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Twitter Ban in Nigeria: Understanding the Impact


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Nigeria in the last couple of days:

- Federal Government bans Twitter.

- Federal Government issues an order asking all media outlets to suspend the use of their Twitter handles.

- Federal Government set to prosecute ALL Nigerians found tweeting.

- Nigeria estimated to be losing over $10M in e-commerce revenue.


On the show this week, we try to understand the why, who, what and when of this decision by the Nigerian government. 

My guests are: 

Abubakar Idris - Africa Reporter at Rest of World

Maximus Ametorgoh - Digital Lead at Popout
Kingsley Abrokwah - Chief Enabler at Kudigo
Joseph-Albert Kuuire - UX Designer at Jetstream Africa/Editor at Tech Nova GH

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#CitiTrendsBy Philip Ashon