200 million

Number of monthly active users of ByteDance’s video-editing app CapCut

That’s more than twice as high as the previous year. A report by Boston Consulting Group found that Ghana and Kenya have some of the highest rates of mobile payment use in the world, behind only China. In Kenya, an average of $140 million was transacted on mobile phones a day in 2020.

Social distancing and emergency aid payments made through digital accounts have accelerated the process for many Brazilians to start using financial services. But there are still an estimated 36 million “unbanked” people in the country, according to the Central Bank of Brazil.

The Taliban are looking to use social media to win over the domestic audience in Afghanistan. They face a drastically more connected population than the last time they ruled Afghanistan: of the country’s 38 million people, about 70% have access to a mobile phone, and about 30% are on social media.

On April 20, the internet activist group Anonymous launched a cyberattack to support ongoing protests against the Sri Lankan government. But in the process, Anonymous hacked a student higher education database and an agency working on protections for Sri Lankan migrant workers, releasing thousands of usernames, email addresses, and passwords of registered users. Experts say the hack puts thousands of everyday Sri Lankan citizens at risk of identity fraud.