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 ...
As Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave prepares for an IPO, it faces allegations of financial impropriety, a culture of harassment and bullying, and more
Bloomberg : Tweets: @jakerbright , @tori_crandall , @danieltadeyemi , and @habesh_ Tweets: Jake Bright / @jakerbright : The smooth & bumpy parts of @theflutterwave's IPO path. For context, I'd have m...
How Togo, a country where few possess a driver's license or national ID card, built a digital platform to rapidly disburse relief payments to millions of people
In two weeks, Togo designed and launched an all-digital system for delivering monthly payments to millions of people—and made the U.S. program look like a “dinosaur.” Tweets: @tfadell , @cbodewig , @t...