In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
Young mobile users responsible for most Twitter growth in Africa [Infographic]
New research suggests that Twitter’s growth in Africa is being driven primarily young people using mobile devices and that South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and…
Africa: Turning the tech world upside down (Part 2)
In the first part of this article I discussed — picking up from talks I gave at PopTech and Nokia World 2011 — “The…
26 emerging market political figures on Facebook and Twitter
Speaking to your constituents once meant getting up on a podium and shouting into a microphone. Twitter and Facebook are now the global platforms…
How over-regulation has stifled the pace of mobile money adoption in Africa
In a continent where less than 20 percent of Africa’s population has a bank account and where latent demand for money services is so…
