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For most people in Uganda, the internet starts and ends with Facebook. According to the Africa Internet Users, Facebook and 2016 Population Statistics, there are 2.2 million Facebook users of the about 13 million internet users in Uganda. Now that's a big number. Now the social... Read More

Africa has understandably lagged behind the rest of the world when it comes to technology. But sub Saharan Africa's high poverty rate, low internet penetration and sparse infrastructure notwithstanding, a quiet revolution is slowly picking up steam. Africa's technology hubs are booming. This technology growth... Read More

Don't say you didn't see this coming. It was only a matter of time after all. WhatsApp Messenger has for long been touted as a paragon of virtue for all chat apps. WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum even wrote a sob story of growing up in... Read More

Facebook Vice President for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Nicola Mendelsohn recently made a prediction about the future of the social media site while speaking at Fortune‘s Most Powerful Women International Summit in London. She said that in about five years, Facebook will probably be... Read More

Chat Bots just got a new champion in Facebook which has announced a bunch of sweeping new developments at the Facebook's F8 Conference in San Francisco. Facebook's new business model involves Developers coming up with Bots Facebook believes can upset the way business has been... Read More

David Marcus, Vice President of Messaging Products at Facebook announced cool new features for Facebook Messenger at the milestone marking 900 million active users. In an effort to provide a feature-rich chat experience, Facebook has introduced Messenger Codes, Usernames and Links. Below is an excerpt... Read More

It's been just over a year since Facebook and partners launched Internet.org: a grand mission to connect the remaining two thirds of the world's population to the internet especially in emerging markets in Africa and Asia. So far the project has been launched in Malawi, Ghana, Tanzania,... Read More

According to the Facebook Careers page, there are new job openings for Dubai, UAE and sub-Saharan Africa. The openings in Africa are available in South Africa for positions of Global Accounts, marketing and sales. It's no longer a secret, Facebook is finally asserting its physical... Read More

Facebook has just annouced a seperate Facebook groups mobile App for Android and iOS.  According to the social giant, the app is designed to "help people share faster and more easily with all the groups in their life.". Facebook groups Apps is the latest product... Read More