Social media. This year’s survey contains more detailed information on Africans’ use of social media, which is the top feature used on a mobile phone. Four out of five Affluent Africans consider social media influential. Nine out of ten African Affluents use social media several times a day...
Building a customer loyalty program that really sticks, starts with understanding your customers like family. What makes them tick, what problems do they face, and how can your rewards become their personal superheroes? Here's the thing: rewards are only as good as the val...
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We note that even some leaders from the Global South have endorsed such messaging over climate justice framing. For example, at the 2023 Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in France, Kenya’s President, William Ruto, criticized the narratives that portray Africans as “victims,” and ...
And it’s worth highlighting here that South Africans spend the greatest amount of time using the internet each day, with their combined activity across all devices adding up to a hefty 9 hours and 24 minutes. Danesreport the lowest use of mobile phones for internet activity, but even then,...
Millions of Africans use WhatsApp for all their voice calls, so “people felt they were cut off from the world,” said Mark Tinka, a Ugandan who heads engineering at SEACOM, a South Africa-based internet infrastructure company. Many Africans also use WhatsApp to connect with relatives in oth...
Cole’s apology didn’t prevent the creation of a satirical Twitter account inspired by the gaffe, however, and it’s now filled with mock tweets such as, “South Africans won’t be able to tear APARTheid my new knits — they’re just that strong!” ‘It Goes in the Trash’ Sensi...
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Millions of Africans use WhatsApp for all their voice calls, so “people felt they were cut off from the world,” said Mark Tinka, a Ugandan who heads engineering at SEACOM, a South Africa-based internet infrastructure company. Many Africans also use WhatsApp to connect with relatives in oth...
The epidemic continues to rage, however, in South America, Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. By the year 2025, AIDS will be by far the major killer of young Africans, decreasing life expectancy to as low as 40 years in some countries and single-handedly erasing the public health gains...