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New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

Source: © 123rf The number of people living alone has grown steadily over the past few decades. Brands have a real opportunity to target this audience

Marketers optimistic as Warc forecasts global ad spend of $1.15tr in 2025

Source: © 123rf The number of people living alone has grown steadily over the past few decades. Brands have a real opportunity to target this audience

Marketers optimistic as Warc forecasts global ad spend of $1.15tr in 2025

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Angela Wamola, head of GSMA for sub-Saharan Africa presents the latest GSMA report.

GSMA report spotlights Africa’s ‘billion strong digital divide’

By Lindsey Schutters 1 day

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Source: Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes

Internet

Microsoft Africa internet plan moves forward with fibre deal

Jeffrey Dastin 2 Mar 2023

Streaming

MultiChoice signs agreement with Comcast to create streaming service

2 Mar 2023

East Coast Radio launches magical 'African Story Magic' podcast with Dr Gcina Mhlophe

Radio & Audio

East Coast Radio launches magical 'African Story Magic' podcast with Dr Gcina Mhlophe

East Coast Radio 2 Mar 2023

On the rise: Africa's WhatsApp economy

Mobile & Apps

On the rise: Africa's WhatsApp economy

Heidi Badenhorst 1 Mar 2023

Saipem to restart Mozambique LNG project for Total in July

Coal, Oil & Gas

Saipem to restart Mozambique LNG project for Total in July

Francesca Landini and America Hernandez 1 Mar 2023

Call for applications: Google Black Founders Fund for Startups in Africa

Funding

Call for applications: Google Black Founders Fund for Startups in Africa

1 Mar 2023

Media

Reporters from independent Egyptian news outlet referred to trial

Aidan Lewis, Marguerita Choy 1 Mar 2023

World Bank's IFC to invest $256m in Senegal's top cement manufacturer

Materials & Equipment

World Bank's IFC to invest $256m in Senegal's top cement manufacturer

Anait Miridzhanian 1 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Phatho Zondi, chief operating officer and clinical lead at Unu Health.

Medtech

Standard Bank, Unu Health commit to bridging the gap in primary healthcare

28 Feb 2023

Environmental Law

French court rejects lawsuit brought against TotalEnergies on Uganda pipeline project

America Hernandez 28 Feb 2023

Kenya to set up 136 solar mini-grids for remote communities

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Kenya to set up 136 solar mini-grids for remote communities

Duncan Miriri 28 Feb 2023

Environmental Law

French court to rule on landmark TotalEnergies Uganda case

America Hernandez 28 Feb 2023

Unleash the heat with the flamin' hot snack range that's winning the hearts of consumers!

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Unleash the heat with the flamin' hot snack range that's winning the hearts of consumers!

MSports Marketing 28 Feb 2023

MultiChoice shortlists 11 small businesses to pitch for international funding

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MultiChoice shortlists 11 small businesses to pitch for international funding

27 Feb 2023

New French fund with €87.5m targets African solar development

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

New French fund with €87.5m targets African solar development

Forrest Crellin and Sudip Kar-Gupta 27 Feb 2023

Cars drive past Nigerian national flags in Abuja, Nigeria 12 June 2021. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

Criminal Law

Financial crime watchdog adds South Africa, Nigeria to "grey list"

Tassilo Hummel, Alexander Winning and Bhargav Acharya 24 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Retailers

Truworths' earnings boosted by credit sales

Nqobile Dludla 24 Feb 2023

Female-owned farms and companies are growing Ghana's taste for coffee

Agribusiness

Female-owned farms and companies are growing Ghana's taste for coffee

Francis Kokoroko and Cooper Inveen 24 Feb 2023

Africa's agribusiness sector should drive the continent's economic development: 5 reasons why

Agribusiness

Africa's agribusiness sector should drive the continent's economic development: 5 reasons why

Lilac Nachum 24 Feb 2023

Advantage Group names Lauren Filen as customer director for Africa

Retail

Advantage Group names Lauren Filen as customer director for Africa

23 Feb 2023

Image supplied. South African Sihle Hlophe, graduate of the 2022 online Film Impact Screening Facilitation course, is an executive producer at Passion Seed Communications and produced the recent award-winning film Lobola, A Bride's True Price?

Film & Cinematography

2023 online Film Impact Screening Facilitation course open for applications

23 Feb 2023

Kenya Airways to resume staff pension contributions after three-year suspension

Travel

Kenya Airways to resume staff pension contributions after three-year suspension

Duncan Miriri 23 Feb 2023

Roland Adjovi, a producer of Ecolo coal, transforms plant waste into bio charcoal at his workshop in Cotonou, Benin, 27 January 2023. Reuters/Charles Placide Tossou

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Benin entrepreneur transforms plant waste into charcoal

Pulcherie Adjoha and Seraphin Zounyekpe 22 Feb 2023

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Fashion & Homeware

Hermès to give all 19,700 employees globally a €4,000 bonus

22 Feb 2023

February - the month-long birthday celebration for South African wine

Food & Wine

February - the month-long birthday celebration for South African wine

FusionDesign 22 Feb 2023

Labour Law

Meta appeals Kenyan court's decision it can be sued in Kenya

Humphrey Malalo and Ayenat Mersie 21 Feb 2023

Source © Adobo Magazine Moving Walls and Dentsu Africa have formed a partnership to launch a full-stack Out of Home (OOH) advertising technology platform across multiple markets in the continent

OOH

OOH and DOOH solution for Africa launches

20 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Medical charity MSF suspends operations in Burkina Faso to assess risk

20 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters.Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres speaks as he receives the University of Lisbon 2020 prize, in Lisbon, Portugal, January 5, 2023.

Economy

Debt-laden African countries charged 'extortionate' rates, UN chief says

Dawit Endeshaw 20 Feb 2023

Congo demands $17bn more in infrastructure investments from China deal

Infrastructure & Utilities

Congo demands $17bn more in infrastructure investments from China deal

Stanis Bujakera and Sonia Rolley 17 Feb 2023