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The 2025 Tabbie Awards competition for B2B online and print publications is open (Image supplied)

2025 Tabbie Awards competition open

The One Club’s ADC 104th Annual Awards global jury has been announced. It includes 10 creatives from the Middle East and Africa region (Image by © Bizcommunity)

One Club ADC 104th Annual Awards global jury includes 10 creatives from the Middle East and Africa

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5 Africans selected to serve on Next Creative Leaders 2021 jury

5 Africans selected to serve on Next Creative Leaders 2021 jury

16 Jul 2021

Ad Stars reveals shortlist of finalists

Ad Stars reveals shortlist of finalists

16 Jul 2021

New York Festivals Advertising Awards winners announced

New York Festivals Advertising Awards winners announced

15 Jul 2021

2021 CMO Pencil jury

Jury to select winner of CMO Pencil Award

15 Jul 2021

22 media innovators to receive funding from GNI Innovation Challenge

22 media innovators to receive funding from GNI Innovation Challenge

14 Jul 2021

Cannes Trend Talks 2021 Official Programme released

Cannes Trend Talks 2021 Official Programme released

Bizcommunity.com 13 Jul 2021

New Google report reveals a booming African mobile app market

New Google report reveals a booming African mobile app market

13 Jul 2021

Warc details Advertising Trends report 2021/2022

13 Jul 2021

The best African content on Showmax this July - from Devilsdorp to Uthando Lodumo

The best African content on Showmax this July - from Devilsdorp to Uthando Lodumo

Showmax 12 Jul 2021

#Exclusive: Africa No Filter launches bird, a story agency

#Exclusive: Africa No Filter launches bird, a story agency

Emily Stander 9 Jul 2021

Africa CDC and MTN launch Covid-19 "One More Push" campaign

Africa CDC and MTN launch Covid-19 "One More Push" campaign

9 Jul 2021

Kantar announces South Africa's Top 20 Best Liked Ads for 2020

Kantar announces South Africa's Top 20 Best Liked Ads for 2020

Kantar 8 Jul 2021

TikTok concludes first Rising Voices initiative

TikTok concludes first Rising Voices initiative

Emily Stander 8 Jul 2021

Failure to report and manage sexual harassment is harming African news media

Failure to report and manage sexual harassment is harming African news media

8 Jul 2021

Young Guns Colorful finalists

COLORFUL finalists get free entry to Young Guns 19

7 Jul 2021

If YouTube isn't in your marketing plan, you're missing out!

Emily Stander 5 Jul 2021

Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Census extended

Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Census extended

2 Jul 2021

Global shopper confidence surging as consumers return to stores - study

30 Jun 2021

#YouthMatters: KFC's Trivern Chetty on nurturing tomorrow's talent

#YouthMatters: KFC's Trivern Chetty on nurturing tomorrow's talent

Lauren Hartzenberg 29 Jun 2021

Facebook announces ad transparency expansion

29 Jun 2021

Entries now open for All African Music Awards (Afrima) 2021

Entries now open for All African Music Awards (Afrima) 2021

28 Jun 2021

Why a competitive local fashion industry needs the creativity of designers

Lauren Hartzenberg 25 Jun 2021

The One Club announces jury for Young Guns 19

24 Jun 2021

Triggerfish launches pan-African Story Artist Lab sponsored by Netflix

Triggerfish launches pan-African Story Artist Lab sponsored by Netflix

24 Jun 2021

#YouthMatters: Chidi Nwaogu, nominee for Techpreneur of the Year at 2021 FOYA Awards

#YouthMatters: Chidi Nwaogu, nominee for Techpreneur of the Year at 2021 FOYA Awards

Evan-Lee Courie 23 Jun 2021

'SeeHer Lens' Award aims to honour work which amplifies gender equality

'SeeHer Lens' Award aims to honour work which amplifies gender equality

23 Jun 2021

Banning African films like Rafiki and Inxeba doesn't diminish their influence

Banning African films like Rafiki and Inxeba doesn't diminish their influence

Gibson Ncube 23 Jun 2021

Aïcha Macky's Zinder wins the Adiaha Award at Encounters 2021

Aïcha Macky's Zinder wins the Adiaha Award at Encounters 2021

22 Jun 2021

Sound Connects Fund calls for applications

Sound Connects Fund calls for applications

22 Jun 2021

Dillon Khan, vice president of Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Viacom International Studios and Creative Services (Africa) ViacomCBS

Empowerment through storytelling: in conversation with Dillon Khan

Emily Stander 21 Jun 2021

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Africities 2022 offers opportunity to examine water issues

Construction & Engineering

Africities 2022 offers opportunity to examine water issues

Simon Thomas 14 Jul 2021

Tourism & Travel

How to revive African tourism after the Covid-19 pandemic

14 Jul 2021

Source: ©Peter Titmuss

Energy & Mining

Botswana begins first iron ore mining project

14 Jul 2021

Covid-19 pandemic is affecting conservation efforts in Madagascar

ESG & Sustainability

Covid-19 pandemic is affecting conservation efforts in Madagascar

Estelle Razanatsoa 13 Jul 2021

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Retail

Tunisian garment workers fight for unpaid wages in pandemic's shadow

Layli Foroudi 13 Jul 2021

Gauteng Growth and Development Agency highlights role of AfCFTA in eliminating poverty

ESG & Sustainability

Gauteng Growth and Development Agency highlights role of AfCFTA in eliminating poverty

13 Jul 2021

New Google report reveals a booming African mobile app market

ICT

New Google report reveals a booming African mobile app market

13 Jul 2021

Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine-pit in Tulwizembe, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, 25 November, 2015. Reuters/Kenny Katombe/File Photo

Energy & Mining

Congo likely to start artisanal cobalt buying

Pratima Desai & Helen Reid 13 Jul 2021

Customers at an ATM at a branch of South Africa's Standard Bank in Cape Town, 15 March, 2016. Reuters/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

Finance

Mozambique central bank fines Standard Bank for fraudulent practices

Manuel Mucari 13 Jul 2021

Top fashion brands remain reliant on synthetics, guilty of greenwashing - report

Retail

Top fashion brands remain reliant on synthetics, guilty of greenwashing - report

12 Jul 2021

Publiseer introduces music licensing services on its platform

Lifestyle

Publiseer introduces music licensing services on its platform

12 Jul 2021

The research was conducted at the Zambia University Teaching Hospital morgue. Salim Dawood/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Latest data from Lusaka morgue analysis shows spike in Covid-19 deaths

Christopher J Gill 12 Jul 2021

Nigerian singing legend Olanrewaju Abdul-Ganiu Fasasi aka Sound Sultan dies

Lifestyle

Nigerian singing legend Olanrewaju Abdul-Ganiu Fasasi aka Sound Sultan dies

12 Jul 2021

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

Construction & Engineering

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

Michelle Nichols 9 Jul 2021

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Construction & Engineering

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

9 Jul 2021

Uganda helps farmers grow trees for money in bid to reverse forest loss

ESG & Sustainability

Uganda helps farmers grow trees for money in bid to reverse forest loss

Christopher Bendana 9 Jul 2021

UN warns excluding women from top jobs threatens Covid-19 recovery

ESG & Sustainability

UN warns excluding women from top jobs threatens Covid-19 recovery

Sharon Kimathi 8 Jul 2021

Space indeed the final frontier for women, says Sal Govender of Bureau Veritas

HR & Management

Space indeed the final frontier for women, says Sal Govender of Bureau Veritas

8 Jul 2021

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Retail

Coca-Cola digital delivery centre planned for Johannesburg

8 Jul 2021

Dubai's DP World to acquire SA logistics firm Imperial for $880m

Logistics & Transport

Dubai's DP World to acquire SA logistics firm Imperial for $880m

8 Jul 2021

Chocolate fix: How the cocoa industry could end deforestation in West Africa

Agriculture

Chocolate fix: How the cocoa industry could end deforestation in West Africa

Sophia Carodenuto 8 Jul 2021

Tunisia pushing UN action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed

Construction & Engineering

Tunisia pushing UN action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed

Michelle Nichols 8 Jul 2021

Sandfire's T3 Motheo Mine. Source: Sandfire

Energy & Mining

Australia's Sandfire gets go-ahead to build Botswana copper mine

8 Jul 2021

Young Kenyan makes a name for himself producing artisan chocolate

Retail

Young Kenyan makes a name for himself producing artisan chocolate

7 Jul 2021

Artisanal chocolate bars are seen on display at Venko Chocolatier in Dakar, Senegal, July 6, 2021. Source: Reuters/Cooper Inveen

Retail

Belgian-Congolese chef opens Senegal's first artisan chocolate shop

Cooper Inveen 7 Jul 2021

Despite pandemic, SA has rallied in charitable giving - global survey

ESG & Sustainability

Despite pandemic, SA has rallied in charitable giving - global survey

7 Jul 2021

Africa Trust Group receives R4.2m in funding from the Shell Foundation

Entrepreneurship

Africa Trust Group receives R4.2m in funding from the Shell Foundation

7 Jul 2021

UN urges Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to recommit to dam talks

Construction & Engineering

UN urges Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to recommit to dam talks

Doyinsola Oladipo 7 Jul 2021

Water is the foundation of the Big Four Agenda

ESG & Sustainability

Water is the foundation of the Big Four Agenda

Simon Thomas 6 Jul 2021

Africa will leapfrog other regions in electric vehicle adoption

Automotive

Africa will leapfrog other regions in electric vehicle adoption

Amel Chadli 6 Jul 2021

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Retail

How Covid-19 accelerated retailer investment in tech

6 Jul 2021

Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam

Construction & Engineering

Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam

Momen Saeed Atallah, Omar Fahmy and Nafisa Eltahir 6 Jul 2021

A solar plant is seen in Uyayna, north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 10, 2018. Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser

Energy & Mining

Botswana issues licence for first large scale solar power plant

6 Jul 2021

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