A strange thing has happened in the Zambian blogosphere. Rather than grow, it appears to have shrunk in recent times. In the early days of this blog we saw all kinds of other Zambian blogs popping up. Today very few Zambians blogs are updated or maintained. Many people discovered that starting a blog is quick and easy. Few realise how difficult it is to maintain one.

Zambian Economist: State of the Zambian Internet

Go read the rest of The Zambian Economist’s State of the Zambian Internet commemorating his third anniversary as, and I’ve said it before, Zambia’s best blog. Some issued discussed: “authoritarian incompetence” when it comes to state-media online; the rise of online Zambian talk radio; and the cannibalization of the Zambian blogosphere by social media.

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