Africa’s appetite for cost-efficient access and over-the-top services presents unique business opportunities, says Gateway Communications founder Peter Gbedemah.

Opensignal finds the true state of voice app experience of smartphone users in Africa is either poor or very poor.

MTN’s Internet service provider is offering fibre to its clients along with a simple service via WhatsApp.

Most smart feature phones powered by KaiOS will have WhatsApp preinstalled on shipment.

Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook are up and running again after the social media giant resolved the technical glitch that caused the outage yesterday.

Some users were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp on Wednesday evening.

The move is instigated by the emergence of a raft of companies bypassing usage restrictions to advertise products.

The government citizen engagement platform plans to boost operations, following a R20 million investment from Capital Appreciation.

Customers and contact centre agents can send each other links, photos and documents over WhatsApp, enhancing the customer service.

Users that do not apply the fix are the low-hanging fruit that crooks are going to go after next, says Sophos.

Hackers can remotely install spyware on phones via the call function, allowing attackers to read messages, see contacts and activate the camera.

The company's services resume on its social networking platform, Instagram and WhatsApp after an outage over the weekend.