April's Bitcoin halving will slash revenue for miners, who will likely move from the US to lower-cost countries like Ethiopia, Tanzania, Paraguay, and Uruguay
- Outdated machines may be profitable in low-cost energy areas — Ethiopia, Paraguay among countries becoming mining ‘players’
Africa-based Chinese influencers who post racist videos about Africans on apps like Douyin and Kuaishou made fortunes from China's livestream shopping industry
“Chinese people love watching how other places are not as good as China.” — On the afternoon of May 24, a beauty pageant took place at an apartment in Kitwe, Zambia. Tweets: @feministajones , @ianbe...
Africa-based Chinese influencers who post racist videos about Africans on apps like Douyin and Kuaishou made fortunes from China's livestream shopping industry
“Chinese people love watching how other places are not as good as China.” — On the afternoon of May 24, a beauty pageant took place at an apartment in Kitwe, Zambia. Tweets: @violazhouyi , @khushbuo...
Internet rights campaigners allege Tanzania is using Twitter's copyright policy to maliciously target accounts run by human rights activists to silence them
Dickens Olewe / BBC : Tweets: @mariastsehai Tweets: Maria Sarungi Tsehai / @mariastsehai : Tanzania 'using Twitter's copyright policy to silence activists' - BBC News “Every day on Twitter, Kigogo - ...
At least half a dozen startup founders from non-Western markets say YC's fully remote S20 Demo Day put them on a more equal footing with their US counterparts
Due the merchant connected nature of their business the founders didn't bother applying to YC having to operate on a different timezone than their customer. Virtual YC baited them. They applied. Got i...
A look at the current state of IoT in monitoring biodiversity loss and climate change, with examples of how it is being used to monitor vulnerable ecosystems
Charles McLellan / TechRepublic : Tweets: @vodafoneiot , @techrepublic , @techrepublic , @techrepublic , and @techrepublic . Thanks: @steveranger Tweets: Vodafone IoT / @vodafoneiot : .@TechRepublic ...
Facebook says it's piloting in Tanzania a new framework for large-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks with 50+ access points, as part of its Express Wi-Fi initiative
Shannon Liao / The Verge :
Tanzania's law requiring online content creators to pay a hefty fee to register, identify sources, and disclose sponsors drives bloggers and YouTubers offline
The troubling trend has already spread to Uganda, which recently enacted a social media tax — In May, Tanzanian bloggers lost … Tweets: @akomanet Tweets: aKoma / @akomanet : A big shame. Content cre...
Q&A with CEO of Zipline, the Sequoia and a16z-backed startup delivering 20% of national blood supply via drones in Rwanda, as it expands operations to Tanzania
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Cell phones proliferate in sub-Saharan Africa: texting, taking pictures and video are the most common uses, mobile money popular in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania
Cell Phones in Africa: Communication Lifeline — In a few short years, the proliferation of mobile phone networks has transformed communications in sub-Saharan Africa.