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WEBAmid a life of upheaval and poverty, Jeffter Wekesa tried and failed to found three churches in Kenya. Then he started preaching on TikTok, and his fortunes changed. In this episode, Rest of World takes you inside the emerging virtual-preaching economy in internet-obsessed Kenya. Livestream churches — backed by viewer donations — are ...
Behind SmartNews, the $2 billion unicorn trying to fix the news ...
WEBOct 14, 2021 · SmartNews has developed a news-recommendation algorithm that promises to serve its readers a personalized, but politically balanced range of stories. Alongside is a feature called “News From All Sides,” built specifically for the U.S. market. It marks the partisan spectrum of news stories clearly, and allows readers to toggle between them.
TikTok is repeating Facebook’s mistakes in Myanmar
WEBA video posted to TikTok on March 3rd threatening to shoot protesters. Now, members of Myanmar’s digital-rights community say that TikTok, a social media platform valued at $50 billion, is repeating these mistakes. These individuals described the company to Rest of World as a “black hole” that had not made inroads with civil society nor hired enough Burmese-speaking experts to enable it ...
Five ways to stay online during a government internet shutdown
WEBApr 26, 2022 · Download VPNs and other apps; be sure to have a contingency plan, including a phone number that doesn’t rely on the internet to connect; and have a phone tree of important people to call should something happen. “By the time you’re in a shutdown situation, it’s already too late,” Marianne Díaz Hernández, #KeepItOn Fellow at Access ...
China’s internet feminist movement thrives despite censorship
WEBSep 26, 2023 · By numbers, China’s online feminism is bigger than ever. The firestorm of discussion with the original #MeToo hashtag, in 2018, totalled over 4.5 million views on Weibo before it was censored, according to China Digital Times. Today, discussions about gender-related news items can rack up many more.
Nigeria’s filmmakers turn to YouTube for distribution - Rest of World
WEBDec 11, 2023 · Another popular Nigerian filmmaker, Seun Oloketuyi, decided to start releasing his movies on YouTube in 2022, after battling piracy for years. “All it takes is just one person going to the market to buy one copy of the CD and send it to the U.K. and the U.S.,” he told Rest of World. “The person in these countries makes multiple copies and ...
Amazon finally opens its marketplace to merchants from Pakistan
WEBMay 21, 2021 · The eventual goal was to open seller registration to Pakistani merchants, which could help the country boost exports. Pakistan sent around $23 billion worth of merchandise abroad in 2019, according to The World Bank. Exports from Bangladesh, which has a much smaller population, totaled nearly $40 billion the same year.
These vending machines sell internet access five minutes at a time
WEBJan 17, 2022 · The sound of clinking coins fills a narrow alley in Metro Manila. In the backstreets of Pasig City, children stream in and out of a corner shop, noisily exchanging bills for pesos before stampeding next door to a row of mini-internet vending machines: pisonets. “Pisonets are necessities,” said Madeleine Casim …
The Rest of World global playlist
WEBJul 21, 2021 · By Rest of World Staff. Katherine Lee for Rest of World. We polled the staff of Rest of World for the best recent songs from around the world. We’ve got dozens of songs on this list already, and every week, we’ll add another 10 songs right here. You can also subscribe to our Spotify playlist, which will be updated with more songs every week!
The revolutionary chipmaker: Your guide to TSMC - Rest of World
WEBJul 7, 2020 · But according to Mark Li, senior research analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co in Hong Kong, by the time the new Arizona fab hits full capacity in 2024, it will account for less than 2% of the company’s output. “The scale and technology is similar to what TSMC did in China, suggesting a balance between the U.S. and China,” Li told Rest of ...