From salon walls to your phone: how Pinterest replaced the...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Before Pinterest, finding an idea for a hairstyle, a dress, a room makeover or even a house layout often meant looking around you. In...
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Friend requests, pokes and profile pics: Facebook’s first years for...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Before TikTok videos, Instagram stories and WhatsApp messages filled our phones, there was Facebook. For a whole generation of Cameroonians, the platform was the...
Tribalism, buzz, rumors: the platform mechanics straining peace in Cameroon...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Every September 21, the International Day of Peace asks the world to think about how people live together. In 2026, the United Nations has...
AI is quietly taking over your everyday apps in Cameroon...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français It’s no longer just the technology you deliberately go looking for on ChatGPT or Gemini. Artificial intelligence is steadily working its way into the...
Snapchat’s flashback feature keeps resurfacing your past 🥹📸⏳
Cliquez ici pour lire en français For years, Snapchat built its identity on disappearing photos, spontaneous videos, and messages that felt built to vanish. But it turns out some of...
Remember PhotoGrid? The app that shaped Cameroon’s first collages 📷🇨🇲
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Before Instagram Stories, Reels, and edits assembled in seconds with CapCut or Canva, there was PhotoGrid. The collage app was part of the daily...
‘What song is this?’ The new digital reflex sweeping Cameroon...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français A melody catches your ear in a taxi, at a snack bar, in church, in a nightclub, or in a TikTok clip. These days,...
How social platforms manufacture instant football coaches ⚽📱
Cliquez ici pour lire en français If a coaching license were handed out for every hot take posted on social media, Cameroon would have an army of head coaches by...
From state TV to TikTok: how phones rewired Cameroonian evenings...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français The rise of the mobile phone is no longer a local story — it’s a global one. Millions of people log onto digital platforms...
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...