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South African Space Agency seeks twitter input
A new study shows that social networking is growing on the African continent, especially in South Africa, where the country’s Twitter-active population posted around five million messages in the last quarter of 2011, double the amount of tweets coming out of Kenya, the continent’s second most Twitter-savvy nation.
Now South African authorities are getting in on the action, using the micro-blogging site to gauge public opinion on important matters, most notably, the country’s space program.
South Africa’s National Space Agency (SANSA) is reaching out to citizens via Twitter, asking for input on what its agenda should focus on over the next 20 years.
It’s a move that hasn’t surprised Arthur Goldstuck of World Wide Worx, an internet research company.
To balance the scales, South Africa’s space agency is also engaging citizens face-to-face, aiming to create an all-round robust public discussion on its planned space program
