{"id":6892,"date":"2019-02-14T10:27:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T09:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/?post_type=news&amp;p=6892"},"modified":"2019-02-14T10:27:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T09:27:09","slug":"love-matters-launches-several-new-platforms-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/news\/love-matters-launches-several-new-platforms-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Matters launches several new platforms in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Love Matters is launching three new platforms in Nigeria, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Valentine\u2019s Day, 14 February 2019.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Love, sex and relationships have a huge impact on young people\u2019s lives. Data from our Love Matters Africa platforms shows that more than 62% of our users visit articles talking about \u2018love and relationships\u2019.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria has Africa&#8217;s largest population of young people. They are marking the day of love with gusto. This year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Love-Matters-Naija-423738221427402\/\">Love Matters\u2019s Naija<\/a> will join in the celebrations to offer them blush-free facts and stories on love, sex and everything in between.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rwanda is a phoenix rising from the ashes. Young people make up 40% of Rwanda&#8217;s population and are generally shy about talking about love, but they definitely want to get good quality information and stories they can relate to. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Love-Matters-Rwanda-1061385737400761\/\">Love Matters Rwanda<\/a> will offer pleasure-positive, non-judgmental and mobile-friendly information to the young Rwandese.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Republic of Congo has just gone through a stressful election period. But that doesn\u2019t mean the young Congolese aren\u2019t thinking about relationships. In fact, they are turning to their phones to find the latest information. <a href=\"https:\/\/amourafrique-congo.com\/\">Amour Afrique<\/a> is going to be there to make sure the information they receive is reliable, open and honest.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What young people<\/b><b> talk<\/b><b> about on Valentine\u2019s <\/b><b>Day<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We looked at last year\u2019s trending topics across our Love Matters platforms to find out what young people were talking about around the \u2018Day of Love\u2019. The results were very interesting. It turns out our young users paid special attention to articles like, \u201cNormal Size of A Penis\u201d, with 1,961 views in four days, and were also attracted by the article, \u201cNoisy Orgasms\u201d, which they viewed 1,865 times.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In China, young online users paid special attention to our Love Matters China platform in the run-up to Valentine\u2019s Day, raising page views from an average of 3,917 to a high of 5,395 in the two days beforehand. They were interested in learning about \u201cmale and female bodies\u201d and \u201closing virginity\u201d. Our young Indian users meanwhile, were drawn to an article talking about \u201creasons women want to have sex\u201d, with 6,439 views, followed by a double check on \u201cnormal penis sizes\u201d for 4,926 users.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The data collected from our platforms around the world give us insights into what young people in different regions are talking about. They also help us tailor our content according to their needs and aspirations and make it accessible to them on our digital platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love Matters is launching three new platforms in Nigeria, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Valentine\u2019s Day, 14 February 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6892","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/6892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}