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In Africa, where 'local is king,' platforms take on Silicon Valley

Plan a funeral, call out corruption or start a business — tough jobs all now made easier by a generation of tech-savvy Africans tackling local problems beyond the grasp of big tech. It was frustration that pushed Tanzanian engineer Maxence Melo to launch an anonymous, online whistle-blowing platform after his appeals to the media to investigate an array of questionable mega-project contracts were met with silence. His JamiiForums Web site launched in 2006, unmasking the murky money trails of A...
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FEATURE-'Local is king': Africa's online platforms take on Silicon Valley

Our goal is not to maintain low literacy - our goal is to make teaching, tech and business accessible," Sidibe said of his ad-backed platform. DATA SOVEREIGNTY Big tech has come under fire for harvesting and selling users' data by the world's main central bank umbrella group https://www.reuters.com/technology/big-tech-data-harvesting-comes-under-fire-by-world-central-bank-group-2022-05-05, the Bank for International Settlements, as well as activists https://news.trust.org/item/2020...
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Africa's online platforms take on Silicon Valley

Plan a funeral, call out corruption or start a business — tough jobs all now made easier by a generation of tech-savvy Africans tackling local problems beyond the grasp of Big Tech. It was frustration that pushed Tanzanian engineer Maxence Melo to launch an anonymous, online whistleblowing platform after his appeals to
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MIL-OSI New Zealand: Local Government – Porirua libraries help forge connection

Source: Porirua City Council  With the social isolation caused by Covid-19, libraries have more than ever become a hub for people to connect – with each other and, through technology, with the wider world. With this in mind, Porirua Libraries have created a series of programmes to help combat social isolation and enrich people’s daily lives. “Public libraries have been identified as key hubs for inclusion and community cohesion, and we have a real role to play in helping pe...
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