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Twitter lays off staff at its only Africa office in Ghana

November 10, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

In the wake of the restructuring launched by Elon Musk, the Twitter platform got rid of almost all the staff of its Africa office in […]

Twitter allowed again in Nigeria after seven months of suspension

January 13, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

Twitter is back up and running in Nigeria after a seven-month suspension in Africa’s most populous country, where the U.S. social network had become a […]

Nigerian media outspoken against request to suspend their Twitter accounts

June 8, 2021 Steven Addamah 0

While the authorities cut off access to Twitter on Friday, June 4, the broadcasting regulatory body, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), asked the media to […]

Senegalese student Diary Sow is in contact with her family and friends

January 22, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

Diary Sow is alive and well. This Senegalese student, a preparatory class student at the prestigious Parisian Louis-Le-Grand high school, had been missing since 4th […]

Uganda: Authorities block access to social networks two days before general elections

January 13, 2021 Steven Addamah 0

This decision comes at the very end of a tense campaign for the presidential and legislative elections. The elections are scheduled to take place this […]

Uganda: MPs vote to maintain unpopular social media tax

October 3, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Lawmakers in Uganda have voted to maintain a controversial tax law expected to be implemented later this year. The ruling National Resistance Movement, NRM, dominating […]

Ugandan parliament approves Mobile Money & social media tax bill

May 31, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Uganda’s parliament on Wednesday approved a law that imposes new taxes on social media services and mobile money transactions. Human rights activists and critics of […]

Swahili becomes first native African language to get Twitter recognition

May 9, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

Social media platform Twitter has officially recognized the use of Swahili as a language on the platform. It became the first African language to achieve […]

Ethiopia shuts down internet to prevent exam leaks

June 1, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The Ethiopian government has announced a total internet shutdown as means of blocking the leakage of papers for the country’s grade 10 examinations. About 1.2 […]

Rwanda: Nude photos of female presidential candidate leaked

May 11, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Social media in Rwanda was flooded this week with nude pictures believed to be Diane Shima Rwigara, a 35-year-old businesswoman who announced her intention to […]

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