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The Role of Technology in Spreading Democracy

Posted on May 1, 2014
Posted in Media, Internet, and Technology

In the past two decades, the spread of democracy has been one of the most important advances across the African continent.  Since the 2008 launch of the website Ushahidi (the Swahili word for “testimony” or “witness”) which crowd-sourced and mapped user-generated reports of post-election violence in Kenya, technology has been playing an increasingly critical role…

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Home to seven of the world’s ten fastest growing economies and nearly 1 billion people whose median age is 18, Africa is in the midst of awakening to its seemingly endless potential.  More than just economic success, the progress in Africa brings entrepreneurship and innovation to development in ways never before seen.  Regardless of whether you were born in, have traveled around, or have never set foot on the continent, there is no better time than the present to engage with Africa.

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