Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, has announced new ways for businesses, content creators and organizations to make money and grow their reach on WhatsApp. The company made this announcement …
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KLCI Gets N75m AWS Support to Launch Rafiki AI Career Buddy for African Youth
The Kayode Alabi Leadership and Career Initiative (KLCI), a Nigerian nonprofit focused on youth empowerment, has been selected for the first-ever Amazon Web Services (AWS) Education Equity Initiative. As part …
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WhatsApp and Instagram witnesses an all time new user increase
Meta Platforms Inc.’s Instagram now has 2 billion monthly active users worldwide, closing in on the 2.96 billion who use Facebook, in a sign of the social media giant’s shifting …
WhatsApp, the popular instant communication app owned by Meta that is used by many for quick texting earlier on 25th of october 2022 reportedly faced an issue making it difficult …
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WhatsApp Web faces downtime, affects thousands of users globally
WhatsApp, the popular instant communication app owned by Meta that is used by many for quick texting is reportedly facing an issue. WhatsApp users in Nigeria are currently unable to …
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South Africans build Uber-like service for minibus taxi industry
South Africans are launching a new digital platform launched in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town aims to connect commuters with registered taxi drivers at the click of a button. Loop is a …
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Major Meta platform executive quits job at social media giant
A Meta Platforms Inc. executive who was instrumental in the acquisitions of Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus said he is leaving the social media giant. Amin Zoufonoun, the company’s vice president …
Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp is rolling out several privacy features, including the ability to send messages while appearing offline and blocking screenshots of view-once messages. The messaging platform will also allow …
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Joburg’s pothole patrol app gets 28,000 reports, fixes100,000 potholes a year
The Pothole Patrol has repaired just over 100,000 potholes in Johannesburg in the course of one year. The joint initiative saw two insurance companies, Dial direct and Discovery Insure, partner …