A thread.
Stealthily attaches itself to its humans and uses them to propagate corruption and scandal.
Spreads widely because of widespread sharing of similar USB sticks, known to be manufactured by brands such as tribe and sometimes even religion.
Quietly enters the system of its users through a backdoor without raising any alarm. Meanwhile, it allows many other suspicious software to collect as much information as possible about the user - to be used against them in future.
Camouflages as other programs until certain conditions have been met. These conditions can include typing anything on your computer that criticizes its functions. The results can be destructive.
Standalone, targets the operating system of its victims and aims to obliterate all associated data and identity. Does not aim to change the system of its victims, only to destroy.
Advertises pretty destinations to its users. Most people have clicked on the link only to find ugly features and effects lurking underneath.
Chances are, if you install South Africa, you will be infected with either. But users say that Swaziland is by far the worst of the two.
Infects the system from the inside - sometimes locking the system and making it useless. Its users have reported having paid heavily to get back the system in working order. Its detection and removal is a complicated process. Known worldwide.
Its older version completely crashed the system. It has recently slowed down and experts remain optimistic that some quality control would improve its performance.
Very persuasive for users to install it on their PC, most times with the guise of cleaning up the system. Those who have survived its attack have had to throw the whole computer away.
Might not necessarily be for malicious intent, but some drain the resources of the system it infects itself into and very effectively distributes denial-of-local-service attacks.
However, for other African countries to buy what it sells, they would have to throw all their infected systems away and start over. No one is willing to do that.