Social Media
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Indonesia restricts usage of some WhatsApp and Instagram features over riots
The Indonesian government has restricted the use of both Instagram and WhatsApp over deadly riots experienced in the country. The…
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YouTube Ads are killing my user experience on the platform
YouTube has been a great deal to me since the time I started using the platform. The platform offers almost…
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WhatsApp voice call feature used by attackers to inject malicious spyware
On Monday, WhatsApp, a Facebook-owned instant messaging service, has reported the existence of vulnerabilities that allowed hackers to spy on…
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Facebook goes after personality quizzes to fight data leaks
As part of its commitment to privacy and security and also stop data leaks, Facebook has announced that it is…
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New WhatsApp update stops people from adding you to groups without your permission – here’s how to activate it
I belong to the group of people who hates WhatsApp groups. In fact, I think I am in less than…
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Facebook stored up to 600 million user passwords in plain text
By now you have probably heard of the scary news of how Facebook stored millions of user’s passwords in plain…
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Swipe for a Snap – Twitter newest update
Nowadays everything social needs a photo or video. Twitter’s newest update is going back to what we knew as TwitPic.…
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Skype for web gets new features including HD video calling and call recording
Skype has added some new features to its web app including HD video calling and the ability to record calls.…
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Recording Skype calls for being more organized
When it comes to business, Skype is one of the preferred communication channels for organizations worldwide. However, we all are familiar…
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Facebooks opening its first Sub-Saharan Africa Content Review Centre in Kenya
Facebook is opening its first content review centre in Sub-Saharan Africa in Nairobi Kenya. The company has partnered with Samasource…
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Facebook partners with African NGOs for Safer Internet Day 2019
Tomorrow, on 5th February the world will be celebrating Safer Internet Day (SID) 2019, a day set aside to promote…
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Instagram Update That Lasted 10 Minutes!
An hour ago Instagram tried an update that was very different from what we know it and the backlash made…
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Twitter has suspended KTN News (@KTNNews) account
If you’re an active Twitter user you are probably aware that the company has over the last few months been…
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Instagram wants to share your location history data with Facebook
Instagram is apparently testing a new setting that will allow it to share your location data with its parent company…
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Facebook launches its fact-checking tool in Kenya to fight fake news
Facebook has announced a new partnership with Africa Check; Africa’s first independent fact-checking organisation and AFP, to launch its first…
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Six Kenyans selected for Facebook Community Leadership Program
Six Kenyans are among the 116 people worldwide who have been selected to join the Facebook Community Leadership Program. Unveiled…
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Grow Your Business Sales with Social Media in 2018
Social media has changed the traditional ways of marketing of the business. In 2018, again you have a chance to…
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How YouTube is helping reclaim the lost art of apprenticeship
We live in a fast-paced century. Half the time at work is spent keeping up with and adapting to new…
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WhatsApp latest update adds Group Calling for Voice and Video feature.
WhatsApp latest update will now allow group voice calls and video calls between up to 4 people. The update will…
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WhatsApp latest update will now label forwarded messages
WhatsApp has now made it easier for you to identify the origin of information shared on the messaging app. The…
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WhatsApp will now allow group admins decide who can post to the group
If you’re an admin of a WhatsApp group you must really be finding it hard to deal with those annoying…
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The importance of social media web, designs and their impact on small businesses
The internet is a heavily contested place for any business owner, either big or small. If you are a business…
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Are You Selling Candles or Light? Insights from Social Media Week Nairobi
Once upon a time, there was a town with two candle makers. One of the candle makers was called John…
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The Importance Of Evaluating Your Posts On Instagram For Social Media Marketing
By Trudy Seeger Social media marketing plays a pivotal role in promoting and marketing your business online. Instagram is a popular…
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How to remain relevant in the Facebook age of meaningful social interactions
With Facebook announcing that it is pushing brand and publisher content out of news feeds, how can businesses, especially small…
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Breaking: WhatsApp Goes down on New Year’s Eve
You are probably wondering how you are going to text everyone to wish them ”Happy New Year” Why? Because popular…
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Twitter’s new ‘Threads’ Feature is now available for everyone
On Tuesday, Twitter announced that it was launching a new feature that will allow users to easily post tweetstorms. The…
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Why Influencer Engagement is Important in Digital Marketing
The importance of industry influencers in digital marketing cannot be overstated. At a time when companies are coming up with…
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Facebook is now offering free audio tracks and sound effects for video makers.
Are you a content creator and always worried about uploading videos on Facebook or Instagram that contains copyrighted music? Well,…
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Twitter now lets you create much longer display names – 50 characters
Twitter has really been preoccupied with making everything lengthy lately. Just the other day it finally rolled out the 280…
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How to delete messages you sent by mistake on WhatsApp
You probably have read about WhatsApp ’s latest feature that will now allow you to delete a message sent by…
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How to Grow Your Small Business by Using Social Media Effectively
Everyone is acquainted with the significance of social media in every aspect of life. It is to be considered in…
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Facebook is testing a subscription tool for Instant Articles on Android
Well, most of you probably saw this coming from Facebook but yes, the company is testing a news subscription tool…
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Twitter want to expand tweets from 140 to 280 characters
Twitter just doubled the character limit for tweets to 280. The company has announced that it has started testing the…
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Facebook is rolling out funded shows for ‘Watch’.
A couple of weeks ago, Facebook introduced Watch, a new platform for shows on Facebook. Watch, according to the social…
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Facebook and Instagram were down yesterday, here’s why
Most of you probably did not notice this but Facebook and Instagram were temporarily down for a few hours yesterday.…
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Instagram now lets you reply to Stories with photos and video
Instagram has made a new update to its stories feature which is probably make users very excited. The photo sharing…
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Olx SoMA Award nominees urged to use online networks to empower followers
Social media experts have been challenged to use digital channels to impact the society by disseminating informative and educative content…
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Facebook unveils 60 finalists for its Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge
Facebook has unveiled the 60 finalists that will battle it out for the Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge. Launched in…
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WhatsApp is working on ‘Pin On Top’’ and ‘unsend’ features
If you use WhatsApp a lot then you know how the conversation lists get pretty crowded, especially with groups. This…
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You can now use Reactions emoji to reply to comments on Facebook
You can now add a little happy or angry face to comments that people have posted on Facebook posts. Yes,…
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Twitter is getting rid of its default ‘’ egg ’’ profile picture
Twitter is done with its default ‘’ egg ’’ profile picture. The company is getting rid of the egg picture…
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Facebook adds Live Location Sharing feature to Messenger
Facebook has launched a new Messenger tool that will allow users to share their location with others. The Live…
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Guys, WhatsApp is bringing back the text Status after replacing it with a Snapchat Story clone
Last month, WhatsApp made some update which caused some user backlash. The company replaced the ability for users to set…
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Facebook is adding a City Guides feature to suggest places and events to visit
Facebook is spreading its wings further to the tourism market. The company has introduced a new feature that will give users…
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Here’s how to add your country’s flag to your profile photo on Facebook
Remember when Facebook just allowed you to add a photo of your country’s flag during a special event or cause?…
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Tired YouTube’s 30-second ads? Google is killing them off
Are you one of those people who hate those 30-second ads that appear before you can watch a YouTube video?…
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Looking for a new job? Facebook will now let you apply for it via Facebook
Facebook is getting into the job market to take on LinkedIn. Yes, you heard me right. In the next few…
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#ElectionsKE: Five Online Strategies Politicians will use to target voters
One of the biggest changes in Kenya’s political environment since the last national election in 2013 has been the rise…
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WhatsApp Android beta brings a bunch of new emoji
We all love emoji. I mean they have become a necessity in our modern communication. From smiley faces, winks and…
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Facebook rolls out new update on how it ranks Video in News Feeds
Expect to see some changes on how videos will appear on your Facebook news feed from now henceforth. Initially, videos…
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WhatsApp’s New Update will let iPhone users Queue Messages Without Internet connection
WhatsApp has rolled out some major update which is probably going to make iPhone users happy. The update will let…
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Facebook Messenger now Supports video call with up to 50 people
Well, you have been waiting for it, and it’s finally here. Facebook Messenger chat app now supports video chat with…
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Facebook partners with fact-checking organizations to flag and rank-down fake news
Facebook has become a central location for “fake news,” hoax stories. Most of the time, the news are purposely meant…
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WhatsApp will stop working on your phone this month – Check if you’ll be affected
Earlier last week WhatsApp turned seven years old. As it marked this huge milestone, the world’s most popular messaging app…
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Instagram Launches Live Video and disappearing photos and videos feature
Instagram has unveiled a new feature that will allow users to broadcast live videos on Instagram stories. The Facebook-owned also…
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WhatsApp rolls out video calling feature to everyone
A couple of weeks ago we told you that WhatsApp was testing a video calling feature. Well, today, the company…
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WhatsApp rolls out video calling feature
Rumour that WhatsApp has been working on video calling feature has been going on for some time now. The first…
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Facebook is testing a Data Saver Mode feature for Messenger to help you save on data.
Facebook is reportedly testing out a new feature that will let users cut down its mobile Messenger app’s data…
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Meet Yarn, Facebooks’ open source JavaScript package manager built for speed
Facebook just launched a JavaScript package manager built specifically for speed. Known as Yarn, the open source package manager according…
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WhatsApp could be working on a passcode protection feature
A couple of months ago Facebook-owned app WhatsApp introduced end-to-end encryption as an added security measure to keep users’ conversations…
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Instagram rolls out a ‘’Save Draft’’ feature to everyone
A couple of weeks ago some Instagram users reported seeing a ‘’Save Draft’’ feature. Instagram was said to be testing…
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WhatsApp now lets you tag people in group chats, here’s how to do it
One of the key features of messaging service WhatsApp is group messaging. Well, personally I am not a fan of…
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Meet YouTube Community, YouTube’s new Social Networking feature
We all love Youtube, but who thought Google would one day think of having a social networking feature on it.…
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Instagram launches new feature to filter abusive comments
One of the things that any Instagram user hate is having someone post offensive or abusive comments on their photos.…
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Facebook CEO,Mark Zuckerberg is visiting Nigeria, his first visit in sub-saharan Africa.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is visiting Nigeria this week. Mark is in Nigeria to learn on how Facebook can better…
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OLX SoMA 2016 nominees revealed, here’s the full list
The nominees’ list for the OLX SOMA 2016 awards is out. Social media enthusiasts can now vote for their preferred…
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Twitter’s new button lets people DM you straight from your website
Twitter has launched a new embeddable message button that will allow people to easily send you a direct message from…
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‘Lifestage’ Facebook’s new app has been created just for teens
Facebook has released a new iOS app just for teens, more specifically, for those under 21. Known as Lifestage, the…
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Is Instagram about to roll out a ‘’Save Draft’’ feature?
It looks like Instagram could soon be rolling out a new feature that will allow users to save their photos…
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LinkedIn taps into video, introduces Q&A videos from influencers
LinkedIn just added a new feature to its platform since it was acquired by Microsoft back in June. The professional…
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Facebook Messenger Has A Billion Users
Hello Facebook users, your messaging app, Messenger, now has a billion monthly active users! August 9, 2011 which is 4 years…
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Twitter just expanded its GIF support size limit to 15MB
GIF lovers, some good news here for you. Twitter has expanded the size limit for GIF support to 15MB, three…
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Twitter will now allows users to share 140-second videos
You will agree with me that video is becoming increasingly central to the real-time conversations happening online. There are so…
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Facebook makes its suicide prevention tools available to all users
Suicidal thoughts are the worst thing we would want any of our family members or friends to go through. Most…
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Thanks Twitter I can now retweet myself :)
Some good news here for Twitter users. Ever tweeted a funny or interesting tweet and got no retweets? Well, forget…
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Facebook Now lets users comment on posts with videos
Facebook will now allow you comment and reply to post using videos. The company made this announcement yesterday in move…
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The most followed account on Twitter with 89M followers has been hacked.
Social media accounts get hacked all the time. Kenyan Tweeps and other Twitter users across the globe have always reported…
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Twitter to kill photos and videos from 140-character limit
Twitter is finally beginning to distance itself from its strict adherence to the rule that tweets should only contain 140…
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Facebook could be testing customized news feed with categories
You will all agree with me Facebook news feeds feels a bit cluttered these days, i personally do not like…
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WhatsApp just launched a desktop app for Mac and Windows
Facebook owned messaging service WhatsApp has finally come to your desktop. The company has today launched the desktop application that…
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This is How The New Instagram Business Profiles Will Look Like
Early this year, Instagram announced that it was working on rolling our a business profiles. What Instagram actually wanted to…
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Facebook, Messenger and Instagram Windows 10 Apps are Here at Last
Facebook has some good news for people using Facebook, Messenger and Instagram on Windows. The company is officially rolling out…
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Facebook is Developing a Camera App for users to share more content
Remember when Facebook launched Facebook live, a feature that allows users to broadcast videos lives to their friends? Now it…
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Facebook might be considering to let you earn money from your posts
It looks like Facebook was very serious when it said that it wanted to help publishers monetize their content with…
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This new LinkedIn app will help students find jobs
I love LinkedIn, the site has already found its place as the site to visit and connect with working professionals.…
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New update from Facebook allows you to Share Dropbox files directly from Facebook Messenger
Some good news here, Facebook Messenger has a new update, Beginning today, you can now share Dropbox files directly from…
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Facebook launches Agency Ambassador programme for Africa
Facebook has launched an Agency Ambassador Programme for Africa in what it says is part of its drive to equip…
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This new Facebook feature will Use Artificial Intelligence to Describe Photos to Blind Users
Artificial Intelligence is a technology that is growing very fast and with this growth it seems to be helping people…
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Here is how to use Snapchat ’s new video and voice calling feature
Snapchat recently unveiled a new Chat 2.0 update. The update brought with it a number of new features one of…
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Instagram Videos now at 60 seconds
Twitter tried to talk about it but the response seemed to be out of control. In regards to the situation,…
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Snapchat Reportedly buys off Bistrips for $100 million
Snapchat has reportedly bought off Bistrips, the service behind those funny comic strips that people always share on social media.…
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Airtel Kenya Recognised as top telecom brand on Social Media in Africa
The Africa Brand Index has recognised Airtel Kenya as the top Social Media Brand in Africa. The award recognizes Airtel…
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Instagram wants to change your feed; Introduces algorithm
Remember when Twitter once announced that it was adding an algorithm? It did not go quite well with most Twitter…
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WhatsApp now allows you to share PDF files
If you have tried attaching a file to a WhatsApp text you must have noticed some additional feature, Document. Yes,…
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WhatsApp Killing support for All BlackBerry and other older devices
This is probably going to make most WhatsApp users with older devices sad. Well, WhatsApp says it is killing support…
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Facebook adds ‘love,’ ‘haha,’ ‘wow,’ ‘sad’ and ‘angry’ to its like button
Facebook has been testing Reactions in different markets since last year, and now the have been officially been rolled out…
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Facebook Messenger Now supports multiple accounts for Android
Facebook has made an update to its Messenger App. The update will now make it possible for Facebook Messenger users…
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Yes, You can now Add and Switch Between Multiple Accounts on Instagram
Sometime back in November last year, Instagram was testing multiple account switching for both their iOS and Android. Little was…
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#RIPTwitter: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey denies algorithm fears
#RIPTwitter, remember that hashtag? The hashtag that was trending worldwide last week after a report by BuzzFeed revealed that Twitter…
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Tigo Tanzania customers to access free WhatsApp service
All Tigo customers in Tanzania will now be able to access free WhatsApp service. This announcement was made by Tigo…
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