‘Safe Online Spaces Crucial to Close Digital Gender Gap’
IN an effort to close the digital gender gap in Tanzania, LP Digital under Launchpad Tanzania has advocated for the formation of gender-responsive policies and laws that promote women’s digital inclusion and safe online spaces. Managing Director and CoFounder of Launchpad Tanzania, Ms Carol Ndosi made the plea during a virtual symposium on the state […]
When Girls Have Access to Technologies, a True Digital Revolution Will Be in Sight
This year’s International Day of the Girl theme, Digital Generation, Our Generation, celebrates the potential of digital technologies while calling for the inclusion of all girls in accessing technology. The digital revolution will not be realized if girls without access to digital solutions are left behind. For years, advocates of technology for development have been […]
Internet Boost for Continent as Google Announces U.S.$ 1 Billion Investment
Cape Town — Google has announced plans to invest U.S.$1 billion over five years to support Africa’s digital transformation. The tech giant said that the investment will focus on enabling fast, affordable internet access for more Africans, building helpful products, supporting entrepreneurship and small business, and helping non-profit organizations to improve lives across the continent. The […]
Insights From Morocco Into How Smartphones Support Migration
For undocumented migrants and refugees travelling to new countries, accurate information is vital. Because of this, smartphones – mobile phones that perform many of the functions of a computer, like accessing the internet – have become an important tool. They give migrants access to applications such as Google Maps, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter. These can […]
Social Media Abuse Drives Girls Off Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Online abuse is driving girls to quit social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with nearly 60% experiencing harassment, a global study showed on Sunday. One in five girls and young women has abandoned or cut down on using a social media platform after being targeted, with some saying harassment started when they were […]
International Day For Universal Access To Information
The International Day for Universal Access to Information 2020 focuses on the right to information in times of crisis. It also highlights the advantages of having constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information to save lives, build trust and help the formulation of sustainable policies through and beyond the COVID-19 crisis. UNESCO […]
Govt Sets Registration Deadline For Popular Bloggers, Social Media Users In Uganda
Bloggers and social media users with a large following are among those that will have to register with the Ugandan Communication Commission for monitoring before October 5, 2020, according to the organisation’s public notice. “The purpose of this Public Notice, therefore, is to advise all persons currently offering or planning to commence the provision of online […]
The Story Corner : This Challenge Is Challenging
So, there’s been another trending challenge on social media and this has caused a lot of uproars. This challenge is called the #blackandwhitechallenge where women nominate other women and when you are nominated, you will upload a black and white picture of yourself and say something nice about #womensupportingotherwomen. Now, some women have been posting […]
The Story Corner : People’s Fathers and Grand Fathers
Ladies and gentlemen… don’t worry. I know you are about to ask me ‘where have you been?’ I have been compiling gist oooo. Now, I am back to give you on a back to back level. Have you seen what’s been happening on social media now? Oh! my dearest country is on a cruise o. […]
Meghan Urges Girls To Drown Out Online ‘Noise’ With Positivity
Meghan, Britain’s Duchess of Sussex, on Tuesday told nearly 40,000 teen girls and young women from around the world to drown out sometimes “painfully loud” negative online chatter with positivity. In remarks delivered via video to the United Nations Foundation’s 2020 Girl Up Leadership Summit, Meghan noted that the generation she was speaking to grew […]
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