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#EndSARS: Why Twitter topped Facebook during police brutality protests that went viral

Nigerian youths had been protesting for over 2 weeks, calling for an end to police brutality with the #EndSARS hashtag on numerous social media channels…

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YouTube announces $100m Black Voices Fund for creators and artists in Nigeria, others

2020 has been a difficult year, to say the least. With the Covid-19 pandemic finally beginning to show signs of improvement, however, it is expected…

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Facebook’s shares up by 1.2% after it acquires GIPHY

The shares of Facebook increased by 1.2% when it closed at $209.19 after the Friday trading session at the New York Stock Exchange….

By: Author Africa

Does YouTube stand a chance against TikTok?

Over again Google has attempted to introduce many products as social networks in competition with other tech companies like Google Plus in 2011 which was…

By: Author Africa

Chinese TikTok announces $250 million pledge to aid combat coronavirus

One of the fast-growing video-apps, TikTok has pledged the sum of $250 million to support communities in the fight against coronavirus….

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Facebook to expand Coronavirus Information Centre to Nigeria, 16 other African countries

Nigeria and 16 other African countries will now have Facebook’s Coronavirus Information Centres, as the tech giant further expands its media tentacles into Sub-Saharan Africa. The…

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Mark Zuckerberg says Instagram to welcome NFTs soon

Co-founder and CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg has said that Non-Fungible Token, NFTs, will be coming to Instagram soon….

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Coronavirus: YouTube now allows content creators to monetize deadly disease

YouTube has made a change to its policy as it recently announced that videos of content creators regarding the deadly disease, Coronavirus (COVID-19) can now…

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Elliot invests $1 billion in Twitter for one board seat

Elliot Management Corp has invested $1billion on Twitter in exchange for one board seat in the company….

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