http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks EssentialAfrica Drum Social Media en 60 http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2012/05/23/spear-sparks-hot-twitter-debate Debate on Twitter around Brett Murray's The Spear moved away yesterday from surprise and disgust to racism claims . http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#10387 Wed, 23 May 2012 16:47:03 +0200 http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107422&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter As Malawians celebrate Joyce Banda’s appointment as president on sites, like Facebook and Twitter, the increased use of social media in Malawi comes full circle as her new government takes office. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#9871 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:57:56 +0200 http://mashable.com/2012/02/19/african-twitter-peace/ An African administrative chief uses Twitter to help solve problems and maintain order in his Kenyan village... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#9116 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:04:54 +0100 http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Butty-Kenya-Corruption-Fight-Goes-High-Tech-Ragui-13february12-139200563.html Anthony Ragui says his website I Paid a Bribe collects stories about bribes paid as well as those who refused to be bribed... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#9039 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:37:37 +0100 http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106622&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Using 140 characters or less, Chief Francis Kariuki in Kenya, has tweeted his way to reducing crime in his and surrounding villages. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#8904 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:30:55 +0100 http://www.iol.co.za/business/international/study-finds-sa-is-africa-s-top-tweeter-1.1221120 South Africa tweets the most on the African continent ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#8790 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:26:54 +0100 http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/4/32185/Egypt/Media/Egyptian-citizen-journalism-Mosireen-tops-YouTube.aspx Mosireen, a media collective responsible for collating some of the most iconic videos of the Egyptian revolution, is now one of the most popular non-profit channels in the world after just four months of being on YouTube http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#8691 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:43:15 +0100 http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/01/16/apps4africa-2011-winners-innovative-apps-combating-climate-change/ Appfrica is the organizer and facilitator of the second annual Apps4Africa competition which rewards African technologists for developing creative solutions to some of the continent’s most challenging issues. 2011 was the second year we’ve done Apps4Africa, the first year culminated with this congratulatory message from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#8608 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:18:30 +0100 http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/newrels/nigeria-sexual-violence.html “Kill me, kill me, you people should just kill me.” Those were the words of an unidentified woman as she was being gang raped by five men and her ordeal was filmed with one of their mobile phones. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#8033 Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:54:37 +0100 http://bikyamasr.com/48532/egypt-activist-who-went-nude-insists-on-her-freedom-of-expression/ Egyptian activist Aliya al-Mahdy denied on Tuesday that she was part of the April 6 Movement and wrote on her personal Twitter account that she was never part of the political group. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#7618 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:33:39 +0100 http://www.gadget.co.za/pebble.asp?relid=3833 The long-awaited release of the most comprehensive study yet of social media in South Africa. It shows both Twitter and LinkedIn reaching 1.1-million users. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#7272 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:27:42 +0200 http://memeburn.com/2011/10/memeburns-50-most-prominent-south-african-journalists-on-twitter/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+memeburncom+%28memeburn%29 The rapid uptake of Twitter by the general public is often ascribed to celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher, Lady Gaga, and Demi Moore. In South Africa, with the most followed users being mainly celebrities, the situation is similar. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#7268 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:14:19 +0200 http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/504944 A blog has been created to collect eyewitnesses’ testimonies over what happened on Sunday. The site is run by activists and independently aggregates the testimonies of those who witnessed the events firsthand. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#6954 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:03:46 +0200 http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/23/65379.html Online video sharing site YouTube, has announced the launch of a Kenyan domain, www.youtube.co.ke. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#6800 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:54:05 +0200 http://www.africasia.com/services/news_mideast/article.php?ID=CNG.7ad23683e364936213965f6a6f6a1c2c.6d1 Some 200 Arab bloggers involved in cyberactivism will gather in Tunis Monday to discuss the role of the Internet and social networking in political change following the "Arab Spring", organisers said. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#6650 Mon, 3 Oct 2011 12:45:48 +0200 http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/zim-court-tosses-out-facebook-charge-1.1142531 A Zimbabwe court has tossed out charges against a man accused of urging his compatriots to copy mass protests in Egypt in a post to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Facebook wall, a lawyer said on Wednesday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#6399 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:20:47 +0200 http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2011/08/31/ancyl-gets-online-talking If the tweets and status updates about the ANC Youth League's disciplinary hearing on Tuesday were advertising space, they would be worth R2-million. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#5852 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:26:55 +0200 http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2011/07/14/east-africa-survey-highlights-uptake-of-facebook-among-urban-youth/ Research firm Consumer Insight has published results of a survey among youth between the ages of 7 and 24 in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have revealed interesting aspects concerning the accessibility and use of the internet among this age group. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#4727 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:04:25 +0200 http://mediahack.co.za/2011/07/sas-most-influential-newspapers-on-twitter-july-2011/ See Media Hack’s Saniti (SA Newspaper Influence on Twitter Index) rating ranks for South Africa’s largest news organisations by their perceived influence on Twitter http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#4364 Wed, 6 Jul 2011 16:10:39 +0200 http://www.a24media.com/ A new social networking platform is launched by A24Media in Nairobi. It will give everyone a chance to have their say and tell the world their story. Try it! http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#4102 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:54:18 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13728536 A website for gay Kenyans has been launched in the capital, Nairobi, to help the small openly homosexual community cope with discrimination. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#3554 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:29:12 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/Zim-man-faces-trial-for-facebook-post-20110524 A Zimbabwean will go on trial next month over a Facebook post that pro-democracy protests in Egypt had sent shockwaves to the world's dictators and were worth imitating, a report said on Tuesday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#3166 Tue, 24 May 2011 16:26:13 +0200 http://allafrica.com/stories/201105180175.html In the last few days, following the May 14th tweeter exchange between President Paul Kagame and former editor of the Independent, journalist Ian Birrell, a buzz is going around on the new dimension social media brings to the already shrinking space between people from all corners of the planet and ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#2970 Wed, 18 May 2011 16:51:24 +0200 http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/article1071471.ece/Rwandas-president-takes-on-critic-in-twitter-feud When a British journalist tweeted that Rwanda's longtime president was "despotic and deluded," he got a sharp reply - from the African leader himself, setting off an unprecedented online spat between a head of state and one of his critics. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#2904 Tue, 17 May 2011 10:39:38 +0200 http://www.nation.co.ke/News/regional/Groups+reject+plan+for+bypass+through+park+/-/1070/1160086/-/qc8mqa/-/index.html A section of Nakuru residents criticise design of bypass that is meant to decongest town http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#2704 Wed, 11 May 2011 13:39:41 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2011-05-10-sa-turning-to-social-networking-for-work Almost one-in-four South Africans use social media as a tool to look for work, but are concerned about the potential career fallout from personal content on social networking sites, new data out on Tuesday from JSE-listed training and employment specialist Kelly Group (KEL) has revealed. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#2656 Tue, 10 May 2011 17:38:08 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2011-05-10-zuma-joins-the-twitterverse President Jacob Zuma began tweeting on Tuesday gathering over 600 followers within an hour of his first post. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#2635 Tue, 10 May 2011 15:36:51 +0200 http://allafrica.com/stories/201105020143.html Kigali — President Paul Kagame, is set to become the first African leader to appear on Youtube Worldview, an online interview platform that has featured prominent world leaders. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#2374 Mon, 2 May 2011 17:55:26 +0200 http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/worst-vacation-ever-win-a-trip-to-worlds-largest-refugee-camp/ A controversial Facebook game developed by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) with funding from ECHO, the European Commission’s humanitarian agency, and designed to raise awareness of Dadaab camp on the Kenyan-Somali border. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#2199 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:48:31 +0200 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/04/2011411135325204241.html Maikel Nabil found guilty of insulting the military and spreading false news. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#1882 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:12:18 +0200 http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/syria-detains-egyptian-american-blogger/ In an apparent attempt to bolster the Syrian government’s claim that this week’s protests were the result of a foreign plot, Syrian state television has broadcast what it called a “confession” by an Egyptian-American who was detained in Damascus on Friday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#1486 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:19:32 +0200 http://www.afrol.com/articles/37622 The revolutions and protest movements in North and sub-Saharan Africa are by the people, but they could never have taken the form they took and keep on taking without social media and new technologies. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#1479 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 07:34:48 +0200 http://www.sudantribune.com/Sudan-s-NCP-says-its-cyber,38372 The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in north Sudan has stepped up rhetoric against internet-enabled dissent, warning youth groups calling for regime change online that the party’s “cyber-Jihadists” are ready to “crush” them. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#1409 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:58:32 +0100 http://www.informationdissemination.net/2011/03/muhammad-nabbous.html Muhammad Nabbous. "Mo" as he was nicknamed, has been an inspiration to many Libyans across North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Instrumental in bringing out news on a webcam channel sponsored by the Libya17Feb, killed by a sniper on 19 March 2011 http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#1307 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:04:40 +0100 http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Malawian+soldier+fired+over+Facebook+comment+/-/1066/1124230/-/wrdmpcz/-/ The soldier was fired last week after posting that he "supports" the ruling Democratic Progressive party, acting chief of staff and Malawi defence force spokesman Brigadier Clement Namangale told the Sunday Times. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#1278 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:42:44 +0100 http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/03/09/cameroon_bans_mobile_twitter_service The official Twitter Mobile account announced yesterday that "Twitter SMS on MTN Cameroon has been suspended by the Cameroonian government." http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#1069 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:43:43 +0100 http://www.dibussi.com/2011/03/cameroon-bans-twitter-via-sms.html In a bid to insulate Cameroon against popular uprisings similar to those that have toppled regimes in Tunisia and Egypt in recent months, the government of Cameroon has forced mobile operator MTN end its five-month old partnership with the microblogging giant Twitter, and to discontinue its Twitter short code service. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#1068 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:40:24 +0100 http://www.freeafricanmedia.com/opinionista/2011-02-24-swaziland-the-fall-of-the-orthodox-and-the-rise-of-social-media The recent uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and now Libya have fascinated many within the pro-democracy groups in Swaziland. By the same token, the ruling regime has been rattled. In an undemocratic country like Swaziland, people have good reason to monitor what is happening in the north and to – a ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#928 Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:17:46 +0100 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2011/03/nigerian-youth-ask-what-about-us/ Many young Nigerians have no voice, and we are here to provide them with one that is so desperately needed. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#893 Tue, 1 Mar 2011 14:08:16 +0100 http://mg.co.za/article/2011-02-04-twitter-will-save-africa/ The true worth of social media lies not in its ability to make time pass in a blur, but in its disruptive potential politically http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#845 Sun, 6 Feb 2011 08:17:56 +0100 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/google-executive-remains-missing-in-egypt/ Wael Ghonim, who leads Google’s marketing for the Middle East and North Africa, is missing in Egypt http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#844 Sun, 6 Feb 2011 08:08:53 +0100 http://memeburn.com/2011/02/president-zuma-gathers-twitter-suggestions-for-state-of-the-nation-address/ When South African President Jacob Zuma takes the stage for his annual State of the Nation address on the 10th of February, a selection of the country’s tweets will be up there with him. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#842 Sat, 5 Feb 2011 02:52:21 +0100 http://memeburn.com/2011/02/nigerian-jailed-for-facebook-insult-of-governor/ Nigerian police detained a man for 10 days after he insulted a state governor on Facebook http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#841 Sat, 5 Feb 2011 02:49:47 +0100 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2010/12/15/africas-facebook-bright-spots/?WT.tsrc=Social%20Media&WT.z_smid=twtr-blog_Reuters_Africa&WT There’s a fascinating (and rather beautiful) map of facebook connections around the world. No surprise that looking at Africa, large areas are blank – there aren’t many facebook users in the Sahara Desert or Congo rainforests. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#819 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:56:31 +0100 http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol24no4/social-media-boom.html In the mid-1990s, as the use of mobile phones started its rapid spread in much of the developed world, few thought of Africa as a potential market. Now, with more than 400 million subscribers, its market is larger than North America's http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#779 Thu, 9 Dec 2010 08:46:30 +0100 http://www.siku-moja.blogspot.com/ A pioneer African blog that features the latest news on Technology, African Entertainment, Social Media and current affairs. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#677 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:37:41 +0200 http://www.globalpost.com/home/africa Internet networking facilitates discreet connections, both romantic and political. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#504 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 10:14:22 +0200 http://mashable.com/2010/04/27/1millionshirts-wants-tees/ A new clothing-themed charitable campaign from the guys behind lucrative social media marketing exercise I Wear Your Shirt is looking to get unwanted T-shirts out of your closet and onto the backs of a million people across Kenya, Uganda, DRC, Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Swaziland and South Africa. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-social-networks#62 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:55:24 +0200