MediaFire 20 Important African Startups to Watch Kenya's huge success with mobile money and the M-Pesa platform has launched Africa into the startup spotlight. But African innovation goes way beyond mobile money. Whether it’s ecommerce in Nigera, price comparison in South Africa or mobile advertising in Tanzania, African startups are not only changing their continent, but the world. 1. Saya - Ghana Chat messaging clients are hugely popular across Africa. 2. Ushahidi, which means "testimony" in Swahili, was initially a website developed to map reports of violence around the 2008 Kenyan election. 3. Digital and mobile advertising is big business everywhere, including Africa. 4. In Lagos, a city of 21 million people with 30,000 more arriving every day, the idea of running an online grocery business seems insane, but Gloo somehow manages to grow. 5. Mara Online is a family of web and mobile platforms that allow users to communicate, interact and collaborate. 6. 7. 8. 9. biNu - South Africa 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 20.
Facebook Releases Data, Including All National Security Requests By Ted Ullyot, Facebook General Counsel Over the last week, in press statements as well as Mark’s post last Friday, we’ve repeatedly called for governments worldwide to be willing to provide more details about programs aimed at keeping the public safe. We’ve also urged them to allow companies to divulge appropriate information about government orders and requests that we receive, in a manner that does not compromise legitimate security concerns. Requests from law enforcement entities investigating national security-related cases are by their nature classified and highly sensitive, and the law traditionally has placed significant constraints on the ability of companies like Facebook to even confirm or acknowledge receipt of these requests – let alone provide details of our responses. We’ve reiterated in recent days that we scrutinize every government data request that we receive – whether from state, local, federal, or foreign governments.