Comments on: What Twitter’s Global Failure Means for Africa

By: Twitter Faces Ramifications of Not Being Global - Tools of Change for Publishing

Twitter Faces Ramifications of Not Being Global - Tools of Change for Publishing — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:13:50 +0000

[…] message functionality to North America. On his blog, White African, Erik Hersman talks about the ramifications when you try to be global, and then can’t: In our globally connected world, if your service can’t cover the globe, then you need to open […]

By: ICTD.de » Social Media and Democratisation in Africa â€“ Starting the Conversation

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:40:31 +0000

[…] accessed May 2011. [5] For reference see Erik Hershman’s White African blog: whiteafrican.com/2008/08/14/what-twitters-global-failure-means-for-africa/ and whiteafrican.com/2011/03/09/twitter-is-slowly-coming-back-to-africa/ , accessed May 2011 as […]

By: Cameroon: Twitter ban stifles innovation and development · Global Voices

Cameroon: Twitter ban stifles innovation and development · Global Voices — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:26:14 +0000

[…] African observes, Twitter is working on expanding its relationship with African countries. In 2008 Twitter decided to shut down all operations in Africa: Over 2.5 years ago Twitter shut down all operations in Africa. Back then, in August of 2008, it […]

By: Twitter is Slowly Coming Back to Africa | Neu Afrika

Twitter is Slowly Coming Back to Africa | Neu Afrika — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:27:40 +0000

[...] Africa Mar.11, 2011 in Kenya, Madagascar, Nation updates, Nigeria, Technology Over 2.5 years ago Twitter shut down all operations in Africa. Back then, in August of 2008, it really didnâ€t matter too much as the penetration rates for the [...]

By: Twitter making its way back to Africa | memeburn

Twitter making its way back to Africa | memeburn — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:03:59 +0000

[...] font-family: Arial !important; font-size: 11pt !important; }More than two and a half years ago Twitter shut down all operations in Africa. Back then, in August of 2008, it really didnâ€t matter too much as the penetration rates for the [...]

By: Twitter is Slowly Coming Back to Africa — WhiteAfrican

Twitter is Slowly Coming Back to Africa — WhiteAfrican — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:16:34 +0000

[…] 2.5 years ago Twitter shut down all operations in Africa. Back then, in August of 2008, it really didn’t matter too much as the penetration rates for […]

By: Les mÃ©dia sociaux en Afriqueâ€‰â€”â€‰premiÃ¨re partie | ReadWriteWeb France

Sun, 09 May 2010 21:02:35 +0000

[...] qui nâ€ont mÃªme pas accÃ¨s Ã lâ€Ã©lectricitÃ© couÂrante. Preuve de la vivaÂcitÃ© des usages, des proÂtesÂtaÂtions ont Ã©mergÃ© de tout le contiÂnent quand Twitter aÂ supÂprimÃ© ses serÂvices de SMS Ã [...]

By: Twitter ya Kuweereza SMS ku Zain

Twitter ya Kuweereza SMS ku Zain — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:05:34 +0000

[…] ebisingawo tebinnafunibwa bulungi, okukomawo kwa Twitter eri Afirika kijja kuba kya maanyi nnyo. Share and […]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:03:21 +0000

I see great promise with Twitter in Africa. I’m hoping SEACOM and other major fiber-optic plug ins to Africa will increase the number of users with reasonably fast connections and spread the twitter and facebook phenomena even further.

By: Whoâ€™s that Tweeting in Zainâ€™s Ear? :Business Express

Whoâ€™s that Tweeting in Zainâ€™s Ear? :Business Express — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:07:34 +0000

[…] While info rest unclear, the convey of Twitter to the African mart would be huge. […]