Tue, February 25th, 16:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
South Africa’s leading mobile operator Vodacom has confirmed its Twitter account was hacked last night, attributing the disturbance to a bot attack. → Read more
Mon, February 24th, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
The media team of South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius has launched a new Twitter handle, @OscarHardTruth, to keep fans up to date with his murder trial, which begins on March 3. → Read more
Thu, February 20th, 20:00 · HumanIPO
HumanIPO reported earlier today Facebook had acquired mobile messaging service WhatsApp for US$16 billion. Printed in its entirety below is what Facebook chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg had to say about the acquisition and what it meant for the two companies and the mobile space in general. → Read more
Thu, February 20th, 18:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
South Africa’s third mobile operator Cell C has launched an aggressive new marketing campaign criticising rival MTN’s decision to challenge new mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations set out by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). → Read more
Thu, February 20th, 17:40 · Paul Adepoju
Building trust is the major challenge in the online real estate market in Africa, with the industry battling with misrepresentations, according to Kian Moini, co-founder of Rocket Internet-owned online real estate marketplace Lamudi. → Read more
Thu, February 20th, 15:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
More than half of urban-dwelling adult mobile phone owners in South Africa use WhatsApp, according to a social media update published by World Wide Worx. → Read more
Thu, February 20th, 12:20 · Tom Jackson
Zimbabwean Facebook whistleblower Baba Jukwa has posted another message on his page despite saying yesterday he was “on strike” until Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition MDC-T party, apologies to national council member Elton Mangoma after he was subjected to a violent attack. → Read more
Thu, February 20th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
A panel of discussants at the ongoing Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos has made the case for the creation of cybercafés only for females in various African countries in order to improve access to the internet for women and young girls. → Read more
Thu, February 20th, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju
Facebook has reached a definitive agreement to acquire messaging service WhatsApp for a total of approximately US$16 billion, US$4 billion of which is in cash and the rest made up of Facebook shares. → Read more
Thu, February 20th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
With Facebook recently celebrating its 10th birthday as it battles to remodel to respond to the shift in usage from desktop to mobile, HumanIPO caught up with Iain Mackenzie, the company’s pan-Euro communications manager, to discuss lessons learnt and emerging trends, as well as the company’s plans for 2014. → Read more
Thu, February 20th, 06:00 · Chris Udemans
The implementation of the South African Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act will have an enormous effect on how businesses in the country use social media, according to a study. → Read more
Wed, February 19th, 16:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
The judge hearing arguments for and against the live broadcasting of the trial of South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius has reserved judgment until next week, with MultiChoice requesting permission to broadcast the trial using tiny spy cameras. → Read more
Wed, February 19th, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
LinkedIn has been described as the new Facebook by Claudine Moore, founder and managing director of New York-based public relations firm C Moore Media. → Read more
Wed, February 19th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Zimbabwean Facebook whistleblower Baba Jukwa has said he is “on strike” until Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition MDC-T party, apologies to national council member Elton Mangoma after he was subjected to a violent attack. → Read more
Wed, February 19th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian travel booking platform Wakanow.com records around 20,000 users monthly, according to c-founder Ralph Tamuno, though he said it took developers a long time to make the site available for public use. → Read more
Tue, February 18th, 18:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Facebook finds Africa “incredibly exciting” and believes Africans will use its platform in ways nobody has yet imagined, with Africans making use of new tech tools in the most innovative ways. → Read more
Tue, February 18th, 17:40 · Paul Adepoju
Twenty per cent of daily traffic on e-commerce site Jumia Nigeria is generated from social media, according to Opeyemi Adetomiwa, the company’s community manager. → Read more
Tue, February 18th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
The Facebook page of Zimbabwean online whistleblower Baba Jukwa remains live in spite of the anonymous poster saying over the weekend he would close the page due to having been “let down”. → Read more
Tue, February 18th, 09:40 · Paul Adepoju
Andrew Alli, chief executive officer (CEO) of Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), has identified monetisation of Africa’s content as the last mile challenge for entrepreneurs, with the solving of this problem likely to lead to large returns. → Read more
Tue, February 18th, 06:00 · Chris Udemans
Webfluential, an online platform for linking brands to consumers through influencers on social media, has announced it can now link brands, marketing agencies and media buyers with six million consumers across South Africa. → Read more
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