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 Africa’s rich and powerful, and now has more than 3 million visitors daily. It is just one of dozen...
Source: taipeitimes.com
