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Fastjet Facebook community larger than any other airline brand in Africa

24 Aug 2017

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#Loeries2017: Be the popes, the geeks and the rock and rollers, says Creative Shop's Weera Saad

Jessica Tennant 18 Aug 2017

Loeries2017: Building the new creative economy at the speed of thought

Loeries2017: Building the new creative economy at the speed of thought

Jessica Tennant 17 Aug 2017

Facebook's new professional video service called Watch is touted as a new platform for creators.

Facebook rolls out video shows, in new challenge

11 Aug 2017

#Loeries2017: What the hell happened to women in leadership? Facebook's Nunu Ntshingila

#Loeries2017: What the hell happened to women in leadership? Facebook's Nunu Ntshingila

Jessica Tennant 10 Aug 2017

Facebook takes action against fake news in Kenya

Facebook takes action against fake news in Kenya

7 Aug 2017

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#RYExecEd: Taking the crisis out of social media communications

Leigh Andrews 3 Aug 2017

#RYExecEd: Preparing your brand to ride out the social media sh!tstorm

Leigh Andrews 2 Aug 2017

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#RYExecEd: Why your brand's missing out if it's not taking social seriously

Leigh Andrews 2 Aug 2017

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VR content should be engaging, relevant and appropriate

David Limbert 1 Aug 2017

Marriott International's new dynamic sales and marketing leadership team

Marriott's new super sales and marketing leadership team for Middle East and Africa

31 Jul 2017

Mali YouTube activist hurt in assassination bid

Mali YouTube activist hurt in assassination bid

28 Jul 2017

Five rookie marketing mistakes that could impact your brand's credibility

Shae Leigh 28 Jul 2017

How brands can fight the negative impact of fake news

How brands can fight the negative impact of fake news

Oresti Patricios 25 Jul 2017

Planning: The key ingredient to avoid a social media crisis

Planning: The key ingredient to avoid a social media crisis

Suzanne van Aswegen 24 Jul 2017

A paywall is under construction in Facebook's Instant Articles section where the social network has agreements with select outlets to publish directly to the platform, according to a story initially published online at TheStreet |

Facebook to test news story paywalls: report

21 Jul 2017

NBC News launches new broadcast on Snapchat

NBC News launches new broadcast on Snapchat

21 Jul 2017

Supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (not in the picture), the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, walk at dusk after attending their campaign rally at the Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi, Kenya, July 7, 2017.
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Kenya's social media election: attack ads and data mining

17 Jul 2017

Facebook launches Developer Circles Harare

Facebook launches Developer Circles Harare

13 Jul 2017

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the F8 summit in San Francisco, California on 25 March 2015. Zuckerberg introduced the Messenger platform at the event. On Tuesday, 11 July 2017, Facebook announced that Messenger would soon be hosting ads on its home screen |

Ads heading for Messenger home screens globally

12 Jul 2017

US newsstands are increasingly rare as readers turn to online platforms for information |

US newspaper group assails Google-Facebook online 'duopoly'

11 Jul 2017

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Bell Pottinger's wicked Wiki ways

10 Jul 2017

Social media should no longer be managed by junior employees

Social media should no longer be managed by junior employees

Ima Peter 6 Jul 2017

Integrated Nigerian campaign delivers for Johnnie Walker

Integrated Nigerian campaign delivers for Johnnie Walker

6 Jul 2017

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Digitally impress through DOOH and social media blending

3 Jul 2017

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Two billion people building communities on Facebook every month

29 Jun 2017

Self-taught, spurred on by love: Senegal's star food blogger

Self-taught, spurred on by love: Senegal's star food blogger

28 Jun 2017

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Information overload fuels 'fake news': study

27 Jun 2017

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Facebook to produce own TV series, games

27 Jun 2017

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Zuckerberg on Facebook's new mission statement

23 Jun 2017

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