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Wed, July 16th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Cybercriminals launch 5 fake Facebook pages for Lagos state police PR officer
Ngozi Braide, the police public relations officer (PPRO) for Lagos stat,e has warned members of the public to be vigilant and not fall victim to fraudsters operating five different Facebook accounts in her name. → Read more
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Mon, July 14th, 14:30 · Chris Udemans
Pistorius Tweets not in contempt of court
South African murder-accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius’ latest Tweets are not in contempt of court, according to a report. → Read more
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Thu, July 10th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
Skype releases all-new Android app
Skype has announced the release of an all-new app that runs on the Android operating system, which it said is more beautiful and full of surprises. → Read more
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Wed, July 9th, 11:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Facebook Kenya’s most popular social site
Facebook is the most popular social media site in Kenya with 3.8 million users, according to a report by Digital Rand, which ranked LinkedIn in second position with 1 million users and Twitter third with 650,000. → Read more
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Tue, July 8th, 11:00 · Chris Udemans
SA Presidency warns over fake Ramaphosa Twitter account
The South African Presidency has warned users about a fake Twitter account set up for deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa. → Read more
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Mon, July 7th, 13:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan social media users fail to read terms of privacy
Users of major sites in Kenya rarely take the time to read the terms of privacy before signing in and using such sites, to the delight of people and entities mining their data for advertising and marketing purposes. → Read more
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Thu, July 3rd, 12:00 · Chris Udemans
Facebook to acquire video ads firm LiveRail
Facebook has announced plans to acquire video advertising firm LiveRail, which helps companies including Dailymotion and Gannett serve better ads that appear on their websites and in apps. → Read more
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Wed, July 2nd, 13:00 · Chris Udemans
SA energy department warns over fake Facebook account
South Africa’s Department of Energy (DoE) has warned the public of a fake Facebook account claiming to be that of minister Tina Joemat Pettersson, after numerous stakeholders complained about lack of response when sending messages to the account. → Read more
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Tue, July 1st, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan government is aware of hate speech social media accounts
Kenya joined the rest of the world in observing Social Media Day yesterday, against the backdrop of tribalism and political vitriol as well as the prosecution of two people for hate speech on social media. → Read more
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Mon, June 30th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian bank launches banking transaction alerts on Twitter
United Bank for Africa (UBA) has become the first Nigerian bank to offer transaction notifications on Twitter for its customers. → Read more
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Fri, June 27th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Twitter, CliffCentral cooperate to remove fake accounts
Twitter is cooperating with South African radio personality Gareth Cliff’s “unradio” station CliffCentral to remove fake accounts created claiming to represent the station and its founder. → Read more
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Fri, June 27th, 11:30 · Chris Udemans
50% of Facebook employees White, two-thirds male
Over 50 per cent of Facebook employees are White, while over two-thirds are male, according the company’s diversity statistics. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Room for African social networks – panelists
There is a place for local African social networks which will help change politics, governance and ethics across the continent, but they will only thrive if data costs decrease allowing a critical mass of users to produce sufficient content online, according to panelists at the VAS Africa summit. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
Sunday Mail editor denies Baba Jukwa links as brother also arrested
The editor of state-owned Zimbabwean newspaper the Sunday Mail Edmund Kudzayi has denied he is behind the Baba Jukwa Facebook page and said his arrest is politically motivated, with his older brother now also under arrest and accused of complicity. → Read more
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Tue, June 24th, 08:00 · Agatha Nduku
Kirusa Launches Celeb Connect, Sports Connect in Rwanda with MTN
Emerging markets voice messaging and social media mobile app firm Kirusa has announced the launch of its Celeb Connect and Sports Connect services on the MTN Rwanda network. → Read more
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Fri, June 20th, 15:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Social media unit created to help Kenya’s ailing tourism sector
Kenya’s Ministry of East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism ministry has set up a social media unit that will be used to provide information about the country in a bid to salvage its ailing tourism. → Read more
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Fri, June 20th, 10:30 · Chris Udemans
SMW Johannesburg accepting submissions
Social Media Week (SMW) Johannesburg has begun accepting submissions from parties interested in becoming event partners. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Facebook suffers downtime
Facebook users could not access the website for a time this morning following an error, with the company insisting all problems have now been fixed. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
Kenyan police arrests suspect over Al-Shabaab Twitter accounts
Kenya’s National Police Service has arrested an individual suspected of operating social media accounts in the name of militant group Al-Shabaab claiming responsibility for attacks in Mpeketoni in which more than 60 people died. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Facebook officially reveals photo-sharing app Slingshot
Facebook has launched photo-sharing app Slingshot, which requires users to reply to a message before opening it, a week after it was prematurely released by mistake. → Read more
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