Over 1 Billion People use WhatsApp Every month
February 2, 2016
A few days ago, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared some usage stats for the different platforms the company owns. These were Facebook itself, Messenger app, WhatsApp and Instagram. Back then, he revealed that WhatsApp has…
Mark Zuckerberg Shows How Big Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Are in The Social Media Space
January 28, 2016
We all know that Facebook is the king when it comes to social media. The platform has steadily attracted new users to its site even as competition in the field gets tougher. To show big…
Bupa Global Opens First African Office in Nairobi
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WhatsApp Gets Rid of Its Annual Subscription Fee
January 18, 2016
If you have used WhatsApp for more than a year, you may have probably paid its 99 cents annual subscription fee at some point. For a while, WhatsApp had this fee as its main revenue…
Telegram vs WhatsApp... Should You Switch?
By Saruni Maina
December 10, 2015
WhatsApp is a very familiar application and a favourite to many. You are probably just from using it before you started reading this, but would you believe me if I told you that WhatsApp sucks?…
WeChat Wallet (A Mobile Payment Solution) Is Now Available In South Africa
December 2, 2015
Last week, WeChat (the messaging platform) rolled out its mobile payment solutions platform, WeChat Wallet, in South Africa. The company says that this is similar to physical wallet which can store bank cards and make…
WhatsApp Is Apparently Blocking Links to Telegram
December 1, 2015
WhatsApp’s popularity has been rising so fast the last couple of years but this rise is threatened by other messaging apps such as Telegram. With this rise, WhatsApp has to do everything to maintain its…
WhatsApp for Android Gets Updated and Now Supports Starred Messages and Link Previews
November 27, 2015
Back in October, we told you that WhatsApp had plans to allow users to back up their chats directly to Google Drive. Back then this was just a plan but it looks like WhatsApp has…