Farai Mudzingwa
@faraimudzingwa.bsky.social
Data Journalist from 🇿🇼
In 2024, gambling🎰 was a top trend among Zimbabwean🇿🇼 internet users, with 5 of the 10 most popular Google searches related to it. #dailyviz
March 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
In 2024, gambling🎰 was a top trend among Zimbabwean🇿🇼 internet users, with 5 of the 10 most popular Google searches related to it. #dailyviz
Was surprised to learn that 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (@ZSE_ZW) was among Africa's best performing stock markets📈 last year...
March 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Was surprised to learn that 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (@ZSE_ZW) was among Africa's best performing stock markets📈 last year...
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This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
More accurate, fewer words;
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
March 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
At some point we need to have a conversation regarding how disastrous the 2024 agricultural harvests were in Zimbabwe. Yikes!🤯 #dailyviz #agriculture
February 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
At some point we need to have a conversation regarding how disastrous the 2024 agricultural harvests were in Zimbabwe. Yikes!🤯 #dailyviz #agriculture
Among cyber security threats, ransomware is the chief risk terrifying business leaders in 20225 #dailyviz #cybersecurity #worldeconomicforum
February 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Among cyber security threats, ransomware is the chief risk terrifying business leaders in 20225 #dailyviz #cybersecurity #worldeconomicforum
"Many believe that typical artisanal gold miners ⛏️ in Zimbabwe🇿🇼 are single, migratory men in their early 20s with no education, gambling away their money💰, & likely to contract HIV. The reality on the ground is rather different." - Mark Viso, former Pact President #dailyviz #gold
February 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Court filings show Meta staffers discussed using copyrighted content for AI training
Court filings show Meta staffers discussed using copyrighted content for AI training
For years, Meta employees have internally discussed using copyrighted works obtained through legally questionable means to train the company’s AI models, according to court documents unsealed on Thursday. The documents were submitted by plaintiffs in the…
tcrn.ch
February 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Court filings show Meta staffers discussed using copyrighted content for AI training
⛈️ The skies have opened, but will it be enough? Kariba Dam water levels are still struggling, raising concerns about another year of electricity shortages.🤞🔋 #KaribaDam
February 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
⛈️ The skies have opened, but will it be enough? Kariba Dam water levels are still struggling, raising concerns about another year of electricity shortages.🤞🔋 #KaribaDam
As Zimbabwean 🇿🇼 consumers crave fresh innovation and greater choice in mobile services, the industry is narrowing to a 2⃣-player game🎮, with Telecel quietly slipping into the shadows🪦
February 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
As Zimbabwean 🇿🇼 consumers crave fresh innovation and greater choice in mobile services, the industry is narrowing to a 2⃣-player game🎮, with Telecel quietly slipping into the shadows🪦
📰ZimPapers' biggest priority has been growing digital revenues, but advertising continues to make up an outsized share of the media company's income... #dailyviz
February 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
📰ZimPapers' biggest priority has been growing digital revenues, but advertising continues to make up an outsized share of the media company's income... #dailyviz
What explains the decline in African 🌍 startup IPO exits over the last two years?
One reason is the lack of track record 🐣 : Many African startups are relatively young 👶 & lack the track record of profitability/growth📈 that investors typically look for in IPO candidates. #DailyViz
One reason is the lack of track record 🐣 : Many African startups are relatively young 👶 & lack the track record of profitability/growth📈 that investors typically look for in IPO candidates. #DailyViz
February 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What explains the decline in African 🌍 startup IPO exits over the last two years?
One reason is the lack of track record 🐣 : Many African startups are relatively young 👶 & lack the track record of profitability/growth📈 that investors typically look for in IPO candidates. #DailyViz
One reason is the lack of track record 🐣 : Many African startups are relatively young 👶 & lack the track record of profitability/growth📈 that investors typically look for in IPO candidates. #DailyViz
@anticorruption.bsky.social published the 2024 Corruption Perception Index scores. Checked the figures out for Zimbabwe & some of its neighbours💀
Side note: Zambia seems to be doing much better, wonder what changed there.😏
Side note: Zambia seems to be doing much better, wonder what changed there.😏
February 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
@anticorruption.bsky.social published the 2024 Corruption Perception Index scores. Checked the figures out for Zimbabwe & some of its neighbours💀
Side note: Zambia seems to be doing much better, wonder what changed there.😏
Side note: Zambia seems to be doing much better, wonder what changed there.😏
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It was a relatively quiet January transfer window... except for Man City.
Are you happy with what your club did?
www.thetransferflow.com/p/evaluating...
Are you happy with what your club did?
www.thetransferflow.com/p/evaluating...
Evaluating the Premier League's biggest transfers
Man City go huge, Spurs go medium, Villa add to the wage bill.
www.thetransferflow.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It was a relatively quiet January transfer window... except for Man City.
Are you happy with what your club did?
www.thetransferflow.com/p/evaluating...
Are you happy with what your club did?
www.thetransferflow.com/p/evaluating...
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Spotify reports its first full year of profitability, adds 35M monthly active users
Spotify reports its first full year of profitability, adds 35M monthly active users
On Tuesday morning, Spotify announced its fourth-quarter earnings, marking its first full year of profitability since its inception 17 years ago. The operating income for the quarter reached a record €477 million ($509.48 million) and amounted to €1.4…
tcrn.ch
February 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Spotify reports its first full year of profitability, adds 35M monthly active users
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🚀 ROUND 2 STARTS NOW 🚀
We’re down to the final 16, with another set of match ups to try to determine the WORST PERSON IN TECH of 2024!
🗳️ Cast your ballot: forms.gle/CkQt959BVDvR...
We’re down to the final 16, with another set of match ups to try to determine the WORST PERSON IN TECH of 2024!
🗳️ Cast your ballot: forms.gle/CkQt959BVDvR...
December 10, 2024 at 2:06 PM
🚀 ROUND 2 STARTS NOW 🚀
We’re down to the final 16, with another set of match ups to try to determine the WORST PERSON IN TECH of 2024!
🗳️ Cast your ballot: forms.gle/CkQt959BVDvR...
We’re down to the final 16, with another set of match ups to try to determine the WORST PERSON IN TECH of 2024!
🗳️ Cast your ballot: forms.gle/CkQt959BVDvR...
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PlayStation 2 has sold 160 million units worldwide, maintaining its top spot as the best selling console of all time
www.gamesindustry.biz/playstation-...
www.gamesindustry.biz/playstation-...
PlayStation 2 has surpassed 160m lifetime sales
PlayStation 2 has sold 160 million units worldwide, maintaining its top spot as the best selling console of all time.
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 27, 2024 at 10:14 AM
PlayStation 2 has sold 160 million units worldwide, maintaining its top spot as the best selling console of all time
www.gamesindustry.biz/playstation-...
www.gamesindustry.biz/playstation-...
Yikes 🤯
Man City’s non-penalty big chances in the Premier League and Champions League. For the first time in the five seasons, they concede more than create in a time window of 10 games
November 27, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Yikes 🤯
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Man City’s non-penalty big chances in the Premier League and Champions League. For the first time in the five seasons, they concede more than create in a time window of 10 games
November 26, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Man City’s non-penalty big chances in the Premier League and Champions League. For the first time in the five seasons, they concede more than create in a time window of 10 games
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"Elon knows all about the emeralds. It's just because, you see, he wants to tell the people in America that he also had a hard time."
~Errol Musk
~Errol Musk
November 26, 2024 at 6:14 PM
"Elon knows all about the emeralds. It's just because, you see, he wants to tell the people in America that he also had a hard time."
~Errol Musk
~Errol Musk
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Errol Musk confirms that Elon is lying when he says his father didn't own a mine and that he didn't benefit from it. Elon was both physically at the mine, and personally involved in selling emeralds to Tiffany's in New York.
November 26, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Errol Musk confirms that Elon is lying when he says his father didn't own a mine and that he didn't benefit from it. Elon was both physically at the mine, and personally involved in selling emeralds to Tiffany's in New York.