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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Academic Writing, Article Rewriting, Book Writing, Business Writing, Content Writing, Copy Typing, Copywriting, Editing, Report Writing, Video Editing, Email Marketing, Facebook Marketing, Marketing, Sales, Social Media Marketing, Telemarketing, SEO, Google Analytics. Business / Finance. Silicon Lagoon: Nigeria is leading the way.

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Twitter, Jobs, Democracy & The US Elections

Both Sides of the Table

The topic of social media came up and one dial-in caller lamented the fact that all Silicon Valley was producing was silly social media companies. But as I pointed out on the show, look deeper at the impact of social media as a tool to organize crowds, hold public debates and spread information in a decentralized way.

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

Both Sides of the Table

Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia. as an example of why I shouldn’t be investing in the Twitter ecosystem any longer.

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21st Century War Propaganda: How Emerging Tech Can Help Temper the Digital War Machine

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As that narrative spread on the Internet with harrowing images coming from the site, thousands of protestors mobilized from Tunisia to Jordan, with Arab leaders canceling a summit with President Biden within hours. Those people then have tools at their disposal which they leverage through social media to spread those messages.

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