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Mon, March 24th, 12:20 · Paul Adepoju
Eskimi launches Android app
Eskimi has announced it has launched a new Android version offering its users an improved experience which includes better chatting. → Read more
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Mon, March 24th, 11:40 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Twitter celebrates 8th birthday
Twitter has marked its eighth birthday, offering users to take a look at their first Tweets that sparked a conversation, used imagery to tell a story or revealed unfiltered self expression. → Read more
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Wed, March 19th, 17:00 · Abdirizaq Hussein
WhatsApp, Social Me-Devolution social media trends in Kenya – report
The rise of WhatsApp, Social TV and the Social Me-Devolution have been identified as trends to watch in Kenya by the Nendo 2014/2015 Social Media Trend Report released today. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 19:00 · Chris Udemans
eThekwini pays $10k for 10-day social media campaign – report
Durban’s eThekwini Municipality has awarded a tender for a social media campaign paying the contractor ZAR500,000 (US$46,400) for ten days of promotion online, according to a report. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 13:30 · Tom Jackson
TechZim to host social media marketing event
Zimbabwean technology news website and events organiser TechZim is to hold a social media marketing event, #GetSocial Zimbabwe, on April 3-4 at the Meikles Hotel in Harare. → Read more
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Fri, March 14th, 19:00 · Chris Udemans
People of Ikeja, Nigeria, take most “selfies” in Africa
The Nigerian city of Ikeja has been declared the “selfiest” city in Africa by TIME magazine, with its population taking more “selfies” than any other city on the continent. → Read more
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Fri, March 14th, 12:30 · Chris Udemans
Zuckerberg calls Obama to express surveillance frustration
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has called American president Barack Obama to express his frustration at “the damage the government is doing” with its surveillance programmes. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 19:00 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Twitter crashes for second time in nine days
Twitter crashed for the second time in nine days yesterday, due to a software glitch that stalled the social media site for about one hour. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA, Egypt dominate Africa’s top 5 tweeting cities
The top five cities in Africa in terms of Twitter activity are located in South Africa and Egypt, with Johannesburg coming out on top, according to the latest “How Africa Tweets” study by Portland Communications. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 10:00 · Chris Udemans
Masipa went “too far” in banning Twitter from Pistorius trial – lawyer
Judge Thokozile Masipa went “too far” when prohibiting live media coverage of the pathologist’s testimony in South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius’ trial, according to lawyer Dario Milo of Webber Wentzel in a television interview. → Read more
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Mon, March 10th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Live broadcast, social media banned in Pistorius murder trial
The live broadcast and all social media reporting of the murder trial of South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius was today shut off, as the judge ordered the testimony of the pathologist giving evidence could not be reported. → Read more
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Fri, March 7th, 09:40 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Facebook eyes drone maker Titan Aerospace for $60m
Facebook is negotiating with drone maker Titan Aerospace to purchase the company for US$60 million, giving Facebook the ability to provide wireless internet access to consumers in developing parts of the world, according to reports. → Read more
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Thu, March 6th, 11:40 · Chris Udemans
ANC Western Cape Twitter account hacked
The Western Cape African National Congress’ (ANC) Twitter account was hacked yesterday, resulting in the political party apologising for the comments. → Read more
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Wed, March 5th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel Ghana suspends manager over Facebook comment
Kwame Gyan, corporate relations manager of Airtel Ghana, has been suspended by the company for making an allegedly treasonable comment on his Facebook page. → Read more
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Tue, March 4th, 12:20 · Tom Jackson
Social Media Week coming to Johannesburg
The global Social Media Week (SMW) event is to arrive in Johannesburg, South Africa, in September, the second African destination of the series after two successful events in Lagos. → Read more
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Mon, March 3rd, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Arab Spring was an historic period in social media – Femi Oke
Femi Oke, journalist and host of Al Jazeera’s social media show “The Stream”, has described the Arab Spring in 2011 as a historic period in social media. → Read more
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Sat, March 1st, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Emmanuel Okeleji, co-founder and CEO, Insidify.com
Professional network Insidify.com offers users the opportunity to improve and make good use of their networks as part of their search for jobs, offering a range of service to empower its users to engage their social and professional connections better in identifying career opportunities. Founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Emmanuel Okeleji spoke to HumanIPO about the platform, what role it performs and how it differs from LinkedIn. → Read more
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Sat, March 1st, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Facebook offers audience expansion with new feature
Facebook has announced a change in its algorithm that will offer brands greater reach than before, with a post tagging a brand or a celebrity now appearing in the News Feed of the brand or celebrity tagged. → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 16:20 · Susan Mwenesi
Less than half of Kenyan banks engage customers on social media
Only 19 of the 53 commercial banks in Kenya engage their customers on social media, according to a survey carried out by the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA). → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 06:00 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Facebook scraps email service
Facebook has called it a day on its email address service, opting to focus on improving its mobile messaging. → Read more
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