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After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still just Day 1’ for Africa’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

To find out, we polled a few investors who had the highest volume of deals in Africa last year. We also get strong referrals from our community of founders, which improves our signal-to-noise ratio. What drove such volumes when the rest of the world was reining back the collective enthusiasm of 2021?

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[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

Bloomerang

Andy: So we’ll see if the poll works. So if the poll is launchable, launch it. ” And Lynn Grant, a great fundraiser working with Nature Conservancy in Canada, was going into a corporate office a number of years ago, they were going to ask for a quarter of a million dollars. If not, chat will work for this.

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How a fake “Real Oversight Board” is putting pressure on Facebook

The Verge

The remarks come in response to concerns that Facebook’s algorithm favors conservatives. Google is blocking election ads after polls close November 3rd in an effort to limit misinformation about the outcome of the vote. But these criticisms are fair, and worth keeping in mind as it invites more people in. Nicole Perlroth and David E.

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A new lawsuit may force YouTube to own up to the mental health consequences of content moderation

The Verge

A conservative advocacy group is running misleading ads on Google about voter fraud in Florida. They could make Election Day a company holiday, pay for personal protective equipment for poll workers, and give discounted rides to the polls, to name a few. Charlie Warzel / The New York Times ).

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Telepath is a buzzy new social network trying to fix what’s broken on Twitter

The Verge

One of the themes of the piece is that Facebook leadership is caught between competing forces in the United States: a liberal-leaning employee base versus a more conservative US population. As you might imagine, I heard from a lot of folks inside Facebook yesterday — some of whom who liked the piece, and others who pushed back.

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Why Twitter labeled Trump?s tweets as misleading and Facebook didn?t

The Verge

As to the merits of the president’s complaint: independent audits have found that social media posts by liberals and conservatives get similar levels of engagement, but conservatives have consistently made claims of discrimination anyway based on anecdotes. The real policy, as ever, is what you enforce.

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What Congress should ask at Wednesday’s tech antitrust hearing

The Verge

In keeping with Republican tradition, there will also be bad-faith questions about conservative bias.). Trending up : Apple told US employees they can take four paid hours off on Election Day to vote or volunteer at a polling place. Sharply worded questions about power are no substitute for meaningful regulation, of course.

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