The Choice Between Facebook and Running Water Isn’t Obvious
Over the past several years two seemingly independent ideas have been gaining traction:
New technology allows developing nations to leapfrog over traditional growth...
Did You Know the Facebook Tipping Point Happened in Ghana on Sunday?
On Sunday, the Electoral Commission of Ghana changed the place of social media in African politics forever. After a very close race for the presidency of Ghana,...
Free Zone is Google Stepping Up its Game to Challenge Facebook in South Africa
You remember Facebook Zero, the no-cost access to Facebook that is helping to double Facebook users across Africa? Now check out Google’s come back:
Free...
Do Not Pity Those That Think Facebook Is the Internet
Christopher Mims has a well researched article on Facebook’s plan to find its next billion users and convince them the internet and Facebook are the same. He has...
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Get Facebook on ANY Mobile Phone via USSD
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Facebook has 165% User Growth Rate in Africa, But…
The fine folks over at oAfrica have complied the Facebook growth rates for the last 18 months and they are stunning.
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The Facebook-less Africa: Where Electronic Social Networks Don’t Reach
You know the amazing photograph of the earth at night showing all the lights of population centers around the world. And you’ve seen the Facebook friendship...
From Highs to Lows – Africa has world’s greatest broadband price decreases in 2010
A few years ago, Internet access in Africa was crazy expensive. Entire projects would sink under the weight of a monthly broadband bill, often exceeding staff...
Technology gets rid of dictators, but not social classes
Since the Arab Spring uprisings, human rights activists worldwide have championed the power of technology, mainly the Internet and mobile phones, as tools for democracy...
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