in rural areas like this the literacy rate is a tiny fraction of the population. the largest stores of books are at schools and they are mostly donated textbooks.
source: lived in rural africa for two years and taught high school math.
Interesting. For a while now, I've thought about the idea that large "scientific" businesses (from software engineering, even to business) could somehow directly profit from educating people in these areas. Similar to how large companies in the US pay for people to get their graduate degrees. Unfortunately I'm sure it would be taken advantage of by bad actors.
source: lived in rural africa for two years and taught high school math.