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  "id": 4033369,
  "title": "WhatsApp to start charging businesses for customer replies from October",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/whatsapp-to-start-charging-businesses-for-customer-replies-from",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-28T20:44:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
    "slug": "businessday-nigeria",
    "url": "https://businessday.ng/technology/article/whatsapp-to-start-charging-businesses-for-customer-replies-from-october/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Businesses that rely on WhatsApp to communicate with customers will face a new operating cost from October 1, 2026, as read more WhatsApp to start charging businesses for customer replies from October",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "WhatsApp to charge businesses per message from October 1",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/whatsapp-to-charge-businesses-per-message-from-october-1",
        "published": "2026-08-28T17:31:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Nigerian businesses to pay for WhatsApp messages from October",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/nigerian-businesses-to-pay-for-whatsapp-messages-from-october",
        "published": "2026-08-28T20:12:26.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}