This newfound popularity of social media to access information and mobilise protests took root for the first time among Zimbabweans, when protesters took to the streets and helped push Mugabe out of office.
Kwa mara ya kwanza, umaarufu mpya wa mitandao ya kijamii kuwezesha kupata habari na kuhamasisha maandamano ulimea mizizi miongoni mwa raia wa Zimbabwe, wakati waandamanaji walipoingia mitaani na kusaidia kushinikiza kuondolewa kwa Mugabe madarakani.