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July 13, 2022
Africa: Elon Musk and Twitter Are At War Over Bots - Here's Why They Matter
Musk has terminated his $44 billion Twitter buyout deal, citing doubts over bot info. But what are bots, and are they all bad? Read more »
July 12, 2022
Africa: Can an EU Law Save Children From Harmful Content Online?
The Digital Services Act will crack down on targeted ads and content to better protect children from harmful content on social media Read more »
July 05, 2022
Africa: Companies From Developing Markets Are Crucial to Meet Sustainable Development Goals
If we're serious about achieving these goals, we must pay more attention to companies from emerging and developing economies as their impact is ever growing. Read more »
June 28, 2022
Africa: As Smartphone Use Grows, Users' Trust Wanes
While mobile phone usage has grown consistently, there are also rising concerns about the risk of spam, fraud, and the lack of privacy Read more »
June 27, 2022
Kenya: Online Disinformation Stokes Tensions As Elections Near - Report
Platforms like TikTok, Facebook and Twitter are failing to effectively police abusive content ahead of Kenya's high-stakes election, warn digital rights groups Read more »
June 23, 2022
Africa: Energy Charter Treaty Under Fire Over Threat to Global Climate Action
Governments are due to agree reforms to a treaty that allows energy companies to sue states for lost profits and could be used to claim damages if they move to phase out fossil… Read more »
June 22, 2022
Africa: The G7 Should Keep Its Word On Trillions for Developing Countries
Developing country observers gazed on at COP26 when various leaders of wealthy and industrialized G7 countries spoke of aspirations to mobilize the trillions needed in clean… Read more »
June 16, 2022
Africa: Data Breaches Are Mounting in Africa. Here's How to Stop Them
Africa's future depends on both better data and a data governance framework to encourage innovation and better decision-making Read more »
June 15, 2022
Africa: Insect Muffins? Africa's Bio-Economies Boost Food, Energy Security
Sustainable use of nature for innovative products can help build stronger economies and create jobs for young Africans Read more »
June 14, 2022
Africa: As Young People Push to Be Online, Data Cost Stands in the Way
Nearly three-quarters of African youth see universal Wi-Fi as a human right, but sky-high data costs from Ghana to South Africa mean only one in eight can afford to be online all… Read more »
June 08, 2022
Africa: Africans Are Fighting to Protect Our Oceans, Food and Jobs
Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Read more »
June 01, 2022
Africa: 'Local Is King' - Continent's Online Platforms Take On Silicon Valley
From online funeral service planning to voice-based messaging, Africa's innovators are tapping local knowledge and cultures to develop their own tech platforms Read more »
May 26, 2022
Africa: Blockchain Can Drive Financial Inclusion and Climate Resilience
Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Read more »
May 27, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon Slashes Taxes to Tap Its Solar Power Potential
With its hydroelectric plants hobbled by drought, the country is courting investors to grow a more stable solar energy supply Read more »
May 25, 2022
Africa: Mobile Money Taxes Risk Driving Poor Out of Digital Economy
Cash-strapped African nations are rolling out an e-levy on mobile money transactions to boost revenues, but the policy could hurt the poorest as the cost of living rises and… Read more »
May 09, 2022
Africa: Are Cryptocurrencies the New Digital 'Blood Diamonds' of Africa?
Across the world's troubled spots, resource wars and economic crises are being fuelled by a new kind of high-tech "blood diamond" - cryptocurrency. Read more »
May 03, 2022
Africa: Why Millions of Africans Are Right to Resist Mobile SIM Card Registration
Mobile SIM registration linked to digital ID is causing exclusion of marginalised groups, and concerns about privacy in the absence of sufficient legal safeguards, especially in… Read more »
April 29, 2022
Africa: Drones to Data - Africans Turn to Healthtech
Stanley Ngwira was used to seeing mosquitoes throng the big sky over his village in Malawi, but a drone hovering above the swarms was a new sight altogether for the retired… Read more »
April 28, 2022
Africa: Twitter - Should We Stay or Should We Go?
Elon Musk's Twitter takeover raises concerns for human rights, so should activists be boycotting the social media channel, or standing firm? Read more »
April 22, 2022
Somalia: Somaliland Fire Leaves Traders Penniless and Market Destroyed
Thousands of business owners in this breakaway region of Somalia have been left penniless after a massive fire swept through the sprawling Waheen market, engulfing hundreds of… Read more »
April 20, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Blocks 73 Million Mobile Phones in Security Clampdown
Constance Chioma calls her son every morning to check that he is safe while studying in northeast Nigeria, a region plagued by deadly attacks by Islamist insurgents and armed… Read more »
September 17, 2015
Eritrea: Forced Labour Built Canadian Mine in Test Case - Former Official
Hundreds of men drafted into Eritrea's army were used as forced labour to build a Canadian company's copper-gold mine in central Eritrea, according to a former construction… Read more »
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