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Africa’s Leading Marketing Technology Company, Plaqad has launched SocialCred, the continent's first-ever social media clout ranking app. The Lagos-based startup, which celebrated its third anniversary earlier in May is reputed…

MultiChoice, Africa’s leading entertainment company today announced the launch of its WhatsApp self-service. The twenty-five-year-old company has shown once again that it understands the role of technology and is embracing it to…

First Bank of Nigeria, in partnership with Clickatell’s Transact division, has commercially launched their Chat Banking channel on WhatsApp. This capability enables FirstBank’s customers to manage their banking needs within their…

Chatbots have been around for some time now. The technology, which combines the use of text, voice and messaging to converse directly with consumers, has been used longer than virtual reality. But this year, it’s taking the spotlight.…

The Facebook earnings slump was a big hit to the social network, but the company’s global chat app, WhatsApp is now being monetized with three ways to connect businesses. In a WhatsApp blog, the company stated that it is introducing…

If you could remember, in 2016, one of the largest telecoms companies in Africa was mulling a grand plan to ban WhatsApp on its network. The crux of the matter was that the company and its competitors were recording loss of…

WeChat, China’s most popular social media platform, has passed the one billion monthly active user mark. The milestone, which was achieved over the Chinese New Year holiday in February, was revealed by Tencent chief…

Opera News, the standalone news app developed by Opera, has broken the 1 million download milestone in less than four weeks since its release. The app, which provides users with easy access to their favourite news and…