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🗓️ 19 December 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Internet usage is booming. We're using online services more than ever before. So which ones are popular, and why? We find out. Also, we bring you two very different voices from Africa, talking about the benefits - and problems - of social media content. And many of us are still dealing with the consequences of coronavirus. Now experts are using technology to help prepare for the next pandemic. PHOTO CREDIT: Mike Muchiri, or Muchiri Mike as he's known on TikTok, with Tech Life's Shiona McCallum in Nairobi, Kenya. You can hear their interview in this edition.
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1:02.9 | World Service, the program where we talk about technology and find out how it can change your life. |
1:09.8 | I'm Shona McCallum and this week internet usage is booming. |
1:13.8 | We're using online services more than ever before. So which services are popular and why? We'll be |
1:20.0 | finding out. Also, we'll bring you two very different voices from Africa talking about the benefits |
1:25.6 | and problems of social media content. |
1:28.3 | I'm proud to create content that's mainly around Kenyan culture and Kenyan people mannerisms. |
1:36.3 | Right now, big tech is big on self-regulation. It does not work. It really is not working in Kenya, in Africa. |
1:46.0 | And many of us are still dealing with the consequences of coronavirus. |
1:50.8 | Now experts are using technology to help prepare for the next pandemic. Right, let's start today's tech life with some questions for you. |
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