Tag: Facebook
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Africa Year in Review, Meta highlights 2021 milestones
Meta, the parent company of Facebook is highlighting key milestones achieved in their 2021 Africa Year in Review. The infographic shows some of Meta’s investments and initiatives across sub-Saharan Africa this year. They focused on driving innovation, connecting communities, helping businesses to grow and supporting the tech and creator ecosystem. Meta notes that it also…
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Facebook, Creatives Garage support Kenya creative industry with new platform
Facebook is partnering with Creatives Garage to launch a platform where Kenyan creatives can amplify their work and inspire others. This is part of efforts from Facebook to highlight the successes of people. The partnership will also see creatives in Kenya receive training on audience engagement and monetizing of content on Facebook. The partnership launches…
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Facebook to open first Africa engineering office in Lagos, Nigeria
Online social media and networking company, Facebook, announces it will open its first engineering office in Africa. The new office will be located in Lagos, Nigeria and will become operational in the second half of fiscal year 2021. Facebook Lagos office will support the Sub-Saharan region and contribute to the African technology ecosystem. It will…
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Facebook finally launches Avatars across Sub-Saharan Africa, includes COVID-19 support sticker
Social media giants Facebook finally launches its Avatars in Africa to give people new ways to express themselves online. The feature was launched last year with global release expected in late 2019 or early 2020. Avatars are digital personas that allow people to engage across Facebook and Messenger in a more personal and dynamic way. You…
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Facebook gives parents control over children’s online activity with Messenger Kids app
Facebook launches video and messaging chat app called Messenger Kids across Africa. The app allows children to connect with their friends and family in a supervised environment. Parents can monitor and control children’s activities through a dashboard. From the dashboard, parents can monitor recent contacts, chat history and reported and blocked contacts. They can also…
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Facebook to host iD8 Developer event in Nairobi
Facebook iD8 Nairobi, first major event in Africa Facebook is taking its Developer Conference, F8 on the road to cities worldwide. The company will make a stop in Africa with an event in Nairobi, Kenya on the 22nd of November. Making this the company’s first ever major event on the African continent. Since the learning…