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A new report details the use of Twitter in Africa. Here is the short version
Feb 4th 2012 | NAIROBI AND KIGALI
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@SomaliPirates: we will hijack this as well!
Slow news week?
Can you for once try to do a story on Africa in a non-condescending and serious way? The audio version of this story with the fake/joke voices was unnecessary. If we want comedy we will go to a comedy publication. We need facts and good, professional journalism
Cute.
The Point remains that Africa has embraced the Information Century and the Mobile Phone was the Game Changer. In many respects, its a Laboratory Experiment.
Aly-Khan Satchu
http://www.rich.co.ke
Nairobi
would have been great to include a link to the long (and probably serious) version of the report, at least online
I thought it was hilarious and enjoyed it thoroughly. You people need to loosen up a bit. Just because you read Economist doesn't mean you can't have a laugh now and again.
The audio version of this article was awful. Cringe! One only needs four characters to describe it, shit
@Econmeafrica yep, the crusty surface of this issue is still too hard to scratch beyond. #digalittledeeper