“Out of sight, out of mind.” You don’t need to worry about having offensive or derogatory replies to your tweets anymore, you can now hide them with these simple clicks.…
Facebook, Twitter and differing approaches to curbing their influence on global politics
Having identified social media’s influence on global elections, Facebook and Twitter are making efforts to reduce it to a bare minimum. But they have differing approaches.…
How Nigeria’s future elections could change based on Twitter’s new rules
The visit of Jack Dorsey — Twitter’s CEO — to Nigeria and Twitter’s ban on political advertising make us ask what Nigerian Twitter would have looked like if the ban was in place bef…
Highlights from the town hall meeting with Jack Dorsey and the Twitter team at Techpoint Africa
Twitter team led by Jack Dorsey, in a town hall meeting at Techpoint’s headquarters, revealed the reasons behind the visit his and plans the company has for Africa, especially Nigeria. Here are …
From hashtags to the reality: 5 impactful social movements in Nigeria that started on Twitter
To commemorate the presence of Twitter’s co-founder and CEO, Jack Dorsey, in Nigeria, we take a look at some of the country’s biggest social movements that originated from Twitter.…
Twitter temporarily disables tweeting via SMS after its CEO got hacked
Shortly after the CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey’s account was hacked, Twitter temporarily suspends tweeting via text message…
Why Africa’s most popular internet trend, ‘O jewa ke eng?’ has refused to die
What started as a simple tweet had become more or less a movement, sparking conversation around sensitive topics…
Your Twitter account may have been suspended by accident
Following a wide-spread suspension that swept through Twitter on Monday*, the company has confirmed that it may have been an error and that some of the accounts have been restored…
Random or not so random suspensions are currently ongoing on Twitter
Like Thanos’ infinity gauntlet, Twitter has been suspending accounts in a seemingly random manner.…
Instagram and Twitter want to hide like and RT counts, what does this mean for Nigerian influencer marketers?
Instagram and Twitter may soon hide like and retweet counts in order to create a healthy environment for users. Find our how this may affect Nigerian influencer marketers.…
12 amazing Nigerians who work with Jack Dorsey at Twitter HQ, San Francisco
Twitter has various teams of diverse background each working on the product used by millions of people all over the world. One these teams are a few Nigerians, here they are.…
Meet Babatunde Fashola, a Nigerian software engineer that works at the Twitter HQ in Silicon Valley
Not to be mistaken with the Nigerian Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola is one of the software engineers that build Twitter products used by millions of people all over the world.…
Twitter introduces a new emoji, Moments thread ahead of Nigeria’s presidential elections
By introducing the new features, Twitter wants to help Nigerians find election-related tweets with ease.…
Likes, Retweets, and notifications are glitching for some Twitter users
Some Twitter users are experiencing issues with notifications, likes and retweets…
A 5-year-old Twitter bug may have affected users on ‘Twitter for Android’
A 5-year-old Twitter bug may have affected tweets and accounts of users on ‘Twitter for Android’…
Why is Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the Twitter board?
On the 19th of July 2018 Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey announced the addition of ex-Nigerian Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala to the Twitter board. We look at a few plausible reasons why.…
Swahili becomes the first African language to be recognised by Twitter
Following a social media movement by Kenyans, Social networking site Twitter no longer identifies Swahili as Indonesian.…
Twitter replaces its “Quote” feature with “Retweet with Comment”
Did you try quoting a tweet today and noticed a change in the feature? Well, you’re not alone, Twitter has recently replaced the feature.…
Not just Google and Facebook; Twitter to also ban cryptocurrency ads
Following news that Facebook and Google are banning crytocurrency related ads on their platform, Twitter is now making moves to do the same…
Global LinkUP: Twitter is finally profitable
This week,Twitter finally reports profit, crytpocurrency prices are back up and Elon Musk is our star of the week. Read on. Twitter, finally. After 12 years of existence, Twitter finally posted its fi…