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Facebook is taking a giant leap on how it works with the media industry as it launches its first Facebook…

South African tech start-up and online tech-education leader, HyperionDev, is inviting the public to become stakeholders in the company’s growing…

by Nazanin Andalibi Recently, when I opened Instagram, I noticed that the usual spot for checking notifications is now a…

From an early age, I have taken inspiration from strong female role models, like my grandmother who owned a small…

Media personality, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Bonang Matheba (Queen B to her more than eight million social media fans) has been…

by Bryan Maritz and Robin Maritz Snakes are a diverse lineage of reptiles that are found on every continent except…

A South African law firm is warning people of the dangers of publishing, sharing and forwarding defamatory messages on social…

The rapid growth in internet usage in Africa represents a significant opportunity for some of the world’s largest tech firms.…

Facebook wants to take on Twitch and YouTube with a new dedicated mobile gaming app, according to a report by…

Vodacom South Africa announced on Wednesday it has significantly accelerated investment spend in recent weeks to ensure that its network…

by Bhaskar Chakravorti As we practice social distancing, our embrace of social media gets only tighter. The major social media…

Teraco has announced that Africa’s largest Internet Exchange Point (IXP), NAPAfrica, has reached a landmark with 1 Terabit per second…

Most of us spend hours each day glued to some type of screen for work or play. But is that a bad thing? Has anyone got the data to figure it out? Now is the time for ‘The Human Screenome Project.’

by Liang Zhao One of the hottest topics in cryptocurrencies is the prospect of major economies launching state-backed digital coins.…

by Carla Lever Bobi Wine has come a long way in two years. The self-styled “Ghetto President” of Uganda used…

by Eugenia Ha Rim Rho Whether you’re a conservative or a liberal, you have most likely come across a political…

by Christelle Colman With over 16 million Facebook users alone in South Africa, social interaction increasingly involves the conscious –…

A South African FinTech (financial technology) startup has instituted a R14 million claim for damages against social media giant Facebook.…

by Ben Dickson As online trolling and hate speech are becoming more problematic, companies like Facebook and Twitter are under increasing…

by Garfield Benjamin Not content with monitoring almost everything you do online, Facebook now wants to read your mind as…

By Katharine Kemp, UNSW Australia’s consumer watchdog has recommended major changes to our consumer protection and privacy laws. If these…

Meesho, a Bangalore-based social commerce startup, announced today the closing of a $125 million (R1.9 billion) fundraise led by Naspers,…

JSE-listed pay-TV group Multichoice has today published its integrated annual report detailing the salaries of its top executives. MultiChoice Group…

by Bhaskar Chakravorti As the public and government regulators around the world discuss whether and how to manage the power…

Sunday 30th June is International Social Media Day – #SMDay – a day when the impact of social media on…