Overview
- Nepal’s September ban on social media helped trigger Gen Z-led protests that unseated the government, with a transitional administration now working toward elections.
- In Madagascar, youth anger over corruption and chronic water and electricity shortages contributed to the fall of the government in October.
- Organising was digital-first, with platforms like Discord, TikTok and Instagram central to mobilising and, in Nepal, even to selecting an interim leader, Sushila Karki.
- The movements were driven by entrenched corruption, unemployment and failing public services, with renewed protests and crackdowns reported in Kenya, Togo and Morocco.
- In India, a new opinion piece warns of “manufactured outrage” on social media and urges Gen Z to channel activism into informed, constructive civic participation.