covid-19 Facebook and WHO Africa's new campaign tackles Covid-19 misinformation Facebook and WHO Africa have launched the ‘Together Against Covid-19 Misinformation’ campaign. The campaign will promote information about Covid-19 vaccines.
News Facebook set to open a new office in Lagos, Nigeria, operational in H2 2021 Facebook’s office will be home to various teams servicing the continent from across the business, including Sales, Partnerships, Policy, Communications as well as Engineers.
News Facebook launches virtual digital literacy programme with CcHUB, JAN, others Facebook has launched a consolidation of all its digital literacy programmes, My Digital World. Due to the global pandemic, the programme will be offered virtually
News Earn money on Facebook by making live videos Along with the launch of Messenger Rooms earlier this week, Facebook has also announced plans to support small businesses and creators by giving such pages the ability to earn money from their live videos.
News Facebook rolls out new video conferencing features Facebook introduces Messenger Rooms, a video chat that allows up to 50 people to connect for an unlimited period of time, whether or not they have a Facebook account. Whatsapp video and voice calls to now accommodate 8 people instead of 4.
News Highlights of the 2020 Innovation Showcase Week Highlights of the 2020 Innovation Showcase Week organised by Facebook in partnership with Co-creation Hub.
News Hackathon4Justice 2.0 winner is a solution that prevents child abuse Predex—a team of University of Lagos and Covenant University students—has emerged winner of Hackathon4Justice 2.0 organised by Andela in partnership with Facebook and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
News Innovation Showcase Week to display the best of West African innovation Facebook, in partnership with Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), will be holding the second edition of its annual Innovation Showcase Week (ISW) on February 13 and February 14, 2020.
News First ‘Facebook iD8 Nairobi’ conference celebrates Africa's growing tech ecosystem Facebook gathered over 400 developers, business owners and startups from across Sub-Saharan Africa at the maiden edition of its "Facebook iD8 Nairobi" conference
Press release Facebook, Teleperformance launch first Small Business Group Centre in Lagos Facebook partners Teleperformance to launch Small Business Group Operations Centre in Lagos. The centre will train small business owners in Nigeria and across the SSA on how to use social media to boost their business.
News Ghanaian startup debuts in 2019 FbStart Accelerator Cohort Unlike the maiden edition which had 15 Nigerian startups, this year's FbStart Accelerator cohort has 12 startups, including a Ghanaian startup.
Facebook UN Youth Day: Celebrating Africa's Digital Potential In the month of UN Youth Day, I’m delighted that we will be recognizing just some of these talents from across the region. Ime Archibong, Vice President of Product Partnerships at Facebook, writes.
Events Facebook and CcHUB unveil Innovation Showcase Week 2019 #ISW2019 by NG_Hub unveils 21 FBStartAccelerator startups that will be demoing this year. Startups include VetsArk, Doctoora, Findworka and Lara.ng.
Events What happened at Facebook’s 2018 Developer Summit in Lagos, Nigeria On December 8, Facebook Developer Circles hosted a summit for developers and founders in Lagos, Nigeria and here is all that happened.
