From the recently announced MVP awardees list, I see that Africa now has 5 MVPs (I think they are all in development-related categories) outside South Africa. It has taken a very long time [more than a decade]for Microsoft to appreciate and award people in the ever-growing developer community in the WECA (West, East and Central Africa) region. Granted, Africa does not offer much in terms of sales/licenses figures, but I feel that that MSFT is beginning to take serious notice as they push into what they are calling "emerging markets".
Congrats to all the new African MVPs!