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Community
A Generation
Of Jokers
And Humor
Mongers?
Samuel Phillips, Nairobi Kenya.
or a while now, I have been having these rather mixed comedy skits smiling all the
feelings about something that may really not mean way to the bank. The past
Fmuch to many people, especially if they have never couple of years have seen
thought about the potential danger for Africa’s future. I will a major rise in this sector
try to explain what I am feeling as much as I can. of content creation, largely
because of the monetization
Over the course of about two decades, there has been internet of platforms like YouTube,
and electricity penetration into more places in Africa and the TikTok, and even Facebook.
positive effect has been massive. More industries have opened Seriously speaking, I
up in various sectors, and more young people are doing things have no issue with young
that were termed very difficult before, largely because the cost Africans making money
of doing them was really high and it’s now easier to get your from whatever they do in the
services, media content, and even products across the globe area of content creation, as
with just the push of a button or phone call. But something long as they are not selling
else started happening: more young Africans also got into dangerous ideologies that
content creation and the wave has been massive also. And this undermine the African
rapid expansion was largely due to the Chinese manufacturing people.
boom which created a big market for cheap electronic gadgets
like phones, media recording devices, etc., which, in turn, Now, my concern is this,
made content creation among young people in Africa grow more young Africans are
unprecedentedly. So now we see more comedians popping up dropping out of school to
everywhere raking in millions of dollars in content creation, pursue content creation.
freelance journalists making media content available faster More young Africans are
and even cheaper than ever before, and makers of memes and becoming millionaire
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