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Nigeria
TikTok contests ‘unjustifiable' $5m fine for privacy breaches

The Chinese social media platform is appealing its fine for failing to protect its Nigerian users' personal data.

Uganda
Yoweri Museveni's strategy to woo Gen Z voters from Bobi Wine

In his bid for a seventh five-year term, the head of state is specifically targeting young and rural voters, promoting local projects in the run-up to next month's election. On social media, the campaign is also gaining speed.

Palace Intrigues
Paul Biya, William Ruto, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Donald Trump

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

CameroonBrenda Biya back home for dad's inauguration

TanzaniaRuto's remark goes down badly with Hassan and co

BeninBah humbug! Donald Trump cancels Christmas market

The New Guard
Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Burundi

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Burkina FasoKassoum Traoré, running the online strategy of his older brother… the president

MadagascarReboza Mahefa, an architect with an international agenda

Burundi Willy Eloge Kaneza, journalist and long-term advocate for press rights

Kenya
Ruto's administration keen to acquire social media analytics software

As protests continue to shake the country, the government has decided to acquire Brandwatch Consumer Research software, which is widely used in the private sector.

Kenya
Nairobi revamps anti-terror strategy as AU peacekeepers prepare Somalia withdrawal

Security officials are planning increased surveillance of social media, which is increasingly being used by extremist groups. The number of attacks carried out in Kenya has decreased, but the risk remains.

Ethiopia, Kenya
Court hearings on Facebook moderators lawsuits put Meta on the spot in Nairobi

The social media behemoth, which farmed out the moderation of East African Facebook posts to subcontractors based in Nairobi, has failed to extract itself from legal proceedings brought against two of its subcontractors.