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China, Africa & Beyond: A 2022 global tech reading list
Fostering a global understanding of the tech industry
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10 questions with an r/Kenya mod
Kenyan Redditors debate gender roles, politics, and the state of the nation in one of the fastest-growing sub-Reddits dedicated to an African country
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Dealing with regulators, watching a tech war bloom: How TikTok ended up where it is now.
Even if TikTok satisfies Thursday’s congressional committee, can it ever be just another social media platform?
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Why BNPLs fund the 'credit unworthy'
The credit scoring system was broken, BNPLs swept up the pieces and created an industry. Today's newsletter explores the 'credit unworthy' & fintech-run…
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So much more than Opay: Welcome to the Operaverse
Back in August 2020 I wrote a piece about the Operaverse. In this newsletter I discuss a few predictions from that very article in light of recent news…
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Short Video From China to Africa
An exploration of China's short video industry & the development of Transsion owned Vskit
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Wapi Pay, Huawei, and the Digital Yuan
They're all literally (and figuratively) connected
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The latest from African tech and the rest of the world
Welcome to sixtyone by me, Alexandria. I was a Beijing-based tech worker at a Tencent-invested tech company. Then I moved to Nairobi where I reported on…
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