DCA Digital Digest: Yes, Girls Can Code in Africa!

Go ahead and imagine a computer geek. You probably picture a male nerd, glued to his computer and lost in a world of bits and bytes. You might envision a budding Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg, but probably not a girl.
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2. Africa has potential to have ecommerce bigger than Europe and U S : Jack Ma

“Africa is a home and solution for inclusive economy that the world needs. Think big and think about future. You have a great potential, the future of e-commerce in Africa is bigger than Europe and US”
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3. Adaptation of technology has the potential of transforming Africa’s youthful population.

Technology holds the key to Africa’s future success and that the continent’s huge youthful population should be tapped through the creation of platforms that encourage networking and the pitching of innovative ideas.
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4. The Internet Has Over 330 Million Registered Domains

The increase of approximately 1.3 million domain name registrations globally equates to a growth rate of 0.4 percent over the fourth quarter of 2016. Domain name registrations have grown by 11.8 million, or 3.7 percent, year over year.
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5. Tanzania listing to boost Vodacom East Africa presence

Vodacom is boosting its presence in East Africa with its listing in Tanzania, along with its recent R35 billion investment in Kenyan telecoms operator, Safaricom.
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6. Fake News era: The Use and Abuse of Social Media

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes’, so the saying goes. Never has this been more the case than in the current environment, where social media can spread an unverified story globally within seconds
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7. How Africa is working to harmonise data privacy

Majority of countries in Africa have some form of consumer privacy protection in place. But relatively few have data protection laws that would have any equivalence to laws in Europe or Australia.
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