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- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 16 Apr 2024
SoftTalk Messenger Introduces Chat and Make Calls without Sharing your Phone Number
Sharing your phone number on chatting platforms can expose you to unwanted spam, potential security breaches, and even compromise your identity. Simple Azenabor, CEO, SoftTalk Messenger, a Nigerian…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 26 Apr 2026
Elon Musk Launches XChat with Video Calling to Take on WhatsApp, Messenger
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has launched a new stand-alone messaging app on iOS devices, called XChat. Elon Musk This app will help users connect their existing X contacts for calling, chatting,…
- 1 Mar 2023
Meta is Testing AI Tool for WhatsApp and Messenger
Meta is the latest social media company to jump on the artificial intelligence train according to comments shared by its Chief Executive Officer, Mark Zuckerberg, in a Facebook post published…
- 21 Jun 2017
BBM Messenger, Nairabox Bring Movie Tickets Service to Users in Nigeria
Creative Media Works, operating as BBM, has launched movie tickets in ‘Discover’ with partner, Nairabox. The service allows Nigerians to browse current movies playing in theatres, check show times,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 16 Jan 2026
Study Shows Blocks in Telegram are Pushing the Underground Out
Modern messengers, such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal and others, are often used for illicit purposes. Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence has conducted an in-depth monitoring of over 800…
- 12 Feb 2026
Russia Blocks WhatsApp, Pushes State App Max as Alternative Amid Telegram Clampdown
Russia has confirmed the blocking of popular messaging platform WhatsApp, directing its citizens to switch to the state-backed Max messenger, in a move escalating restrictions on foreign digital…
- 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…
- 5 Aug 2014
Microsoft Adds BBM app on Lumia Smartphones
Microsoft Mobile has announced that popular mobile messaging application, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is now available for download on its Windows Phone based Lumia smartphones. Microsoft made…
- 29 Dec 2014
DHL Adds SIMSme for Greater Data Protection, Self-Destructing Voice Messages
With its newly acquired license to delete, the latest update to Deutsche Post’s (DHL) secure messenger, SIMSme, now also provides the opportunity to record, send and destroy voice messages. The…
- 14 Jun 2022
Bitget Aims to Transform the Way People Connect and Trade with Social Trading
Bitget, the world’s leading social trading and copy trading platform, has always placed product innovation at the core of its focus. As social media and messenger platforms become an integral part of…
- 5 Jan 2014
BBM for Android Beta Update Brings Voice, Channel support
A new version of Blackberry Messenger for Android is on its way, especially for beta tester. Beta test is part of tests for a computer product prior to commercial release. Beta testing, according to…
- 7 Oct 2018
Quacks Dominate Courier Business in Absence of a Regulator
Courier industry is perhaps the only sector that has witnessed a dangerous influx of quacks. Operators of courier companies, who are like messengers sent on urgent errands, now ply their trade…