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NAIROBI, KENYA – AUGUST 8: Police detain demonstrators during the protest against the government’s tax regulation in Nairobi, Kenya on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Gerald Anderson/Anadolu via Getty Images)
AFRICA

Kenya government’s digital tyranny is working – for now

With remarkable creativity, Kenyans used technology to organise nationwide protests. The state’s digital response has been equally remarkable, but for all the wrong reasons

  • The Continent
  • Odanga Madung
4 min read
Sibu Mabena, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of the Duma Collective, at the Momentum Science of Success Festival.
BRAND INFLUENCERS

How to monetise your influence: Mastering the art and science of content creation for success

Audience members at the Momentum Science of Success Festival learnt how to become successful influencers

  • Momentum
4 min read
The past two pandemic years have altered the retail sector in ways unimaginable and 2022 has brand new trends in store for consumers. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
ACTIVE SELLING

Trends that will revolutionise the retail sector in 2022

From social selling and greenwashing to downtrading, analysts outline 2022 trends for the retail sector

  • Anathi Madubela
5 min read
HBO’s Fake Famous is a humorous dive into the Instagram racket, but it misses the painful collateral damage of the influencer economy. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
CARLOS AMATO

SCREEN GRAB: Funny, not funny

HBO’s Fake Famous is a humorous dive into the Instagram racket, but it misses the painful collateral damage of the influencer economy

  • Carlos Amato
4 min read