How a Chinese entrepreneur amassed 10M+ IPv4 addresses, mostly from Africa, to lease them outside Africa, leaving African ISPs struggling to expand capacity
Alexandra Wexler / Wall Street Journal : Bluesky: @bottleofstars and @lifewinning.com Bluesky: @bottleofstars : “entrepreneur” Ingrid Burrington / @lifewinning.com : www.wsj.com/business/tel... this ...
How the US conducted a monthslong campaign to push The Gambia and at least four other developing nations to license Starlink; diplomats call the events alarming
The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk's satellite internet company in five developing nations. Bluesky: @karlbode.com , @emptywheel , @rimaanabtawi , and @malwarejake . Mastodon: @Suff...
Starlink has disrupted Kenya's existing ISP industry since its launch in July 2023, forcing legacy providers to lower prices and increase internet speeds
@khadijaalam.bsky.social and i reported on how starlink cost less than local isps in some african countries. — restofworld.org/2025/starlin... Forums: r/ghana : This Article Is Claiming that Starlin...
In Kenya, TikTok's most active African country, creators make money hosting protest livestreams, which protesters say help them stay safe from police violence
@restofworld https://restofworld.org/... Victoria Crandall / @tori_crandall : Very interesting @RestofWorld piece by @gengetonedon. 54% of Kenya's internet users are on TikTok. Nearly 1/4 rely on the ...
A look at the face off between the Khoisan, an ancient southern African tribe, and Amazon, which plans to build a regional HQ on sacred land in South Africa
Loni Prinsloo / Bloomberg : Tweets: @loniprinsloo1 , @quicktake , and @atbwebb Tweets: Loni Prinsloo / @loniprinsloo1 : Drone and video footage of the site where Amazon is building its new African he...
How Facebook became indispensable in Africa with its ease of access, importance to small businesses, its facilitating of community organizing, and more
Nesrine Malik / The Guardian : Tweets: @nwstein , @protagorasto , @skepticafro , @nesrinemalik , @wolfiechristl , @samhaselby , and @glynmoody Tweets: Nick Stein / @nwstein : After following @Google ...
How Parallel Wireless, a New Hampshire-based Open RAN vendor, is leading the charge to turn African mobile operators away from China's Huawei and ZTE
Abubakar Idris / Rest of World : Tweets: @yinkawrites , @nicdawes , @yinkawrites , and @restofworld Tweets: Yinka Adegoke / @yinkawrites : The race to build Africa's 5G networks is entangled in a U.S...
Facebook says people linked to France's military used fake accounts to meddle in African politics, tangling with similar efforts by Russia's IRA in some nations
and Africa in the middle of it. https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/... Donie O'Sullivan / @donie : These tactics are most commonly associated with the Russian government — and, indeed, Faceb...
Facebook says people linked to France's military used fake accounts to meddle in African politics, tangling with similar efforts by Russia's IRA in some nations
It's the first time Facebook has identified people affiliated with a Western government for sanction
Activists worry about misinformation disrupting African elections, driven by high Facebook usage, as social media companies operate with little oversight
Bloomberg : Tweets: @alykhansatchu , @alykhansatchu , @alykhansatchu , @alykhansatchu , @alykhansatchu , and @smith_jeffreyt Tweets: Aly-Khan Satchu / @alykhansatchu : Many of the administrators hide...