Life: ‘Needed interventions’: Google teams up with local business to promote online safety in Africa
Impact Accelerator launched the African Online Safety Platform, thanks to funding from Google Read full article
Social TV: Africa Online Safety Platform launched in SA – Social TV
Impact Amplifier, with the financial support of Google.org, today launched its African Online Safety Platform (AOSP). The Africa Online Safety Platform is an Africa-wide project and part of Impact Amplifier’s broader intention to address African Online Safety at a systemic level. The African internet safety ecosystem is hindered by several… Read full article
SowetanLIVE: ‘Anti-immigrants disinformation before polls a red flag’
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has cautioned against the growing anti-immigration sentiments and the spread of disinformation as the country gears for the polls Read full article
iol.co.za: ANC, Jacob Zuma and uMkhonto weSizwe the most talked about online
Most of the mentions have been the fracas between the ANC and its former president with as many as 85 977 mentions for ANC, 60 354 mentions under #votemk2024, and Zuma mentioned at least 45 461 times. Read full article
BusinessLIVE: The evolution of values-based leadership
SPONSORED | Camaren Peter of UCT’s Allan Gray Centre for Values-Based Leadership explains how our understanding of leadership has changed Read full article
South Africa’s Online Election Talk Heats Up
South Africa’s online election conversation is heating up – and key points and concerns are emerging, according to the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC). Read full article
Bi-Weekly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for Electoral Engagement #2
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change drew on five barriers analysing voter abstention to research the online elections conversation. These barriers include: personal and administrative barriers, political alignment, disillusionment with politics and performance evaluations. The conversation included debates on whether voting the ANC out would rid the country of corruption and by extension loadshedding; …
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Bi-Weekly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for Electoral Engagement
The CABC’s snapshot of the conversation from 31 December to 30 January 2024, comprised nearly 500,000 mentions. The conversation was primarily retweet driven in this period, with 395,000+ recorded mentions or 83% of the conversation classed as retweets. This indicates a preference for the sharing of content from select voices, rather than the production of …
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ITWeb Africa: African online safety platform launches in South Africa
The site offers a vast archive of research, educational content, funding opportunities, and ways to seek assistance if an online crime has occurred. Read full article
Investors King: Impact Amplifier, Google Launch African Online Safety Platform
Impact Amplifier, with the financial support of Google.org, today launched its African Online Safety Platform (AOSP). The Africa Online Safety Platform is an Africa-wide project and part of Impact Amplifier’s broader intention to address African Online Safety at a systemic level. The African internet safety ecosystem is hindered by several issues, key among them is Read …
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