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Radio Netherlands Worldwide has posted our item about the Digital Revolution in Nairobi.Starring Mark Kamau of Nairobits and John Karanja of Africa’s social network site Whive.com 

In 2007, the Ghanaian economist George Ayittey already talked about these so-called cheetah generation. One which unlike the older hippo-generation still being grumpy about colonialism and imperialism, is finding new solutions to old problems.

With the Internet, they have finally found the key to pulling Africa out of the gutter. The innovative and creative applications they come up with make their world run as fast as the one in the West.

John Karanja wrote on Facebook: 

Whive.com and TriplePMedia.nl made a visit to Kibera, Africa’s largest informal settlement. We were shocked to find kids playing Xbox and using social media to transform their lives.