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Global South tightens social media grip amid protests

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INT

Civil society actors routinely use social media to spread content that fuels anti-government sentiment, to organise demonstrations and to document and amplify protest actions…

Facebook seeks new users and markets as troubles mount

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INTERNATIONAL

Facebook's troubles and business response.

Prospects for African economies to end-2022

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PROSPECTS H2 2022

Prospects for African economies to end-2022.

African aviation growth will hinge on open skies

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AFRICA

The high cost of taking a 50-minute flight within the East African Community reflects a long-standing paradox in which intra-African air traffic is growing faster than global…

African tech hubs face promising but uneven prospects

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AFRICA

Before the pandemic, Africa was the fastest growing continent for developers globally, tech hubs growing by nearly 50% in 2019 alone to exceed 640 by 2020.

Technology delivers mixed development gains in Africa

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AFRICA

However, early hopes that digital technology would rapidly overcome the continent’s infrastructural weaknesses and enable governments to achieve 2030 UN Sustainable Development…

Dollar-dependent gold investment far exceeds bitcoin

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INTERNATIONAL

Gold market prospects.

Net neutrality may be gradually eroded

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INTERNATIONAL

The repeal will allow internet service providers (ISPs) to provide faster speeds to content providers willing to pay extra, potentially leading to discrimination against smaller…

'Green' regulations will make extractives R&D leaders

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INTERNATIONAL

The impact of environmental regulations on the extractive sector.

African telecoms markets will undergo transformation

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AFRICA

More than 25 million Kenyans use mobile money, with around 16 million transactions a day worth 36 billion dollars last year. Governments across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are…