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The Loeries Young Creatives Showcase is opens for entries. The winners will not only gain bragging rights but will also secure a spot as finalists for the Loeries Young Creatives Award, to be presented at the annual Loerie Awards (Image supplied)

#Loeries2025: Loeries Young Creatives Showcase opens for entries

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Source: © 123rf The CMO Council’s inaugural Marketing Vitality Index forecasts waves of vitality, volatility and velocity in 2025

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Banking

African Development Bank extends €121m food-production loan to Senegal to cushion impacts of war in Ukraine

11 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Emma Shand, the new managing director and chief executive officer of EML Payments.

Fintech

EML Payments announces new MD and CEO appointment

11 Jul 2022

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Fintech

Flutterwave's accounts frozen in Kenya over money laundering claims

8 Jul 2022

Senegal sees growing support for African gas amid Ukraine war

Coal, Oil & Gas

Senegal sees growing support for African gas amid Ukraine war

Aaron Ross 8 Jul 2022

Egypt reclaims Suez Canal mudflat for industrial hub

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Egypt reclaims Suez Canal mudflat for industrial hub

Patrick Werr 8 Jul 2022

Brewing brands to be Africa fit

Advertising

Brewing brands to be Africa fit

M&C Saatchi Abel 8 Jul 2022

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FMCG

Diageo buys flavour-matching AI tech company Vivanda

7 Jul 2022

AEC releases State of African Energy Q2, 2022 report

Coal, Oil & Gas

AEC releases State of African Energy Q2, 2022 report

7 Jul 2022

AfDB calls for more climate finance for Africa to support global goals

Climate Change

AfDB calls for more climate finance for Africa to support global goals

Ahmed Eljechtimi 7 Jul 2022

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Banking

Volt, Australia's first online-only bank, shuts down due to fundraising woes

Byron Kaye and Alun John 6 Jul 2022

Nigerian oil industry veteran Mohammad Barkindo dies aged 63

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigerian oil industry veteran Mohammad Barkindo dies aged 63

MacDonald Dzirutwe 6 Jul 2022

AfriGIS has Africa's only verified and validated administrative boundary data

Research

AfriGIS has Africa's only verified and validated administrative boundary data

AfriGIS 6 Jul 2022

Nigeria lost $1bn in Q1 revenue to crude oil theft

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigeria lost $1bn in Q1 revenue to crude oil theft

Camillus Eboh 5 Jul 2022

Zimbabwe to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles

Economy

Zimbabwe to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles

Nyasha Chingono 5 Jul 2022

Alternative youth culture finds a home at Google

Youth Marketing

Alternative youth culture finds a home at Google

Irvine Partners 5 Jul 2022

An Ebola survivor who works as a nurse, waits to receive tubes for taking blood samples at the Ebola treatment centre in Katwa, near Butembo, in the DRC, 3 October 2019. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

Infectious Diseases

DRC declares end to Ebola outbreak

Nellie Peyton 4 Jul 2022

Source: © dolgachov The WAN-IFRA African Digital Media Awards 2022 finalists have been announced

Online Media

SA online media dominate Wan-Ifra's African Digital Media Awards finalists' list

4 Jul 2022

After 40 years of extinction, rhinos return to Mozambique

Environment & Natural Resources

After 40 years of extinction, rhinos return to Mozambique

Sisipho Skweyiya 4 Jul 2022

World's 1000 largest banks' Tier 1 capital exceeds $10tn for first time

Banking

World's 1000 largest banks' Tier 1 capital exceeds $10tn for first time

4 Jul 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners June 2022

Marketing & Media

Biz Most Read Award winners June 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Jul 2022

Salmonella halts production at world's biggest chocolate plant

FMCG

Salmonella halts production at world's biggest chocolate plant

1 Jul 2022

How nanotechnology can revive Nigeria's textile industry

Design & Manufacturing

How nanotechnology can revive Nigeria's textile industry

Agbaje Lateef 1 Jul 2022

Nigeria spent $3bn on petrol subsidies in first five months of 2022 - NNPC

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigeria spent $3bn on petrol subsidies in first five months of 2022 - NNPC

Camillus Eboh and Chijioke Ohuocha 1 Jul 2022

De Beers, Botswana extend diamond sales deal by a year

Markets & Investment

De Beers, Botswana extend diamond sales deal by a year

Bhargav Acharya and Aby Jose Koilparambil 30 Jun 2022

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Healthcare

Africa officials urge readiness for monkeypox vaccinations, fair access

30 Jun 2022

Unlocking South Africa's next level of e-commerce growth

E-commerce

Unlocking South Africa's next level of e-commerce growth

Lauren Hartzenberg 29 Jun 2022

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Fintech

Kenya and South Africa offer insights into digital economy challenges and alternatives

Stephan Manning 29 Jun 2022

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Technology

New app simplifies inventory management for Africa's informal retailers

28 Jun 2022

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Banking

Raise Africa Investments deal part of FNB's R200m transformational equity pact

28 Jun 2022

Numbers don't lie: Statistics are teaching African retailers lessons about warehouse automation

Warehousing

Numbers don't lie: Statistics are teaching African retailers lessons about warehouse automation

Neil Gouveia 28 Jun 2022