BWM Headlines: Social Media, a non-event at this year’s World Economic Forum on Africa

By: Garreth Bloor: Staff reporter http://memeburn.com/2011/05/social-media-a-non-event-at-this-year%E2%80%99s-world-economic-forum-on-africa/ Social media was certainly officially present, but not fussed over at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF)... More

By: Garreth Bloor: Staff reporter http://memeburn.com/2011/05/social-media-a-non-event-at-this-year%E2%80%99s-world-economic-forum-on-africa/ Social media was certainly officially present, but not fussed over at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa which was held in Cape Town, South Africa. Without any specific headline focus on technology, the keynote plenary session kicked off with South African President Jacob Zuma as leaders assessed the rise of emerging markets in “the new global reality”. While Zuma and others discussed the implications of emerging markets on the future of the world’s economy, Rajiv J. Share from the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, reminded everyone of one critical driver of the emerging markets rise: technology. When recognised a decade ago for its role in development and growth technology became a theme. That has changed. It is now an unstated assumption. The recent WEF shows technology and social media in relation Less