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Reddit · 2 years ago
A third of India's 4M IT workers at firms like Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, and Wipro still go to the office daily to serve clients abroad amid lockdown
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Inside TikTok's strategy to get a foothold in Africa: signing up Instagram and YouTube creators, hiring staff in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, and more
Techmeme · 2 years ago
A look at the rise of unofficial "WhatsApp mods", like GB WhatsApp, one of the most used messaging apps across Africa with extra features like multiple accounts
Techmeme · 2 years ago