Tag: Why Africa Must Setup and Use it’s Own Facebook

Africa is home to one of the world’s fastest-growing digital populations, with hundreds of millions of users engaging daily on social media. Yet, the platforms dominating this space—Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, alongside X (formerly Twitter) and others—are overwhelmingly foreign-owned. This dominance extracts value while raising serious concerns about sovereignty, youth wellbeing, data security, and…