• Jessica Horn

One African feminist's view on how social media clout chasing has stalled progressive politics.

• Sam Broadway

What social media activism gets wrong about the #SudanUprising: Sometimes it may be appropriate to leave the hashtags alone and say nothing.

• Suraiya Zubair Banu

A guide on how to support the uprising in Sudan.

• Bulelani Jili

Is Africa following China into a techno-dystopian future?

• Kathleen Ndongmo

Despite consistent and protracted attempts by government to repress access to social media and freedom of expression, citizen's voices are being heard over the internet in Cameroon.

• Dr. Mel Bunce

A study of Reuters suggests news media is not a simple mirror to the world: News content is a crafted, cultural product.

• Herman Wasserman

If media claims to be a tool for deepening democracy and development in Africa, why is it necessary for protesters to resort to burning and barricading?

• Dani Madrid-Morales

China is developing a media footprint in Africa, via providing digital TV services and a global news channel.

• David Cheruiyot

Having learnt from years of extolling “technological revolution,” isn’t it time we ask the right question(s) about data in Africa?

• Chuma Asuzu
• Seyram Avle

How to change the erroneous perception of Africa as technology backwater. Go look, for example, at what the "Maker Movement" is doing in Ghana and Nigeria.

• Camilla Houeland

Uber’s usual tricks -- to provoke price wars in an attempt to increase their share of markets, evade taxes, and undermine workers’ rights -- are alive and well in Africa.

• Hussein Badat

Social media group-think derails any chance for a progressive political movement.

• Nathan Yardy

New artistic possibilities are boundless for 360° film as the technology becomes more accessible.

• Liz Timbs

If the internet is the democratizing force that it is advertised to be, why shouldn’t you be able to contribute?

• Noah Tsika

The tensions between young Nigerians eager to flee their country for a better life in the United States and those already exposed to US culture.

• Robert Nzaou-Kissolo

• Wendy Willems

• Shona Kambarami

In Zimbabwe, the leap from online conversation to citizen protest has followed the same path as other protest movements around the world.

• Sisonke Msimang

When your Uber driver has never heard of Muhammad Ali you realize you're not his friend and you and he occupy different worlds.

• Liz Timbs

The Nsibidi Institute Memory Project attempts to use digital forums to preserve popular, everyday memories of Nigeria.