Get Facebook on ANY Mobile Phone via USSD
Do you want to join the millions of people on Facebook across Africa? But are you stuck with an old feature phone? Want no more! Orange is launching Facebook...
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.
But before you get too excited, they also...
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...
Does Facebook Have Any International Development Impact?
In response to last week’s post about Facebook’s usage in Africa doubling every 7 months, Victor van R, a Dutch ICT4D researcher asked the following...
Facebook usage in Africa is doubling every 7 months!
This is Africa as visualized by Facebook. You could find it depressing if you looked at the world and saw that compared to the USA or Europe, Africa is still “dark”....
4 Reasons why Facebook is an Educational Tool for Schools
Recently I helped review the use of information and communication technologies in the Jordanian public school system and I was intrigued to find that Facebook was...
4 Reasons to Celebrate Facebook Zero in Africa
Facebook has finally launched Facebook Zero in 10 African countries (and 45 countries globally), and I say this is reason to celebrate!
While Kevin Donovan worries...
Are Mobile Phones Pushing Cyber Cafes Out of Business?
When last did you visit a cyber cafe?
Eight years ago, my answer would have been “right now”. I would have been writing/reading this on a computer in a cyber...
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