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Why it’s time for adults to accept that Nigerian teenagers have a digital life

Why it’s time for adults to accept that Nigerian teenagers have a digital life

ALL over the world, the reach of digital technology is growing at an extraordinary rate, even in developing countries. Young people are growing up in an environment ruled by digital devices, the internet and social media. CHIKEZIE UZUEGBUNAM, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Cape Town Research evidence indicates that using the internet and other technologies such as video games and computers has become a daily routine for many children and adolescents from high-income to low-income countries. The United Nations Children’s Fund reports that children are accessing the internet at increasingly younger ages, and that smartphones are young people’s gadget of choice.…
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