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

Africa Tech Festival 2024 saw some pushback against the traditional beliefs around affordable connectivity.

#ATF24: Solving Africa's smartphone cost struggle

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New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

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Libri, a book distributor which operates in the German-speaking market

Publiseer starts distributing books through Libri

19 Jul 2021

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

Dentsu Africa launches Finance, banking and insurance like never before

Dentsu Africa launches Finance, banking and insurance like never before

Dentsu 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

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A nurse prepares a dose of the Sinopharm coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at Wilkins Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe, March 24, 2021. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Healthcare

Vaccine-starved Namibia receives Sinopharm boost

19 Jul 2021

Electricity is vital for improving the quality of life of many in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
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Energy & Mining

Banning fossil fuels in sub-Saharan Africa could slow the transition to renewable energy

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 16 Jul 2021

Funeral workers wearing personal protective equipment carry a casket during the burial of a Covid-19 victim, amid a nationwide coronavirus disease (Covid-19) lockdown, at the Olifantsvlei cemetery, south-west of Joburg, South Africa 6 January, 2021. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Healthcare

Covid-19 deaths in Africa surge 43% week-on-week, WHO says

16 Jul 2021

Artisanal miners work at the Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 11 June, 2016. Reuters/Kenny Katombe

Energy & Mining

Congo's cobalt monopoly to set price floor for artisanal miners

16 Jul 2021

A woman walks over pipelines crisscrossing Ogoniland in Rivers State, Nigeria 18 September, 2020. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde//File Photo

Energy & Mining

Factbox: Nigeria's oil overhaul faces last battles over fuel, northern drilling

15 Jul 2021

Mauritius welcomes back international travellers

Tourism & Travel

Mauritius welcomes back international travellers

15 Jul 2021

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

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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

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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

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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

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