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This edition of #EnteringTech�� explores one of the very few cases where peer pressure is actually good: tech communities.

Nigerian youths plan protest memorials a year after bloody crackdown

Recent weeks have seen multiple warnings against more EndSARS protests by the authorities.

The new ‘jollof wars’ and why Twitter chose Ghana over Nigeria for its first Africa base Twitter’s announcement Monday that it will set up its first Africa base in Ghana, West Africa, has generated fierce debate among Nigerian users of the social media app, and reignited the never-ending rivalry between the two countries, known colloquially as the ‘jollof wars.’ Many Nigerians believe that Twitter’s decision is a snub to the continent’s largest economy, which is seeing rapid growt...

+ Many Nigerians believe that Twitter’s decision is a snub to the continent’s largest economy, which is seeing rapid growth and investment in its tech scene. Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey capped a whirlwind tour of Africa in 2019 by pledging to move to the continent for several months in 2020. Now it seems that his business will make that move first. In a statement announcing the decision, Twitter described Ghana “as a champion for democracy, a supporter of free speech, online fr...

Twitter chooses Ghana over Nigeria for first Africa HQ CNN 1 hr ago By Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN © David Becker/Getty Images Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has announced a new base for the social media platform in Ghana, West Africa. Twitters announcement Monday that it will set up its first Africa base in Ghana, West Africa, has generated fierce debate among Nigerian users of the social media app, and reignited the never-ending rivalry between the two countries, k...

URL copied to clipboard Matthew Blaise has first-hand experience of the notorious police unit that in October sparked the powerful #EndSARS protest in Nigeria. On 10 July, as he made his way to Victoria Island beach, he was arrested by men from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit.  “They pushed me into their van and drove me away,” Blaise says. At the police station, officers badgered him with questions, trying to get him to change his legal statement. They wanted him to declare...