TikTok One brings creator monetisation to SA
TikTok is trying to make it easier for South African creators to turn their content into actual business opportunities, with...
TikTok strengthens AI transparency
TikTok is tackling AI through a range of new tools that will strengthen AI literacy, improve transparency for AI-generated content...
Football Fans Are Taking Over TikTok
Recharged,
11/06/2026
2 min read
TikTok South Africa has shared that 87% of its users follow football on the platform, making it most popular sport...
TikTok Tackles Mental Health in Africa
Nafisa Akabor,
27/06/2025
4 min read
At its inaugural Digital Well-being Summit in Johannesburg, TikTok announced its global mental health fund will include Sub-Saharan Africa. The...
Your TikTok Feed, Your Rules: New Features Put You in Control
Recharged,
09/06/2025
3 min read
TikTok has introduced new features on its popular social media platform to give users more control over what content they...
TikTok Defends Creator Monetisation in Africa
Nafisa Akabor,
10/04/2025
4 min read
At the TikTok Safer Internet Summit 2025 held in Cape Town last month, minister Solly Malatsi called TikTok out for...
TikTok introduces African STEM feed
Recharged,
26/02/2025
4 min read
TikTok has introduced a feed focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics for Sub-Saharan Africa. When you open the app,...
How the TikTok algorithm works
I recently visited the TikTok Transparency and Accountability Centre at its Singapore HQ, as a guest of TikTok South Africa....
TikTok workshop highlights
TikTok South Africa recently held a workshop in Johannesburg to help separate fact from fiction about its product, along with...
Living Electric: GWM Ora 5
I recently had the opportunity to spend more time behind the wheel of the GWM Ora 5 EV. It’s a...
Living Electric: Toyota bZ4X
Toyota launched its first electric vehicle in July this year, after months of delays. I was at the national media...
Get Canva Pro with Cell C
If your camera roll is full of half-finished business ideas, social posts waiting to happen, and screenshots labelled “design inspo”,...
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Recharged is an independent site that focuses on technology, electric vehicles, and the digital life by Nafisa Akabor. Drawing from her 19-year tech journalism career, expect news, reviews, how-tos, comparisons, and practical uses of tech that are easy to digest. Nafisa is a traveller at heart, having been to 46 countries and counting. Find her edutainment videos covering tech, EVs and travel on TikTok.





