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Zambia Govt Seeks U.S.$22 Million in Tax On Internet Calls

Zambia Govt Seeks U.S.$22 Million in Tax On Internet Calls

Zambia expects to raise $22 million annually in new tax on internet phone calls. The cabinet approved Monday a 30 ngwee (0.3 kwacha; $0.03) daily tariff charged on online phone calls. Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba said on Tuesday that the government considered concerns raised by telecom operators. He added that there was “a […]

WhatsApp seeks to stem fake news ahead of Pakistan election

WhatsApp seeks to stem fake news ahead of Pakistan election

The hugely popular WhatsApp messaging service began a week-long publicity campaign in Pakistan Wednesday offering tips to spot fake news, days before the country holds a general election. “Together we can fight false information,” says the full-page ad in Dawn, Pakistan’s leading English-language daily, listing ten tips on differentiating rumors from fact. “Many messages containing […]

Watch What You Say On WhatsApp Zambians

Watch What You Say On WhatsApp Zambians

All WhatsApp group administrators in Zambia will now be required to register the groups and set up codes of ethics or risk being arrested if there is a breach. The new rule was announced by Zambia Information and Communications Technology (ZICTA) boss Mofyta Chisala on Thursday, in a move widely perceived by many as efforts […]

Uganda imposes WhatsApp and Facebook tax ‘to stop gossip’

Uganda imposes WhatsApp and Facebook tax ‘to stop gossip’

Uganda’s parliament has passed a law to impose a controversial tax on people using social media platforms. It imposes a 200 shilling [$0.05, £0.04, R0.63] daily levy on people using internet messaging platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber and Twitter. President Yoweri Museveni had pushed for the changes, arguing that social media encouraged gossip. The law […]

WhatsApp update lets users ‘pin’ conversations, allowing people to ignore annoying chats

WhatsApp update lets users ‘pin’ conversations, allowing people to ignore annoying chats

WhatsApp has launched a new feature that lets you prioritise certain conversations over others. As its name suggests, pinned chats lets you pin up to three contacts and groups to the top of your WhatsApp conversation list. That also makes it easier to ignore notifications from the conversations that you aren’t especially interested in, no […]

How to Make Use of WhatsApp’s New Status Feature

How to Make Use of WhatsApp’s New Status Feature

WhatsApp’s move to incorporate a revamped status feature will allow users to share photos and video in the previously text-only field. In order to do so, users have to download the latest version of the app and select “Status” from the top bar. Users will view their own statuses first but, in a similar fashion […]

Zimbabwe’s Telecom Giants Plot Ban of Skype and WhatsApp

Zimbabwe’s Telecom Giants Plot Ban of Skype and WhatsApp

ZIMBABWE’S mobile network operators are advocating for a ban on Over The Top Services (OTTs) after it emerged they were losing significant revenues as subscribers increasingly abandon voice calls for cheaper alternatives. The operators have decried the loss of US$26 million (about R390 million) in the wake of the advent of OTTs such as Immo, […]

The Good, Bad and Ugly Side of Being in Whatsapp Groups

The Good, Bad and Ugly Side of Being in Whatsapp Groups

While stuck in the legendary Nairobi traffic some time this week, I did what every idle (and not idle) Kenyan does nowadays – I reached for my phone. I was scrolling through WhatsApp, viewing people’s profile photos (where do you people get the time to update your profile picture every day?) when I realised that […]

Social Media Becomes Nightmare For Mugabe

Social Media Becomes Nightmare For Mugabe

In a WhatsApp video that went viral in September, a middle-aged Zimbabwean man addresses President Robert Mugabe, telling him that 90 percent of the people in the country are unemployed and do not contribute to the economy because Mugabe cannot provide jobs. “You are assaulting children for expressing their heartfelt disappointment because of your misrule. […]

Zimbabwe Govt Blocks Internet Amid Police Crackdown

Zimbabwe Govt Blocks Internet Amid Police Crackdown

This morning, an activist in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, called to say that the authorities have done the unthinkable and unprecedented: blocked Internet access and WhatsApp text messaging to obstruct people protesting traffic police corruption, widespread poverty, and lack of jobs. “Please tell the world that we have been shut down,” she said. The Zimbabwean government’s […]

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