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As I began my book tour in Washington DC this week for The Silicon Empire vs Social Impact: The David…

Let’s face it: WhatsApp has become the unofficial national archive of South Africa. From birthday wishes to business deals, from…

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) is warning the public about a fraudulent scheme where scammers impersonate 10X Investments (Pty)…

A user’s messaging app account might be of interest not only to jealous spouses and nosy coworkers, but also to…

Crime in South Africa is vastly underreported, leaving many communities without safe and effective ways to alert authorities. Enter Community…

By Clare-Alice Vertue, Partner, Karl Blom, Partner, Siya Ngcamu, Senior Associate and Sidrah Suliman, Associate from Webber Wentzel It is…

 As the election approaches, we’ll activate a South Africa-specific Elections Operations Centre to identify potential threats and put mitigations in…

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has issued a stern warning to the public regarding a concerning trend of individuals…

With the staggering rise of social media scams globally, business executives find themselves increasingly targeted by cybercriminals seeking to exploit…

Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has challenged tech conglomerate Meta to deal with misinformation and called for fair treatment…

Capitec, has leveraged WhatsApp’s rapidly evolving messaging technology to introduce an innovative chatbot education solution called MoneyUp Chat. The solution…

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp now allows you to delete messages for up to two days after they are sent. Previously,…

African insurtech aYo Holdings has launched a WhatsApp channel in its markets across Africa to make it easier for its…

The 2019 Future of Payments in South Africa report by Deloitte and Mastercard stated that “although 80% of South Africans…

Clickatell, a CPaaS innovator and Chat Commerce leader, has been selected by South African retailer, Dis-Chem Pharmacies, to enable WhatsApp…

South Africa’s Competition Commission (the Commission) has referred social media giant, Meta Platforms Inc – previously known as Facebook Inc…

Clickatell, a leader in mobile communications and chat commerce, has been selected by leading African retailer Pick n Pay, to…

AI-BO, a research platform that allows businesses to survey their targeted audience through WhatsApp, aims to democratise research by delivering…

Suddenly and inexplicably, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Oculus services were gone. And it was no local disturbance. In a…

The six-hour outage of Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms on Monday – which has been resolved – left…

KFC launches WhatsApp-based ordering in South Africa through Chat Commerce – an innovative chat-ordering channel, which allows customers to place…

Telkom announced on Thursday that it has successfully signed-up 10 000 subscribers to its digital wallet operated on WhatsApp –…

Telkom has launched Africa’s first Mastercard virtual card for use on WhatsApp, enabling Telkom Pay customers to make e-commerce payments.…

Nobody could have predicted that the arrival of social media on the business and social scene more than ten years…

MTN has partnered with instant EFT solution provider, Ozow, to provide a fast and efficient payment method for customers to…