At TEDxStellenbosch 2012, Alan Knott-Craig speaks about the role anonymity plays in social networks, and how it allows people to access services and overcome social barriers where they would otherwise be too embarrassed or ashamed to do so.
Alan is founder of World of Avatar and former CEO of Mxit, Africa's largest social network. In April 2008 he published Don't Panic, a best selling book aimed at persuading emigrant South Africans to return home. In 2009 he was named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
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