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Somalia’s eAqoonsi app shows progress and gaps in digital infrastructure push

Hassan IstiilaFriday April 24, 2026 On a dusty roadside in Elasha Biyaha, some 15 kilometers from Mogadishu, Sharmarke Aden sits in his bajaj, thumbs moving over a Samsung phone as he tries again and again to pull up his digital national ID. The app, eAqoonsi, sits at the center of Somalia’s drive to take public services online. In the best-case scenario, it should spare Aden the expense and lost time of traveling to a registration center and standing in long lines, all while sacrificing a day’s earnings. Instead, patchy…

Mark Zuckerberg: Meta has abandoned maximizing screen time in app design

Zuckerberg disputes claim he misled Congress as LA jury hears emails on time-spent goals in youth social media addiction trial Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back in a Los Angeles courtroom against a lawyer’s suggestion that he misled U.S. lawmakers about how the company designed Facebook and Instagram, as a landmark jury trial over youth social media addiction pressed forward. Questioned about his 2024 congressional testimony — in which he said Meta did not direct teams to maximize time spent on its apps —…