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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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New mobile app offers real-time fisheries data for Ugandan stakeholders

Fishing

New mobile app offers real-time fisheries data for Ugandan stakeholders

3 May 2023

#AfricaMonth: Walter Train brings his unique design aesthetic to Emazulwini restaurant

Art

#AfricaMonth: Walter Train brings his unique design aesthetic to Emazulwini restaurant

Evan-Lee Courie 2 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

Infectious Diseases

WHO says risk 'moderate' after laboratory in Sudan seized by fighters

2 May 2023

File photo: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni speaks during a Reuters interview at his farm in Kisozi settlement of Gomba district, in the Central Region of Uganda, January 16, 2022. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Legislation

Uganda parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ bill mostly unchanged

Aaron Ross 2 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Stellenbosch University's new Biomedical Research Institute, home to Ceri, is the most advanced research facility of its kind on the African continent.

Infectious Diseases

Abbott partners with Ceri to address viral threats

2 May 2023

Source: Twitter @jpmorgan

Banking

JPMorgan seizes First Republic Bank

2 May 2023

Media

Al Jazeera journalist freed from pretrial detention in Egypt

Farah Saafan, Nick Macfie 2 May 2023

Paul Mackenzie, 50, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers of the members of the Good News International Church to starve themselves to death in Shakahola forest, appears at Malindi Law Courts, in Malindi, Kenya, 2 May 2023. Reuters/Stringer

Criminal Law

Kenyan cult leader appears in court after more than 100 followers die

George Obulutsa, Humphrey Malalo and Duncan Miriri 2 May 2023

Coal, Oil & Gas

Exxon resumes operations in Nigeria after labour dispute ends

MacDonald Dzirutwe 28 Apr 2023

File photo: Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya 17 October 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo

Climate Change

Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change - study

Gloria Dickie 28 Apr 2023

File photo: Quin Karala, 29, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of one poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda 4 April 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Human Rights Law

Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

Elias Biryabarema 28 Apr 2023

Eni launches LNG production in Congo Republic

Coal, Oil & Gas

Eni launches LNG production in Congo Republic

Christian Elion 26 Apr 2023

Source: World Economic Forum.

Malaria

The world's first malaria vaccine ready for distribution

26 Apr 2023

Yale School of Architecture launches Francis Kéré Scholarship

Architecture & Design

Yale School of Architecture launches Francis Kéré Scholarship

25 Apr 2023

The Bed Shop owner Dynamic Bedding changes hands

Franchising

The Bed Shop owner Dynamic Bedding changes hands

24 Apr 2023

The two agencies signed a deal to target the AFrican market. Source: Supplied.

Marketing

Alfa Destiny announces partnership with Kenya's AM Communications

24 Apr 2023

Middle East and Africa sees 21% digital commerce growth despite global dip - Salesforce

Research

Middle East and Africa sees 21% digital commerce growth despite global dip - Salesforce

24 Apr 2023

Vincent Viviers, omnichannel retail executive at Pick n Pay, at Ecom Africa. Source: Lauren Hartzenberg

Trends

#EcomAfrica: 5 need-to-know trends shaping the future of e-commerce

Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Apr 2023

Outgoing Nampak CEO Erik Smuts. Source: Nampak

Packaging

Nampak CEO Erik Smuts resigns

21 Apr 2023

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Forestry

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Marietjie Brown 21 Apr 2023

Alice Aedy, Andrew Burgess, Jade Roche and Luke Jaque-Rodney. Source: Supplied

Fashion & Homeware

New Puma project gives young changemakers a seat at the sustainability table

20 Apr 2023

Labour Law

Court rules Meta can be sued in Kenya over alleged unlawful redundancies

Ayenat Mersie 20 Apr 2023

#StartupStory: Hardy McQueen on building a Black-owned beverage business and doing things differently

FMCG

#StartupStory: Hardy McQueen on building a Black-owned beverage business and doing things differently

Lauren Hartzenberg 20 Apr 2023

Africa venture capital investments dipped slightly in 2022

Funding

Africa venture capital investments dipped slightly in 2022

20 Apr 2023

File Photo: An LGBT activist wears a badge as he attends a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. 22 February 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

For LGBTQ Kenyans, court win prompts backlash as threats escalate

Ayenat Mersie 18 Apr 2023

Kantar's award-winning ads - the funny is back

Advertising

Kantar's award-winning ads - the funny is back

Kantar 18 Apr 2023

Tanzania signs $667m deals for rare earth and graphite projects

Mining

Tanzania signs $667m deals for rare earth and graphite projects

Nuzulack Dausen 18 Apr 2023

#WTMA23: How innovative solutions are reshaping the African travel industry in a post-pandemic world

Tourism

#WTMA23: How innovative solutions are reshaping the African travel industry in a post-pandemic world

Robin Fredericks 18 Apr 2023

Brands must balance digital innovation and trust to serve Africa's consumers - study

Research

Brands must balance digital innovation and trust to serve Africa's consumers - study

17 Apr 2023

Media

From advertising blackmail to physical threats, Kenya's journalists are under attack - but they must also regain public trust

George Ogola 17 Apr 2023