CEO Weekends: How to Use BBC WhatsApp Ebola Service

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140220-whatsapp-1130_f1ad58640061b54ae26e0796b876c3c6The BBC recently launched an English and French Ebola public health information service on WhatsApp for West Africa aimed at providing audio, text message alerts and images to inform users and help combat Ebola in the region.

According to BBC, to subscribe to the service, send ‘JOIN‘ via WhatsApp to +44 7702 348 651 and wait for the firm to confirm if you’ve been added. To be removed from the chat app, send ‘STOP’ via WhatsApp to the same number.

BBC says the service is now the biggest “chat app” in use in Africa and is helping reach out to mobile users in the epiddemic hit West Africa.

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BBC will also be giving highlights on its social media accounts:

@bbcafrica

@bbcafrique

On Facebook:

facebook.com/bbcafrica

facebook.com/bbcafrique

Or  on the BBC News website, bbc.com/ebola.

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Sam Wakoba
Sam Wakoba
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Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Sam is a pan-African technology journalist, author, entrepreneur, technology business mentor, judge, educationalist, and a sought-after speaker and panelist across Africa’s innovation ecosystem. He is the convenor of the popular monthly #TechNight evening event and the #StartupEast Awards and Conference, platforms that bring together startup founders, developers, entrepreneurs, investors, content creators, and tech professionals from across the continent. For more than 16 years, Sam has reported on and analysed Africa’s technology landscape, covering some of the continent’s most impactful, and at times controversial policies, programs, investors, co-founders, startups, and corporations. His work is known for its independence, depth, and fairness, with a singular goal of helping build and strengthen Africa’s nascent technology ecosystem. Beyond journalism, Sam is a business analyst and consultant, working with brands, universities, corporates, SMEs, and startups across East Africa, as well as international companies entering the East African market or scaling across Africa. In his free time, he volunteers as a consulting editor and fintech analyst at Business Tech Kenya, a business, technology, and data firm that publishes reports, reviews, and insights on business and technology trends in Kenya. Follow him on X: @SamWakoba
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