow your mind to hear but the continent of Africa is comprised of many countries, several of which have had electricity for a long damn time, my friend.
Some even have, wait for it, CITIES. That people live in. With houses made from brick. And internet access. The fast kind even!
You'll have to do better than acting as if Africa can be sufficiently defined by its least developed nations.
Or, at least, you should have actually read the link--at least then you would have seen how the "many people in Africa live in huts" line isn't really a helpful assertion to the discussion the rest of us were trying to have about Pan-African economics.