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Snapchat just invested R2 million in a South African social media startup

27 September 2018

Hashtag Our Stories, founded by former journalist Yusuf Omar and his wife Sumaiya, is a network of mobile journalists reporting from over seven countries, creating video content optimised for Facebook...Read More

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