F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Twitter kills a slew of popular accounts in ‘tweetdecking’ purge
Twitter, after updating its automated tweeting rules in February, has taken a stance on forced memes, automated mass tweeting and accounts that “inflate the…
How Cyril Ramaphosa’s Twitter account rose with his political status
On 15 December 2017, then-Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa had 19 600 Twitter followers. Two months later, and bearing the shiny new title of ANC…
South Africa’s social media was surprisingly positive last week
The good feels are back in South Africa’s social and news media spheres according to stats from analytics firm ROI Africa. It suggests that…
Peter Ndoro, #WakandaForever & #GodsPlan: weekend news you missed (19 Feb 2018)
What a week (and a weekend) it has been South Africa. Sink your teeth into Monday and catch up with the social highlights and…
