Social media use on the rise in Botswana

Social media use on the rise in Botswana
Social media use on the rise in Botswana

Social-media use in Botswana has doubled over the past five years despite considerable misgivings about some of its possible negative effects.

This is according to the latest Afrobarometer survey, which also shows that more than a third of Batswana (34%) now use Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, or other social media every day as sources of news. The study investigated the use of social media in Botswana between 2014 and 2019.

The finding is almost twice as many as five years ago when the use of social media stood at 18%. In 2017, about 30% of Batswana relied on social media for news.

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