Youth in Swaziland are turning to social media as an alternative to mainstream media but many are unaware of its dangers.

Top stories relating to African internet in early August 2014 include a partnership to bring free online services to Zambians, Uber for Lagos, and ICT to prevent the spread of Ebola in West Africa.

Our top 10 stories from the past week feature themes relating to tech hubs, iGDP, literacy, online freedom, and more.

Social media is popular in Cameroon but encouraging even greater participation is challenging given the online climate.

Despite reports of online surveillance, relatively few African governments – 8 to be exact – requested user information or content removal from Facebook or Google.

RNW asked the question “How do you surf?” to dozens of young people from around the world. Using photographs in conjunction with the answers, the group published a series of interactive portraits of young netizens in their natural surfing habitat.