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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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Villen Anganan 6 Jan 2025

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Human Rights Law

Zimbabwe scraps the death penalty – tracking the path to abolition

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Icon of Indian advertising, Walter Saldanha, leaves a lasting legacy at 93

Advertising

Icon of Indian advertising, Walter Saldanha, leaves a lasting legacy at 93

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Source: © LinkedIn In 2025 AI will transform advertising, signalling a fundamental shift in how advertisers approach digital marketing

Artificial Intelligence

AI to transform advertising in fundamental shift in digital marketing in 2025

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Music

Trace Awards 2025 to showcase Africa's musical diversity

3 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. AfricArena celebrated 100 years of innovation with @totalenergies_za for the 100 Startupper of the Year Challenge at the AfricArena Cape Town Grand Summit 2024.

SMEs

Global cities compete to host AfricArena innovation summits in 2025

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Source: © The Economic Times President-elect Donald Trump is making a U-turn on banning TikTok in the US

Media Freedom

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Danette Breitenbach 2 Jan 2025

Charity Ekezie dispels myths about Africa on social media. Source: Instagram.

Social Media

Nigerian TikTok star Charity Ekezie uses hilarious skits to dispel ignorance about Africa

Rowland Chukwuemeka Amaefula 2 Jan 2025

SA red meat producers target Algeria to expand exports

Agro-processing

SA red meat producers target Algeria to expand exports

2 Jan 2025

Ships are seen from a plane window, passing through the Suez Canal, Egypt. Source: Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Construction & Engineering

Egypt completes trial run of new Suez Canal channel extension

Yusri Mohamed and Menna Alaa 30 Dec 2024

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The One Club for Creativity

Young Ones One Show launches new creative brief Clash Royale

23 Dec 2024

Source: © 123rf LinkedIn has launched its Companies Hub to boost B2B marketing intelligence

Marketing

LinkedIn boost B2B marketing intelligence with Companies Hub

20 Dec 2024

MoMo Coach empowers nearly one million SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa

SMEs

MoMo Coach empowers nearly one million SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa

20 Dec 2024

Schneider Electric lab lights up Malawi youth

Skills Development

Schneider Electric lab lights up Malawi youth

19 Dec 2024

MTN shuffles management deck

Telecoms & Networks

MTN shuffles management deck

19 Dec 2024

Source: © 123rf A strategic partnership giving brands new opportunities to connect with audiences through music has been formed by WPP and the Universal Music Group (UMG).

Marketing

WPP and UMG form partnership connecting audiences through music

18 Dec 2024

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Razor's Kalay Maistry and NTT Data's Marian Scala named in Provoke Media’s Innovator 25 EMEA

Danette Breitenbach 12 Dec 2024

Triggerfish and Unesco launch animation initiative for African women

Film & Cinematography

Triggerfish and Unesco launch animation initiative for African women

10 Dec 2024

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TV

MultiChoice Talent Factory nurtures next-gen African filmmakers

10 Dec 2024

Under The Tongue, the untold story of the adidas Predator football boot

Film

Under The Tongue, the untold story of the adidas Predator football boot

9 Dec 2024

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Marketing

Warc finds two-thirds of marketers remain optimistic about 2025 despite budget constraints

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Source: © Bizcommunity The inaugural SSA MMA Smarties Awards awarded 51 Awards, with 19 Gold, 19 Silver and 13 Bronze Awards

Marketing

Inaugural SSA MMA Smarties' winners announced, the TFG named Brand of the Year

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Source: G20 South Africa - @g20org

Finance

South Africa makes historic leap as first African nation to head the G20

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The African continent has five jury members represented on the Gerety Awards Grand Jury for 2025 - two from SA, and one each from Nigeria, Kenya and the Côte D'Ivoire (Image supplied)

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5 Gerety Awards Grand Jury members for 2025 from the African continent

3 Dec 2024

AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

3 Dec 2024

Q-KON and Eutelsat will expand LEO satellite connectivity in Africa

Telecoms & Networks

Q-KON and Eutelsat will expand LEO satellite connectivity in Africa

3 Dec 2024

Rail carriages are pictured at the Siggenthal plant of cement maker Holcim in Wurenlingen near Zurich, Switzerland. Source: Reuters/Denis Balibouse

Materials & Equipment

Holcim Lafarge sale ups Chinese ownership of African cement market

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SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on a screen during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain. Source: Reuters/Nacho Doce

Telecoms & Networks

Musk's Starlink ordered to cease operations in Namibia

Nqobile Dludla 28 Nov 2024