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Buying KUMU coins and sending virtual gifts now made easier with new GCash feature

June 8, 2020 | 2 mins read

These days, social media has become the go-to platform for people to get information, the latest trends, and even earn money. For the fastest-growing social media app in the country KUMU, which features Filipino content creators and livestreamers in its versatile platform, earning and exchanging online currency via coins and virtual gifts become easier than…

Digital: KUMU partners with Knorr and Lady’s Choice to share easy and delicious recipes on stream

May 26, 2020 | 2 mins read

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — While many are still staying safe at home in quarantine, more Filipinos are going over to social media in search for easy-to-do, yet unique recipes, they can learn and serve to loved ones or post on their accounts. For the country’s fastest-growing social media app KUMU, fostering a love for the culinary arts…

Foodpanda, Kumu team up to feed frontliners and stay-at-home customers | ANC

May 7, 2020 | 1 min read

[embed]https://youtu.be/ddUqV1Apr38[/embed] Foodpanda, Kumu team up to feed frontliners and stay-at-home customers | ANC Original post on ANC 24/7 on April 30, 2020—https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddUqV1Apr38

This app helps keep at least 1,000 PH jobs, provides hope this Labor Day

May 7, 2020 | 4 mins read

This May 1, 2020, we face an unusual situation. As we celebrate Labor Day in the country, we also mourn the loss of jobs due to COVID-19. The Department of Labor and Employment recently estimated the number of displaced Filipino workers at 1.048 Million, and the country’s unemployment rate at 7.5% as of mid-March. Kumu,…

Digital: Kumu helps Filipinos Generate Revenue during ECQ with 6 Livestream Shows keeping at least 1,000 Jobs

May 1, 2020 | 4 mins read

Manila, Philippines — As we celebrate Labor Day in the country, we also mourn the loss of jobs due to COVID-19. The Department of Labor and Employment recently estimated the number of displaced Filipino workers at 1.048 Million, and the country’s unemployment rate at 7.5% as of mid-March. Kumu, a Filipino app start-up backed by…

Insight: KUMU’s Chief Architect Andrew Pineda on Building a Pinoy-Centric Social Media App for Young Creative and Fun-Loving Individuals

May 1, 2020 | 5 mins read

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Architects are defined as designers who supervise the construction of structures from the planning phase to its finishing touches. The same goes for KUMU’s Chief Architect Andrew Pineda only his work entails building a social media app that appeals to creative and fun-loving individuals while devising solutions that can help them and let them…

Brand & Business: KUMU and Foodpanda Ask Users to Stay at Home, Enjoy Food, and Help Our Frontliners

April 23, 2020 | 4 mins read

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — In the spirit of Bayanihan and as various cities implement the enhanced community quarantine in their respective jurisdictions, the country’s fastest-growing social media app KUMU joins forces with leading food delivery app Foodpanda once again by encouraging its users to stay home and enjoy more food at lower costs. Php 100,000 worth of voucher codes for new Foodpanda…

Digital: Comedians Band Together for TFC’s “Stand Up for Laughs on KUMU” for Some Comic Relief During the Pandemic

April 22, 2020 | 2 mins read

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES — Any outbreak such as the COVID-19 pandemic causes stress to both children and adults, as stated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). One way to cope with stress, which both CDC and World Health Organization (WHO) recommend — is to take a break from watching, listening or reading…

Brand & Business: KUMU’s Social DistanSING Online Musicfest Raises Php800K for COVID-19, ECQ beneficiaries

April 22, 2020 | 4 mins read

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — A number of Pinoy top celebrities and livestreamers came together via the fastest-growing social media app in the country KUMU, to share their talents and thoughts, on the current COVID-19 situation affecting the world, and raised over Php800,000 in proceeds for the benefit of Filipinos who were adversely affected by the ensuing enhanced…