February 20, 2021
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How to Hide Stories on Instagram, WhatsApp, and Snapchat

You might have faced awkward situations where a relative or acquaintance replies to a story meant for your close friends. If you have someone like that in your contacts or followers list whom you can’t really unfollow or block, hiding your stories from them is a potential option. For those wondering how to hide stories, […]

December 31, 2020
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12 Alexa Settings You Should Change Right Now in 2021

Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa, is pretty great at almost everything. It can control your smart home, give you morning briefings and flash briefings, tell you facts, answer your questions, and more. Plus, with Alexa skills, its capabilities are always improving. However, if you use Alexa on your phone, or if you’re using Alexa enabled smart […]

December 25, 2020
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Instagram Lite vs Instagram: Differences Explained!

Instagram shut down Instagram Lite – the lightweight version of its app in May this year. When the company discontinued the old Lite app, there were reports suggesting that the social media giant is planning to launch a new version of Instagram Lite. After months of silence, Instagram finally reintroduced the app in India last […]

December 9, 2020
Internet

DHL Global Connectedness Index 2020 signals recovery of globalization from COVID-19 setback

. DHL and the NYU Stern School of Business released the DHL Global Connectedness Index 2020 (GCI). The report, now in its seventh edition, is the first comprehensive assessment of globalization during the spreading COVID-19 pandemic. It tracks international flows of trade, capital, information and people across 169 countries and territories. After holding steady in […]

November 18, 2020
Internet

Orange announces the commissioning and commercial launch of Djoliba

. Last week at the AfricaTech Festival, Orange and its subsidiaries announced the commissioning and commercial launch of Djoliba, the first pan-African backbone. The new backbone covers 8 countries: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal. Natively interconnected with the domestic networks within the countries, this broad coverage will generalise access […]

September 10, 2020
Internet

Young Africans Do Not Trust Facebook As A News Source, Study Says

. More than half (53%) of young Africans surveyed state that they don’t trust Facebook, says The African Youth Survey commissioned by the South African-based Ichikowitz Family Foundation. This is a troubling indicator for the social media giant, as it pertains to the world’s fastest-growing online marketplace, speaking directly to the negative effects of “fake […]

September 2, 2020
Internet

Only half of some African consumers get replies via Social media

The latest report by data firm BrandsEye confirms that only half of Africa’s Telco, insurance and banking customers receive responses form their service providers on social media. BrandsEye used their proprietary blend of AI and human crowds to analyse 688 154 social media posts in the three industries to better understand consumer expectations online and […]

August 13, 2020
Internet

TelOne’s new fibre optic link to connect Zimbabwe and Zambia

Zimbabwe’s State owned telecom operator TelOne has completed the construction of Makuti to Chirundu fibre optic link as part of its network modernisation drive and effort to connect the nation to Zambia. The 65 kilometre long fibre optic link, that cost $1.5 million, stretches from Makuti, a village in Mashonaland West Province to Chirundu, a […]

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