Ndungu Brian, Author at Afritech Media

Twitter To Be Like TikTok With The New Video Feature

Twitter has rolled out plans to make it easier for users to watch and discover new videos to make the platform more friendly and enjoyable. The social giant is planning to launch a scrollable video feed like other competitors such as Snapchat and Instagram who have followed the trend set by TikTok in a bid […]

29/09/2022
By Ndungu Brian
Guide, Social Media, Tech Startups, Technology
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Meta Launches Community Chats For Facebook, Messenger Users

Meta has announced that it will start enabling users to start community chats directly from Facebook and Messenger to enable people to engage in real-time with larger communities over shared interests. According to a statement on the Facebook blog, Meta will begin testing the ability for people to start Community Chats in Messenger in the […]

New Fuliza Charges As From October 1 2022

Safaricom has announced that it will reduce the daily maintenance fees of its M-PESA overdraft service, Fuliza by up to 40% from the beginning of the month. Fuliza enables M-PESA customers to complete their M-PESA transactions when they have insufficient funds in their M-PESA account. The service is available as many times as possible provided […]

Jumia To Use Electric Tuk-Tuks For Deliveries In Kenya

Jumia Kenya has announced that it will start using electric Tuk-Tuks, or E-Vans, for deliveries ordered on its platform in Kenya. The electric Tuk-Tuks join a delivery fleet that includes boda bodas, trucks and vans, that have been used by the platform to deliver goods, food and drinks to customers. The electric Tuk-Tuks (E-Vans) that […]

27/09/2022
By Ndungu Brian
App, Online Platform, Social Media, Technology
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WhatsApp Rolls Out Sharable Call Link Feature Allowing 32 Users In Video Calls

Links for video calls are most common in apps like Zoom, FaceTime, Google Meet, or Teams. But now instant messaging app WhatsApp is also rolling out the Call Links feature to allow one to share a link of a call with family and friends. WhatsApp is introducing the Call Links functionality for voice calls. In only […]

Flutterwave Adds Google Pay As A Payment Method

Flutterwave Adds Google Pay As A Payment Platform

Flutterwave has announced that Google Pay, a mobile payment service developed by Google, is now available as a payment method on its platform. As part of this collaboration with Google, Google Pay will serve as an additional payment option for merchants on Flutterwave for business. This collaboration will offer safe and seamless payments, as well […]

Instagram Extends Instagram Stories To 60 seconds

Instagram has rolled out a feature that allows users to upload longer Instagram stories for up to one minute without being broken down. Initially, stories were automatically cut into 15 seconds and from now henceforth, they will continue running uninterrupted without being cut into segments. “We are always working on ways to improve the Stories […]

Instagram Working On Nudity Protection Feature

Unsolicited images that contain nudity, or sexually explicit content, are one of the major concerns on any social media platform. Instagram is testing a new way to protect users from unwanted content exposure in the app, via DMs, with a new Nudity Protection filter that would block likely nudes in your IG Direct messages. The […]

Apple Users To Pay More For App Store Prices From October

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has announced that it will raise the prices of apps and in-app purchases on its App Store from next month- in all of the eurozone and some countries in Asia and South America. The new prices, excluding auto-renewable subscriptions, will be effective as early as Oct. 5, Apple said in a blog post. […]

Jumia Opens Integrated Warehouse To Fasten Delivery Time

Jumia, the e-commerce platform in Kenya has launched a new integrated warehouse and logistics network facility in Nairobi. The new facility will aim to transform Jumia logistics operations by providing increased storage capacity for scale-up of warehouse operations and better management of the business due to the convergence of various services. The warehouse and network […]