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The Hashtag Revolution Gaining Ground | The Youth Cafe

The Hashtag Revolution Gaining Ground | The Youth Cafe

Africa’s millennials are using technology to drive change

BY ELENI MOURDOUKOUTAS

When some 276 teenage girls were kidnapped from their boarding school in northeastern Nigeria in April 2014, Oby Ezekwesili, a civil society activist and former World Bank vice president, was disheartened by the lacklustre response of her government and local television stations.