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Facebook to empower African small businesses with digital marketing skills programme
Facebook will now be offering economic impact programmes to African female-owned small businesses in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Facebook's SheMeansBusiness Program provides support...
New Facebook group pushes for end of lockdown
A new Facebook group has emerged with plans to put an end to what its calls a crippling and devastating lockdown.
The group, titled “#endthelockdownmzanzi”,...
How businesses can use Facebook to stay in touch during COVID-19
The livelihood of small businesses – and by extension, those in its employ – is crucial in South Africa, especially while a pandemic wreaks...
Why Naspers is backing Facebook’s cryptocurrency project
Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk believes cryptocurrencies could have a huge and positive impact on societies by allowing for frictionless and costless transfer of...
Facebook just announced plans for its cryptocurrency…
Facebook unveiled its plans for its cryptocurrency, Libra. Facebook has said that Libra will be backed by stable government-backed currency and will be run...
Facebook use eroding in as social media under pressure
Facebook's efforts to crack down on misinformation and sensational content have reduced the time spent at the leading social network eroding, researchers said on...
Facebook shuts dozens of fake-news pages ahead of EU vote: NGO
The US-based Avaaz online activist group said it had alerted Facebook to more than 500 pages and accounts suspected of fuelling disinformation campaigns.
Facebook has...
Facebook announces new features for Facebook, Messenger and WhatsApp
On the first day of the Facebook annual conference, F8, the Mark Zuckerberg company announced new features for Facebook, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp according...
Instagram moves into E-commerce with shopping button
Facebook-owned Instagram on Tuesday made a move into potentially lucrative e-commerce by adding an option to buy products shown off in posts by selected...
This is the data South African companies can screen from your Facebook profile before...
The Department of Public Service and Administration recently announced that it would begin screening social media posts before hiring prospective employees.
While this has come...