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Tax on connectivity in Africa

Tax on Connectivity in Africa. Also Kibera stories, Green monkey calls to drones and how fit is your fittech?

Tax on Connectivity
Taxes on internet and mobile access are on the rise across Africa, according to the Alliance for Affordable Internet. After a daily levy was introduced on social media services in Uganda for example, internet subscriptions fell by 2.5 million. Eleanor Sarpong, Deputy Director at the Alliance for Affordable Internet explains how it鈥檚 the poorest and women who are being hardest hit.

Kibera Stories
Brian Otieno has been using photography to redefine his hometown鈥檚 visual narrative, looking beyond the poverty, crime and hardship of Kibera on the outskirts of Narirobi. One day, Brian was scrolling through pictures of his area on his phone and all he saw was deep poverty, whereas he would look around Kibera and see beautiful scenery and aimed to do photography that would 鈥渓eave a lasting impression on people鈥檚 minds鈥.

Green Monkeys
Scientists have found that green monkeys in Senegal make the same alarm calls when they see drones as another population of green monkeys across the continent make to eagles 鈥 seeing them as a flying threat. Professor Julia Fischer from the German Primate Centre in Gottingen led the study. She says that technology is making some primates behave differently 鈥 for instance hiding until drones disappear.

How fit if your fitbit?
Zoe Klienman has been to Loughborough University to find out how fit our fittech actually is.

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Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz

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