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Source: © ZNBC This year marks the tenth anniversary the death of the BBC News Komla Dumor

Media

A decade of honouring Komla Dumor: BBC News Award search begins

19 Feb 2024

Revolutionising fashion education: The power of partnerships, tech, and digitisation

Training

Revolutionising fashion education: The power of partnerships, tech, and digitisation

19 Feb 2024

Branding

Top 16 Youth Owned Brands Awards expands to include Pan African categories

16 Feb 2024

Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

Forestry

Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

Theo Evans and Bruce Webber 16 Feb 2024

Economy

Japan slides into recession

15 Feb 2024

Source: © Unesco Today radio celebrates 100 years

Radio & Audio

#WorldRadioDay: Celebrating a century of informing, entertaining and educating

Danette Breitenbach 13 Feb 2024

Tyler ICU won song of the year. Source: Supplied.

Social Media

All the 2023 TikTok Top Creator Award winners

12 Feb 2024

Scan Display wins South African exhibition industry awards

Exhibitions

Scan Display wins South African exhibition industry awards

Scan Display 12 Feb 2024

Source: Nando's Nando’s South Africa has reacted with a post following Bafana Bafana defeat in the AfCon semi-final game

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Nando's heart-warming post to Bafana Bafana on their 2024 Afcon journey

9 Feb 2024

Elia Nandjiwa is resources industries and mining executive at Barloworld Equipment Southern Africa

Mining

#MI24: 'Mining Indaba 2024 embraced its theme' - Barloworld

Elia Nandjiwa 9 Feb 2024

Media

MultiChoice will pay settlement of $37.3m to Nigerian tax authorities

Nqobile Dludla 8 Feb 2024

Social Media

All your 2023 TikTok Top Creator Awards nominees: Championing African creativity

8 Feb 2024

Mining Indaba 2024 had a focus on energy and less on mineral extraction.

Nuclear Power

#MI24: SA can be top nuclear technology exporter

8 Feb 2024

File photo: President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, 21 September 2023. Reuters/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

Legislation

Zimbabwe scraps colonial-era death penalty law

Nyasha Chingono 7 Feb 2024

Neal Froneman spoke to Bizcommunity at the Webber Wentzel 'Reimagining Mining' panel discussion.

Energy & Mining

#MI24: Sibanye-Stillwater CEO says now is the time to invest in PGM

Lindsey Schutters 7 Feb 2024

The panel at the Bowmans 2024 Mining Indaba Event included (from left) Dr Rebecca Maserumule, director for hydrogen and energy at DSI, Bart by Bart Nieuwoudt, lead legal specialist at Sasol, Stuart Heather-Clark, Africa Power Sector Energy Transition Lead at SLR Consulting, Claire Tucker head of our public law and regulatory practice, Bowmans.

Energy

#MI24: Green hydrogen is not coming to save the PGM industry

Lindsey Schutters 6 Feb 2024

Warc Awards announces top industry and agency experts for Middle East & Africa 2024 juries

Marketing

Warc Awards announces top industry and agency experts for Middle East & Africa 2024 juries

6 Feb 2024

A car drives past a construction site of the Central Business District (CBD) in the capital Gaborone. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Infrastructure & Utilities

Botswana to invest economic gains in infrastructure focused stimulus

Brian Benza 5 Feb 2024

Jumpstart programme to boost emerging filmmakers' international market skills opens

Film & Cinematography

Jumpstart programme to boost emerging filmmakers' international market skills opens

2 Feb 2024

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Pharmaceuticals

Bayer says to outsource some aspects of pharma business in Africa

Duncan Miriri 31 Jan 2024

Two Africans have been chosen. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

Steve Babaeko and Megan Nethercote selected for 2024 AME Awards Grand Jury

31 Jan 2024

FBW completes $10m oil field services base in Uganda

Construction & Engineering

FBW completes $10m oil field services base in Uganda

31 Jan 2024

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets with President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi inside the Madama Palace (Senate) as Italy hosts the Italy-Africa summit in Rome, Italy. Source: Reuters/Remo Casilli

Markets & Investment

Italy joins race for African energy in new deal

Angelo Amante and Crispian Balmer 30 Jan 2024

Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in the DRC, Zhao Bin visited some of the infrastructure projects in December 2023. Source:

Mining

DRC revisits China mining deal for $7bn infrastructure investment

Sonia Rolley 29 Jan 2024

Ebony+Ivory eyes East Africa

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Ebony+Ivory 29 Jan 2024

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Dawn Rowlands and Greg Benatar to speak at WOO's first Africa event

29 Jan 2024

#Cannes2024: Vodacom’s Andisa Ntsubane: Making Africa's voice heard

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2024: Vodacom’s Andisa Ntsubane: Making Africa's voice heard

Danette Breitenbach 24 Jan 2024

Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

Import/Export

Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor 23 Jan 2024

Source: © Multichoice DStv, the satellite service of MultiChoice, has experienced its first downturn in its most dynamic market, South Africa

TV

Subscriber downturn leads to questions on MultiChoice's sustained success

18 Jan 2024

Energy

Shell joins international sell-off of Nigeria onshore oil and gas holdings

Ron Bousso 17 Jan 2024