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- 19 Jul 2017
Jumia Travel Leverages Facebook Messenger as Customer Service Channel
Facebook Messenger is now fully integrated in Jumia Travel’s system as a powerful channel for customer service. The integration of customer service for Messenger in Jumia Travel’s system marks a new…
- 20 Jul 2016
Facebook Messenger Tops 1Bn Users
Facebook's homegrown messaging app “Messenger”, has joined the 1 billion users club, achieving what is still a rare feat in the technology world. Reaching such a large slice of the world's…
- 10 Jun 2020
Facebook Launches Messenger Kids Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Facebook is rolling out Messenger Kids, a video chat and messaging app that helps children connect with friends and family in a fun, parent-controlled space. Available to download from the…
- 8 Jul 2016
Facebook Messenger to Offer Strong Encryption
Facebook announced Friday it would roll out optional “end to end encryption” for its Messenger application, following a trend aimed at stronger security and protection against snooping. The US…
- 29 Jan 2019
Facebook to Integrate Messenger with WhatsApp, Instagram
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Facebook, plans to integrate the messaging services of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger, according to The New York Times. The US newspaper reports the services will…
- 22 Sept 2016
Google Launches App to Rival WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger
Google at the red-hot mobile messaging market came with a new artificial intelligence-powered Allo app that seeks to compete with popular rivals such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. But the app’s…
- 28 Mar 2017
Facebook's Messenger App to Allow Live Location-Sharing
Facebook yesterday added a feature to its Messenger app to allow users to share their locations, the company said, ramping up competition with tools offered by Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google…
- 4 Dec 2017
Facebook Rolls out Messenger App for Kids under 13
Facebook has rolled out Messenger Kids, an app that lets the world’s biggest social media company expand into a so-far untapped market of kids under 13 while also giving parents complete control over…
- 31 Jul 2020
How Facebook’s Messenger Kids can Help Parents Safely Introduce their Children to Social Media
By Evelyn Kasina From the onset of the Coronavirus, there has been the unuttered and unmet request from our children, “We miss our friends, we want to connect with them and do fun things like we did…
- 18 Sept 2022
Meta Launches Community Chats to Connect Community in Real Time on Messenger and Facebook
We’ve helped more than a billion people connect with loved ones in a trusted space on Messenger, and we know that people want to engage in real time with larger communities over shared interests. On…
- 16 Sept 2022
Introducing Community Chats: Connecting Your Community in Real Time on Messenger and Facebook
We’ve helped more than a billion people connect with loved ones in a trusted space on Messenger, and we know that people want to engage in real time with larger communities over shared interests.…
- 15 May 2020
Facebook Joins Video-conferencing Market with Messenger Rooms
Facebook has launched Messenger Rooms, a video-conferencing tool which is set to rival Zoom. The social media giant says it is rolling out the solution globally. Messenger Rooms lets people create a…
- 10 Jul 2016
Facebook Tests End-to-End Encryption on Messenger
Facebook said it began testing end-to-end encryption on its popular Messenger application to prevent snooping on digital conversations. The limited testing on Messenger, which has more than 900…
- 18 May 2017
Facebook Selects 60 Finalists in Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge
Facebook has selected 60 finalists from the hundreds of entries it received from across the Middle East and Africa for the Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge. The Bots for Messenger Challenge is…
- 17 Aug 2020
Facebook Launches Avatars Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Facebook has launched Avatars in Africa to give people new ways to express themselves online. Avatars are digital personas that enable people to engage across Facebook and Messenger in a more…
- 9 Jan 2016
Facebook app Hits 800m Users
Just how big can Facebook's Messenger app get? Try 800 million monthly active users and counting. The social-networking giant said its mobile messaging app crossed that mark near year's end. That…
- 21 Feb 2017
TransferWise Partner Facebook to Launches International Money Transfers
Money transfer company TransferWise has launched a new service that allows users to send money internationally through Facebook Inc's chat application, as competition in the digital payments…
- 22 Apr 2017
Western Union Connects Social Media to Services Via Messenger Bot
Western Union has taken a giant step by connecting social media to its services. Western Union has introduced a money transfer bot for Facebook Messenger to allow its US customers to transfer funds…
- 1 Mar 2018
Mastercard to Pilot Messenger Bot for Small Businesses in Nigeria
Mastercard announced it will use Facebook Messenger to provide technology to small businesses in Africa and Asia to drive affordable acceptance of electronic and mobile payments, with the first pilot…
- 8 Feb 2018
Africa’s Internet Users Surge By 20% - Report
An annual report released by global digital agencies, We Are Social and Hootsuite, has revealed that Africa has seen the fastest growth rates in internet penetration, with the number of internet…
- 7 May 2018
Telecom Operators Seek Regulation of OTT Services
Telecommunications operators in Nigeria recently called for licensing and regulation of over-the-top services such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp Messenger to generate more money for the…
- 13 Jan 2025
Kaspersky Discovers New Scam Scheme Targeting Businesses on Social Media
Kaspersky experts have uncovered a new phishing scam targeting businesses that promote their pages on Facebook. Scammers send emails allegedly on behalf of Meta for Business – Facebook’s platform for…
- 28 Jan 2015
Facebook Takes Blame for Tuesday’s Service Outages
Access to Facebook (FB.O), the world's largest social network, and its Instagram photo-sharing site, were blocked around the world for up to an hour on Tuesday, which the company said later was due…
- 26 Jul 2016
6 Tips to Have Interesting Conversation on Instant Messaging
Instant Messaging applications like Facebook messenger, BBM, Skype, and WhatsApp have made conversation easier. Thus, forcing people to make and send less calls and text messages. In addition,…
- 31 Dec 2018
NSE Launches X-Bot to Enhance Market Participation
The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has launched the X-Bot, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Chatbot that responds directly and automatically to enquiries through Facebook Messenger. The X-Bot…
- 12 May 2017
Opera Brings Messaging Apps to Browser
Messaging apps Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Telegram will now be available to use seamlessly in the Opera desktop Web browser. The new features come as part of the company's project Reborn, which…
- 23 Mar 2017
Voice-over-LTE to Surpass OTT Voice App Services by 2021 – Report
The number of users adopting voice-over-LTE (VOLTE) services will overtake subscribers of over-the-top (OTT) voice app services − like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and WeChat − for the first time by…
- 5 Feb 2020
FG to Catch Facebook, Others in New Tax Net
Over-the-top (OTT) services providers such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Blackberry Messenger and many others, will soon be required to declare the revenue they generate from Nigerian…
- 21 Jan 2019
WhatsApp Limits Text Forwards to Five Recipients to Curb Rumors
Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messenger service is globally limiting the number of times a user can forward a message to five, in a bid to fight “misinformation and rumors”, company executives said on…
- 29 Jun 2016
Jongla Rivals WhatsApp, Offers African Users Reduced Data Usage
Following its successful April launch of a social messaging app in Africa, Jongla on Wednesday announced a host of new features and detailing how people across the continent can save money and reduce…