WhatsApp appears to be experiencing a global outage, with users turning to Twitter and other social media platforms to complain that they are unable to connect.
Website Downdetector.co.za reported a huge spike in WhatsApp outages reported from around 9am CAT making it hard for users globally to connect to their Whatsapp platforms.
As at the time of this report, WhatsApp’s official account on Twitter has not yet made any mention of the outage.
Users around the world have come to rely heavily on Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp to communicate, conduct business and organise their lives.
“We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble sending messages and we’re working to restore WhatsApp for everyone as quickly as possible,” a WhatsApp spokesman was quoted as telling Reuters.
The platform came back after almost two hours of outage, however, there was still no word from Meta as to what caused the outage, which lasted nearly two hours.