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2.3KInnovationFacebook Marketplace Rolls Out Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Facebook has announced the launch of Marketplace to 37 countries and territories in Sub-Saharan Africa, including: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape...
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Eutelsat and Facebook to extend Wi-Fi connectivity throughout Sub-Saharan Africa
Eutelsat Communications is expanding its use of the Express Wi-Fi platform in partnership with Facebook to provide broadband services via satellite across...
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4.6KInnovation
Facebook’s connectivity investments to deliver $57B economic benefit across Africa by 2024
Facebook released findings from The Impact of Facebook’s Connectivity Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa , a study conducted by Analysys Mason that highlights...
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2.7KEast Africa
Facebook launches Coronavirus Information Centers across Africa
Facebook is expanding its Coronavirus Information Center to 17 more countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The Information Centers form part of Facebook’s effort...
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Facebook launches Community Accelerator programme across Africa
Facebook has announced the launch of the Community Accelerator programme which will be available in the following countries across SSA: South Africa,...
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Facebook Adds New Local Languages For Third-Party Fact-Checking
Facebook has today with Africa Check announced that it has added new local language support for several African languages as part of...
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2.8KInnovation
Facebook Celebrates One Year of NG_Hub
Celebrating exactly a year to the day since the doors of NG_Hub opened in Lagos, and Facebook further cemented its ambitions to train users...
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4.1KInnovationMainOne and Facebook announce open-access fiber network in Nigeria
MainOne has announced a metro fiber infrastructure project in two states of Nigeria, with support from Facebook. The infrastructure collaboration is part...
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Facebook Launches NG_Hub in Lagos – its First Hub Space in Africa
Facebook today unveiled NG Hub in Lagos, Nigeria – its first flagship community hub space in Africa, in partnership with CcHub. In...
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3.6KEast Africa
Facebook, Andela, Taxify, Safaricom & BRCK announced to speak at Africa Tech Summit Kigali 2018
The first 25 speakers from the African tech ecosystem have been announced for the upcoming Africa Tech Summit Kigali which will take place...
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3.6KEast Africa
Tizeti and Facebook partner to expand Express Wi-Fi in Nigeria
Tizeti and Facebook today announced a partnership to expand Express Wi-Fi by Facebook in Nigeria, with plans to roll out hundreds of...
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4.0K1Innovation
Facebook Developer Circles launched in South Africa
Facebook today announced the roll-out of Facebook Developer Circles in Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria. Launched at F8, Facebook’s Developer Conference held...
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4.3K1Innovation
Facebook Express Wi-Fi rolls out 600 hotspots in Kenya
Facebook Express Wi-Fi has switched on its low-cost internet in more than 600 hotspots across Kenya since the launch earlier this year....
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Facebook to hold FbStart event in Cape Town
Facebook is having its first FbStart event in Africa on Tuesday, 15 November in Cape Town. FbStart is a global programme designed to...
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3.6KInnovation
Facebook wakes up to Nigeria but is Free Basics enough?
Having already launched Internet.org in smaller markets such as Zambia, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, Seychelles and Rwanda as reported last year, Facebook has finally launched...
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African developers take the stage at Facebook’s annual F8 conference
Facebook is now including African developers in its beta testing programme for the launch of new global products and features as it...
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2.0KInnovation
Facebook opens up instant articles to all publishers
Facebook’s will be opening up the Instant Articles program to all publishers — of any size, anywhere in the world it announced at...
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2.3KAwards
Facebook launches Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa
Facebook is launching the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa, with the aim of recognising developers and entrepreneurs who are using the internet to improve the...
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4.0KAppsFacebook only 1% done in Africa
Facebook has shared new statistics revealing that 2.2 million Kenyans use Facebook every day and 4.5 million each month, while 7.1 million...
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3.5KAppsFacebook’s Internet.org Free Basic Services are bringing Africans online
Over the last year, Facebook has worked closely with more than a dozen mobile operators across 17 countries to give people access...
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3.8KSocial MediaFacebook opens first office in Africa
Facebook’s active user population in Africa has grown 20% to 120 million in June 2015 from 100 million in September 2014. More...
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2.4KAppsFacebook Messenger opens door to third-party app developers
With more than 600 million monthly active users, Facebook Messenger has opened up a world of opportunity for app developers globally.
