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(PHOTO: Anderson Guerra/Pexels) Facebook has always dominated as the most used social media platform in Uganda. However, this all comes to fall as its spot is now taken by micro-blogging website, Twitter which has a market share of 57.09% compared to Facebook’s 9.02% sitting in the fourth place after Pinterest (19.13%) and YouTube (10.3%), as of June 2021 according to statistics by Stat Counter. According to Stat Counter’s chart, Twitter surpassed Facebook to be the most used social media platform in Uganda in mid-January 2021. Source: Stat Counter Global Stats – Social Media Market Share. Facebook’s fall attributes to Ugandan’s online using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to access the platform. This is a result of the Ugandan government indefinitely suspending/blocking the use of the platform after claiming that the social media giants refused to restore the Government of Uganda and NRM Online accounts during the general elections. ....
This month there are none. Treasury thinks up to 150,000 will lose their jobs. Credible estimates put the number higher, at as much as one quarter of a million. In its place, the government introduced a A$4 billion JobMaker Hiring Credit. It will give employers who can demonstrate that a new employee will increase overall headcount (and payroll) $200 per week if the new hire is aged 16-29, or $100 if the new hire is aged 30-35. Billions on offer, little takeup Employers will get nothing for new hires aged 36 and over no matter how disadvantaged and no matter how suitable. The scheme hasn’t got off to a good start. It is reported to have had only 609 applications in its first seven weeks. ....