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Facebook Africa's new forward-looking office space

Facebook Africa's new forward-looking office space

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Social media and its role in investor relations

Social media and its role in investor relations

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Facebook, Google crack down on hate speech: EU

2 Jun 2017

Facebook, Instagram research into gender bias

Facebook, Instagram research into gender bias

2 Jun 2017

Rwanda to control presidential candidates' social media use

Rwanda to control presidential candidates' social media use

30 May 2017

Why you need design systems for social media

Why you need design systems for social media

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Fighting fake news flames

Fighting fake news flames

Oresti Patricios 25 May 2017

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Blowing out the walls

Gil Sperling 11 May 2017

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Bloggers disrupting the media industry in Tanzania

11 May 2017

Ricky Wilson takes on the Abu Dhabi desert dunes as part of his 48 Hour Challenge

Etihad Airways throws down travel gauntlet with 48-hour stopover challenge

8 May 2017

#WTMA17: The fast changing world of influencer and social media marketing

#WTMA17: The fast changing world of influencer and social media marketing

Robin Fredericks 5 May 2017

Facebook hiring 3,000 people to screen out violent content

Facebook hiring 3,000 people to screen out violent content

4 May 2017

Twitter, Bloomberg team up for streaming news channel

Twitter, Bloomberg team up for streaming news channel

2 May 2017

Health brands use Instagram to become part of new cultural conversations

Health brands use Instagram to become part of new cultural conversations

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Five ways for health and wellness brands to win on Instagram

Annabel Porter 21 Apr 2017

Director of connectivity programs, Yael Maguire at F8 event

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21 Apr 2017

Safrea unravels the fake news phenomenon

Safrea unravels the fake news phenomenon

Leigh Andrews 13 Apr 2017

Ugandan academic charged over Museveni 'buttocks' jibe

Ugandan academic charged over Museveni 'buttocks' jibe

11 Apr 2017

SouthAfricaIn3Words: one complex country, one complex hashtag

SouthAfricaIn3Words: one complex country, one complex hashtag

Andy Walker 10 Apr 2017

Creating effective ‘advertising' in the age of immediacy

Creating effective ‘advertising' in the age of immediacy

Nigel Hollis, Kantar 6 Apr 2017

Facebook's Johannesburg office moves premises as African growth accelerates

Facebook's Johannesburg office moves premises as African growth accelerates

5 Apr 2017

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Fake followers are a massive problem, as SA duo proves

Hadlee Simons 3 Apr 2017

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Why your social media marketing strategy isn't taking off

Ryan Kh 3 Apr 2017

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Twitter makes room for more characters in tweets

31 Mar 2017

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Brands and social media influencers, are you at risk?

Kelly Thompson 31 Mar 2017

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Through the looking glass: Consumers on Instagram

Izzy Pugh 29 Mar 2017

Mara Social Media acquires Nimbuzz

Mara Social Media acquires Nimbuzz

28 Mar 2017

Facebook introduces new shopping ad format to showcase products

Facebook introduces new shopping ad format to showcase products

23 Mar 2017

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