Heat, blackouts, traffic: in Cameroon, the pocket fan has an...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Small enough to fit in a handbag, a pocket, or the palm of a hand, pocket fans are quietly taking over Cameroon. Rechargeable, silent,...
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From outrage to action: how Cameroonians mobilize online 📱🇨🇲
Cliquez ici pour lire en français These days, it takes only minutes for a local tragedy to ripple across all of Cameroon. A Facebook post, a TikTok video, a WhatsApp...
WhatsApp’s free mode mirage swept Cameroon for a day 📱🇨🇲
Cliquez ici pour lire en français On July 17, a rumor swept through Cameroonian Twitter: WhatsApp had reportedly switched on a free mode, letting users send messages without touching their...
The end of the box TV: how flat screens rewired...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français It sat in the living room like a piece of family furniture. Heavy, bulky, sometimes draped with an embroidered cloth, the cathode-ray tube TV,...
Fibre ou Internet mobile : le match des connexions au...
Click here to read in English Au Cameroun, l’accès à Internet n’a jamais été aussi important. Télétravail, études en ligne, streaming, réseaux sociaux, commerce numérique : tout passe désormais par...
Fiber or mobile data: how Cameroonians pick their connection 📶🇨🇲
Cliquez ici pour lire en français In Cameroon, being online has never mattered more. Remote work, online classes, streaming, social media, digital commerce — it all runs through the connection...
Online petitions in Cameroon: does a click really shake the...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français In Cameroon, it now takes just a few clicks to back a cause, call out an injustice, or put pressure on the authorities. Once...
When Cute Kid Videos Become Cameroon’s Newest Scam Currency 🇨🇲🚨
Cliquez ici pour lire en français A video of a toddler crying, filmed without them ever knowing it, can spread across social networks in a matter of hours. What looks...
From page to playback: AI’s quiet takeover of student reading...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français For a long time, getting through a lengthy book felt like a real challenge for plenty of people — limited time, trouble concentrating, or...
RTL9, Trace Africa, and the channels that raised a generation...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Before YouTube, TikTok, and Netflix took over Cameroonian living rooms, an entire generation grew up glued to a cathode-ray screen. Between 2000 and 2012,...