OA News: January 15, 2011
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- Groupon’s acquisition of SA-based Twangoo bodes well for the nation’s burgeoning IT sector:
South Africa: Silicon Cape? {Financial Times} - Pingdom claims 110.9 million Internet users in Africa as of June 2010:
107 trillion emails sent last year: Pingdom {AFP} - Nigeria’s youth are perhaps more engaged than ever in Nigerian elections, thanks in part to social media. Moreover, President Goodluck Jonathan is known as being web-savvy:
Nigeria looks to youth, internet and Barack Obama for poll inspiration {Guardian (UK)} - A run-down of how Tunisians reported on recent unrest via different media outlets:
Mid-East bloggers hail change in Tunisia {BBC News}