by TINTSWALO BALOYIJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – A ZIMBABWEAN-founded platform is making the most of modern technology to empower African women on the continent and abroad. Thando Channel, founded by Sapi Bachi, comes at a time African social media bloggers and commentators utilising social media platforms to overturn the longstanding Afro-pessimistic stereotypes. She said the aim was also to inform, educate, entertain and empower African women holistically. In North Africa, 45 percent of the population used social media, while in Southern Africa this figure stood at 41 percent. In Central Africa, only eight percent of the people used social media, the lowest rate across Africa, the lowest regional share worldwide.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 17, 2021 03:15 UTC