Social media is popular in Cameroon but encouraging even greater participation is challenging given the online climate.

On March 31st, Bantuhub held a special evening event to mobilize local bloggers. The event aimed to teach participants how to better create and manage blogs.

RNW asked the question “How do you surf?” to dozens of young people from around the world. Using photographs in conjunction with the answers, the group published a series of interactive portraits of young netizens in their natural surfing habitat.

A great way to find social media accounts in under-represented African countries is to find a government presence and follow its connections. Such is the case with Mali’s ICT agency.

Results of nationally representative, face-to-face surveys tell of growing mobile internet usage in Mali and Somalia.

A bi-annual analysis of Facebook pages and groups for African heads of state shows citizens internet in their leaders.