News for Developers

How Startups are Pivoting During the Pandemic

Businesses throughout the world are facing unprecedented obstacles because of COVID-19. And for startups, the economic implications of the pandemic will have long-lasting effects. While the challenges are still new, businesses are already reevaluating their goals, customer relationships, marketing tactics, and staffing models in order to weather...

Platforms Programs

May 06 2020

Winners of our first Facebook Online Hackathon announced

Expanding on our annual Developer Circles Community Challenge and the in-person hackathons we held across North America last year, we were excited to launch our brand new Facebook Online Hackathon series for global developers earlier this month. We know that building opportunities like hackathons are a great way for aspiring and experienced...

Programs Developer Circles

March 25 2020

Celebrating Startup Success at Facebook Accelerator London

Facebook Accelerator London fuels the growth of technology startups by providing unique access to Facebook expertise, mentorship, training, networking, and more. Launched in 2017 and now in our third year, we expanded the program’s reach to include startups across Africa, the Middle East. And because we are committed to bringing the world closer...

Programs Developer Circles

March 20 2020

Tech By Her: How Three of Facebook’s Women Tech Leaders Have Navigated Their Careers

To celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) theme of “An equal world is an enabled world,” we’re kicking off “Tech by Her,” a global initiative that champions and supports the women in our developer and startup communities and across the tech ecosystem. How to Navigate the Challenge of Being a Woman in Tech...

Programs Developer Circles

March 17 2020

Introducing Developer Circles & Andela: #BuildforSDG Challenge

The developer community has always been one of Facebook’s most important partners. Through programs like Developer Circles, we give back to this community by helping them collaborate, learn, and code with other local developers. Today, we’re continuing that support through our newest developer program—Developer Circles Andela: #BuildforSDG...

Programs Developer Circles

March 16 2020

Building Sustainable Ecosystems: Innovation

In the 1600s, the concept of "innovation" was controversial. It stood for resistance, rebellion and contrarian opinions. Thankfully, the definition of innovation has evolved. One of the definitions for innovation is the desire and ambition to leverage technology to solve problems for people. As the definition of innovation has evolved, so has the...

Platforms Programs

December 20 2019

Dashboard improvements give developers more information and control

We’ve released today new features in the App Dashboard that will give developers additional information and insight into our permissions process and ultimately make the app review process easier for developers. App Review enables Facebook to understand how developers are using and accessing the platform, and during this process, developers request...

Platforms Programs

December 17 2019

Global Winners for the 2019 Developer Circles Community Challenge Announced

Welcome to one of my favorite moments of the year. Following on from the announcement of our Facebook Developer Circles Community Challenge regional winners back in October, we're excited to reveal our global prize recipients live from our Facebook iD8 conference in Nairobi today!...

Platforms Programs

November 21 2019

Building Sustainable Ecosystems: Community

In my previous blog, we outlined our intention to democratize access to knowledge and opportunities through our investments in education, innovation and community to help develop a healthy tech ecosystem for the future. This time, let’s talk about the role community plays.Community is at the heart of everything we do at Facebook. The programs we...