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Kenyan content creators are set to face a new tax deduction after TikTok began asking them to submit personal and residency details to comply with Kenya’s tax requirements. Kenyans.co.ke learned on Wednesday that the notification, sent through ‘TikTok Announcements’, directs creators to complete a Kenyan tax form and states that…

Forget jade rollers, LED masks and salmon sperm facials. The latest skincare trend taking over TikTok is a blood test. “Ferritin face” is the social media term for the claim that low iron levels leave visible clues on your face – dark circles under the eyes, pale or grey-looking skin.…

ByteDance’s first-half net profit reportedly fell to $20 billion as AI spending increased, according to three people familiar with the company’s finances cited by The Information. Revenue reached $120 billion, up about 30% year on year, with TikTok’s international advertising and e-commerce businesses providing a major boost. The report said…

Somewhere lost between the initial hype of the grand opening of Applebee’s and IHOP for the first time ever in Trinidad, which had many a wannabe “influencer” quietly licking their TikTok fingers, and subsequent outrage of perceived high prices, the Ministry of Health (MoH) was sounding the alarm that one…

In Nigeria’s ever-evolving digital content landscape, Oshogwe Anthonia Emike, popularly known as Toniagold2020 on TikTok, is one of the few content creators who has mastered the art of connecting with audiences through authenticity. With more than four million followers on the platform, the fast-rising creator has carved out a unique…

A Magistrate’s Court in Lagos has granted bail to Nigerian TikToker, Peller, for obstructing police officers. Peller was granted N500,000 bail on Tuesday after spending four days in police detention. DAILY POST reports that the streamer was arrested and detained on Friday following a confrontation with police officers in the…

A touching video of a teacher walking alongside a student with mobility needs through the pouring rain to help him cross the finish line at a school track meet has warmed hearts online. In a TikTok video shared by user abuzarghfry_ on Tuesday (July 7), the teacher and student are…

There’s a new kind of influencer making the rounds on TikTok and Instagram: the loneliness influencer. Most of these influencers are young women, and “loneliness” might be a slight misnomer. They claim they aren’t lonely, simply alone — no friends, no family, no kids. And they prefer it that way.…

(Akube Nation. Photo Credit: Premuim Times) Akube Nation, a well-known TikToker, dies in a tragic accident after allegedly driving without experience. The clearly upset man stated in a widely shared video that he was tired and had gone home to rest, so he had made arrangements for someone else to…

For years, an imported handbag or a bottle of Korean hair serum was the reflexive marker of status for Egyptian aspiring shoppers. Nowadays, across fashion racks, skincare shelves and TikTok feeds, Egyptians are increasingly reaching for labels made a few miles from home rather than flown in from Paris or…