Topic: Meta
Kenyan content creators raise hopes as Meta launches new monetisation tools
Aug 06, 2024 at 02:09 PM
Meta has unveiled two new monetisation features designed to benefit eligible creators in Kenya, providing them with opportunities to earn money through their content on Facebook....
Meta posts 22 per cent revenue growth to $39 billion in Q2 amid growth in AI
Aug 02, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has unveiled a strong financial performance for the second quarter, marked by soaring revenues and profits....
William Ruto announces bold initiatives to spur Kenya's creative economy
Apr 18, 2024 at 06:31 PM
President William Ruto has announced a series of bold investment initiatives aimed at propelling Kenya's creative economy into a new era of prosperity, fostering opportunities for ...
Google Cloud appoints Noor Al-Sulaiti to lead security expansion in META region
Apr 04, 2024 at 01:26 PM
Google Cloud has appointed Noor Al-Sulaiti, a telecommunications and technology veteran, as the new Head of Security Business Development and Government Relations for the Middle Ea...
Kenyan content creators set to monetize with Facebook's Instream Ads from June
Mar 18, 2024 at 02:31 PM
In a significant development for Kenya's digital content landscape, social media giant Facebook, under its parent company Meta, has announced the imminent rollout of Instream ads, ...
Ruto says Facebook and Instagram to start paying content creators in Kenya
Dec 12, 2023 at 06:58 PM
Kenyan content creators may have a reason to smile after all, as President William Ruto declared that Facebook and Instagram, both under the META umbrella, will be compensating con...
Meta introduces Family Centre in Kenya to foster online safety, digital wellbeing
Dec 09, 2023 at 02:40 PM
In a significant stride towards fostering safer and more positive online experiences for families, Meta has officially unveiled its Family Centre with Supervision Tools and Educati...
Surpasing Expectations? Threads clocks 150 million downloads in just 10 days
Jul 15, 2023 at 08:53 PM
Instagram's Threads application has achieved remarkable success, surpassing all expectations by garnering over 150 million downloads in just 10 days....
Kenyan moderators claim exploitation by OpenAI, Sama in ChatGPT development
Jul 12, 2023 at 06:12 PM
A group of Kenyan content moderators, who played a significant role in developing the Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, claim to have been exploited and underpaid by Op...
Zuckerberg's Threads challenges Twitter dominance with 30 million day 1 signups
Jul 07, 2023 at 11:10 AM
Meta Platforms (META.O) made a bold move on Wednesday as it launched Threads, a direct challenge to Twitter, aiming to capitalize on its rival's weakened state due to a series of t...
Meta faces legal battle as moderators accuse Samasource of unlawful layoffs
May 11, 2023 at 10:02 PM
A legal battle between 184 moderators and Sama, a content moderation company, continues over allegations of unlawful mass layoffs at Facebook's moderation hub in Nairobi....
Zuckerberg's Meta to rolls out paid-for verification for Facebook and Instagram
Feb 20, 2023 at 08:14 AM
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new product, Meta Verified, that will first roll out this week in Australia and New Zealand....
Facebook parent company Meta sends over 11,000 staff packing worldwide
Nov 09, 2022 at 08:40 PM
Facebook parent company Meta has laid off over 11,000 of its talented employees in its bid to downsize the team to about 13 per cent....
WhatsApp users report outage globally, unable to send messages, photos, videos
Oct 25, 2022 at 11:59 AM
According to Downdetector, 73 per cent of those who complained reported issues with sending messages, 23 per cent had issues with the app and 4 per cent had issues with the web app...
Sendy, Meta collaborate to offer digital skills training to SMEs in Kenya, Nigeria
Sep 26, 2022 at 10:06 PM
Sendy has announced a partnership with Meta, through the Innovation Growth Hub (IGHub), in a move that will offer free training for SMEs on how to grow their business....
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