The Digital Council Africa plans to collaborate with industry players to boost support for start-ups and SMMEs, says council president Andile Ngcaba.

Facebook posts better-than-expected third quarter results, as COVID-19 advert sales helped the company record $8 billion in profit.

Digital policy organisation Research ICT Africa will today appear before Parliament to ask government to consider online GBV in the Domestic Violence Act.

Cell C, in partnership with Facebook, embarks on the first phase of rolling out 100 public WiFi access points across the Saldanha Bay Municipality.

New research finds online abuse leaves girls vulnerable to new forms of abuse, with 50% saying online harassment is more common than street harassment.

The social media network adds Facebook Shop to its mobile app, enabling users to shop for products advertised by businesses on the platform.

The company sets aside millions of rands for a COVID-19 response grant focusing on education, small businesses and jobseekers.

Digify Africa is looking for South Africa’s next great digital marketers who will participate in its three-month Digify Pro digital skills programme.

The social media giant says the grant will assist local companies with cashflow in an effort to stimulate the COVID-hit economy.

The latest data from the social media company shows AI helped it detect 95% of the hate speech it removed between April and June.

The social media giant welcomes 12 community leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa to its first community accelerator, with six of them from SA.

By 2023, 44% of the global population will use social networks, with the evolution of smartphone tech driving new iterations on old ideas of social media.