When social media platforms promise creator economy, it arrives as a big and scalable hit until careers begin tumbling overnight

When social media platforms promise creator economy, it arrives as a big and scalable hit until careers begin tumbling overnight

For more than five years, I built a legitimate career as a digital creator and business owner on Meta’s platforms. This was not casual or accidental. It required consistency, long hours, intellectual labour, emotional energy and the slow accumulation of trust with a global audience. Like many creators, my work spanned content creation, community engagement, brand building and revenue generation. My platforms were not hobbies; they were infrastructure.

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Museveni deploys military in capital as communication commission orders internet service cut off as Uganda holds elections

Museveni deploys military in capital as communication commission orders internet service cut off as Uganda holds elections

Military spokesman Col Chris Magezi said that the deployment was meant to deter violence, rejecting concerns that the mobilization was anti-democratic.

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Tradition, changing tastes driving demand for chicken demand in Zambia in post-Christmas and New Year spending

As demand and spending during the festive season flattens, small-scale poultry businesses in Zambia are still recording a surge in demand for chickens and eggs. The Christmas and New Year period has traditionally been a peak season for these businesses but last year’s demand and spending activities appear to be...

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PMI: Kenya closes 2025 on positive note as private sector business environment expands

PMI: Kenya closes 2025 on positive note as private sector business environment expands

Kenyan firms also reported a strong increase in sales volumes in December. Anecdotal survey reports pointed to several factors enhancing growth, such as improved tourism and demand in general, greater advertising and passing on subdued cost pressures to customers via more affordable prices.

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Draw with Leeds earns Man United boss sack: One of biggest jobs in club football vacant, again!

Draw with Leeds earns Man United boss sack: One of biggest jobs in club football vacant, again!

The countdown started on Saturday when Amorim admitted the 3-4-3 system he had been sticking to with bloody-minded stubbornness wasn’t clicking, nor did he have the players to make it click (prompting the question of why he was sticking with it).

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Missing link: Why Uganda’s once vibrant society needs public intellectuals to bridge academia and public life

Missing link: Why Uganda’s once vibrant society needs public intellectuals to bridge academia and public life

Academia produces unparalleled expertise. Peer-reviewed journals detail the nuances of climate models, the historical roots of inequality and the complexities of vaccine development. Yet, this knowledge often remains entombed in specialised jargon.

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Lost decade: Why Raila’s loss of AU chairmanship and death means Africa’s failure to recover from punitive IMF and World Bank economic policies

Lost decade: Why Raila’s loss of AU chairmanship and death means Africa’s failure to recover from punitive IMF and World Bank economic policies

Africa’s heads of states have been emboldened in their transformative campaign by some astonishing turn of economic and political events. In 2023, the IMF forecast that in 2024, the world’s seven fastest growing economies, and 12 of the top 15, would be African. This is a result of many factors, but primarily because the continent’s vast natural and mineral resources have emerged as an indispensable engine of growth for the increasingly hi-tech orientation of industrialised economies.

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Wealth: When Jeff Bezos moved from Seattle to Miami, he shook Washington’s entire budget

Wealth: When Jeff Bezos moved from Seattle to Miami, he shook Washington’s entire budget

Washington’s capital gains tax is unusual by American standards. The state does not tax wage or salary income, but since 2022, it has imposed a 7 per cent tax on long-term capital gains above roughly $262,000 from assets such as stocks and bonds. Real estate sales are exempt.

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‘Train Wreck’: Ebb and flow of business and political fortunes of aspiring trillionnaire Elon Musk in 2025

‘Train Wreck’: Ebb and flow of business and political fortunes of aspiring trillionnaire Elon Musk in 2025

Money isn’t everything, but when it comes to the richest human in the known universe, it’s worth looking at the numbers. Tesla did a bit of flailing this year (more on that in a sec), and historically, much of Musk’s wealth has been derived from the world’s most valuable automaker.

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Sucrose-rich Chinese sugarcane variety that matures in seven months on verge of replacing ‘lazy-man’s’ variety in western Kenya

Sucrose-rich Chinese sugarcane variety that matures in seven months on verge of replacing ‘lazy-man’s’ variety in western Kenya

Crevation International Limited Marketing Manager Penina Karimi observed that with proper land preparation, choice of the right varieties, and good market planning, sugarcane cultivation in Kenya can provide steady income and attractive returns.

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