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Opera’s Hype aims to rethink chat as it launches in Kenya

Charles Hamel, Product Lead for Hype at Opera

Kenya on Tuesday became the first African country to get a feel of Norwegian browser developer Opera’s new chat service, Hype.

The new service is built into mobile web browser Opera Mini in what the firm said is meant to give users a personalised, engaging browsing experience that enables seamless surfing and chatting.

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