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Shared payment streams the future of fintech in Africa

Cash is still used in around 90% of consumer transactions in Africa, which is great news for telcos wishing to leverage shared payment streams, says 4C Group.

Meta ups the ante on AI use for social media

During its Meta Connect 2023 event, the firm released AI tools, smart glasses and mixed reality headsets.

TikTok throws weight behind SA’s booming creator economy

TikTok for Business witnesses rapid growth, as more SA businesses and content creators embrace the short-form video platform.

Sibahle Malinga

Webinar: Get wise to social engineering scams

Arctic Wolf and ITWeb will host a webinar on 14 September to help organisations avoid social engineering scams.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads app heads to desktop

Meta starts rolling out the desktop version of its text-based social media platform, in an attempt to entice users to return.

Department of Health

Health dept embraces WhatsApp for sex education

The health department turns to the messaging app to provide sexual reproductive and health information to young people.

Innovo Networks

Harnessing the power of social listening data

Monitoring and analysing customer sentiment conversations, across social media and online channels, can be done with speed and accuracy.

GovChat dream turned into ‘nightmare’, says founder

Eldrid Jordaan decries the state of the start-up he founded, reflecting on the next phase in the GovChat versus Facebook squabble.

Simnikiwe Mzekandaba

Africa sees political internet shutdowns spike in H1

Protests and political turmoil cause an increase in African countries imposing internet restrictions in the first half of 2023.

Elon Musk rebrands Twitter to ‘X’

We shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds, says the billionaire in a tweet announcing the rebranding.

Meta’s Threads sees plummeting user engagement

A week since its launch, Threads is down to 23.6 million active daily users, or about 22% of Twitter’s audience.

North West University

SA tourism: This is how we get back on our feet

SA’s deteriorating infrastructure and high crime rate is proving to be counterproductive to the good promotional work being done in the sector, says Prof Elmarie Slabbert, director of the research unit TREES at the North-West University.

North West University