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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

New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

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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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Source: © Provantege Financial services giant Old Mutual's massive building wrap on a strategic OOH site in the heart of the capital city of Accra, Ghana

Unlocking the potential of Out of Home in Africa

Danette Breitenbach 9 Feb 2022

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Retail and the metaverse: A new world of consumer connection

9 Feb 2022

#BizTrends2022: Telling Africa's stories empathetically

#BizTrends2022: Telling Africa's stories empathetically

Danette Breitenbach 8 Feb 2022

#BizTrends2022: Afrobeats, the new frontier for marketers

#BizTrends2022: Afrobeats, the new frontier for marketers

Danette Breitenbach 8 Feb 2022

How Decorex Africa is being reimagined in 2022

How Decorex Africa is being reimagined in 2022

8 Feb 2022

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South Africans prolific internet users says study

Juliet Gillies 8 Feb 2022

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Are digital platforms eating (good) journalism's lunch?

Danette Breitenbach 4 Feb 2022

Hugo Boss rebrands, partners with African TikToker Khaby Lame

Hugo Boss rebrands, partners with African TikToker Khaby Lame

2 Feb 2022

Source: New York Times

New York Times acquires Wordle

2 Feb 2022

Source: © fabio formaggio OOH is one of the mediums leading the recovery in 2021

2021: Year of recovery for marketing budgets globally

1 Feb 2022

Emerging African filmmakers shortlisted for 'African Folktales, Reimagined'

Emerging African filmmakers shortlisted for 'African Folktales, Reimagined'

1 Feb 2022

2022 MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy calls for entries

2022 MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy calls for entries

1 Feb 2022

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Study into PR & communications industry in Africa launched

31 Jan 2022

Luxury giant invites startups to enter LVMH Innovation Award 2022

Luxury giant invites startups to enter LVMH Innovation Award 2022

31 Jan 2022

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#BizTrends2022: The agency-marketer relationship

Johanna McDowell 31 Jan 2022

Source: © Stafford Ondego The Standard Group's converged, modern, digital-first newsroom during its official launch in November 2021

Data, not journalism, the key to a successful paywall

Danette Breitenbach 31 Jan 2022

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SABC fires head of news

29 Jan 2022

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5 social commerce trends changing how we shop & sell

Greg Bailie 27 Jan 2022

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4 fundamental principles for great agency client service

Jarred Cinman 27 Jan 2022

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Unilever to cull 1,500 jobs in major restructuring

26 Jan 2022

No African brands in Brand Finance Global 500 2022 Report

26 Jan 2022

KFC names Nolo Thobejane as new head for rest of sub-Saharan Africa

KFC names Nolo Thobejane as new head for rest of sub-Saharan Africa

25 Jan 2022

Iconic fashion designer Thierry Mugler dies

Iconic fashion designer Thierry Mugler dies

24 Jan 2022

Pete Case, new interim CEO of Ogilvy

EXCLUSIVE: Pete Case: coming full circle with Ogilvy

Danette Breitenbach 24 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: Think unconventionally. Win lavishly.

#BizTrends2022: Think unconventionally. Win lavishly.

Ndeye Diagne, Kantar 21 Jan 2022

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African creatives named in New York Festivals Advertising Awards grand jury

21 Jan 2022

Cape Town-based gaming startup Carry1st raises $20m from Google and A16z

Cape Town-based gaming startup Carry1st raises $20m from Google and A16z

20 Jan 2022

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Intl company acquires local media sales company, Ad Dynamo

20 Jan 2022

2022 Pan-African (Re)Insurance Journalism Awards opens entries

2022 Pan-African (Re)Insurance Journalism Awards opens entries

20 Jan 2022

Source: Wunderman Thompson

Wunderman Thompson reveals The Future 100: 2022

19 Jan 2022

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Covid vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

Logistics & Transport

Covid vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

Jonathan Munemo 9 Feb 2022

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Retail

ADM grows reach in Africa with takeover of SA's Comhan

9 Feb 2022

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Construction & Engineering

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Andrea Shalal 9 Feb 2022

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Retail

Retail and the metaverse: A new world of consumer connection

9 Feb 2022

Registration opens for Africa Travel Week 2022

Tourism & Travel

Registration opens for Africa Travel Week 2022

8 Feb 2022

How Decorex Africa is being reimagined in 2022

Retail

How Decorex Africa is being reimagined in 2022

8 Feb 2022

Nairobi's prime residential sale prices show marginal improvement in H2 2021

Property

Nairobi's prime residential sale prices show marginal improvement in H2 2021

8 Feb 2022

Namibia aims for first-ever oil output by 2026 after Shell discovery

Energy & Mining

Namibia aims for first-ever oil output by 2026 after Shell discovery

Wendell Roelf and Ron Bousso 8 Feb 2022

MDS Architecture helps evolve mixed-use structure in Accra into office building

Construction & Engineering

MDS Architecture helps evolve mixed-use structure in Accra into office building

7 Feb 2022

Residential overtook offices in 2021 as largest sector for property investment

Property

Residential overtook offices in 2021 as largest sector for property investment

7 Feb 2022

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Agriculture

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Ratemo Michieka 7 Feb 2022

AIIM in bidding race for $2bn African renewables firm Lekela - sources

Energy & Mining

AIIM in bidding race for $2bn African renewables firm Lekela - sources

Emma Rumney and Isla Binnie 7 Feb 2022

Exploded Nigerian oil storage vessel had up to 60,000 barrels before incident

Energy & Mining

Exploded Nigerian oil storage vessel had up to 60,000 barrels before incident

7 Feb 2022

Ethiopian Airlines' B737 Max returns to the skies

Tourism & Travel

Ethiopian Airlines' B737 Max returns to the skies

4 Feb 2022

Kenya Mortgage Refinance starts selling first bond to boost home ownership

Property

Kenya Mortgage Refinance starts selling first bond to boost home ownership

George Obulutsa 4 Feb 2022

Oil vessel Trinity Spirit explodes off coast of Nigeria

Energy & Mining

Oil vessel Trinity Spirit explodes off coast of Nigeria

Tife Owolabi 4 Feb 2022

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Agriculture

Global food prices rise in January

3 Feb 2022

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Construction & Engineering

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Md Sazan Rahman 3 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied. Senegal's Regional Express Train, co-financed by the African Development Bank, was launched in December 2021.

Finance

African Development Bank to close continent's infrastructure gap

2 Feb 2022

Hugo Boss rebrands, partners with African TikToker Khaby Lame

Retail

Hugo Boss rebrands, partners with African TikToker Khaby Lame

2 Feb 2022

How a humble mushroom could save forests and fight climate change

Agriculture

How a humble mushroom could save forests and fight climate change

Paul W Thomas 2 Feb 2022

Open call for startups to join ImpactAim SDGs Tech pre-accelerator

Entrepreneurship

Open call for startups to join ImpactAim SDGs Tech pre-accelerator

2 Feb 2022

TotalEnergies aims to restart $20bn Mozambique LNG project in 2022

Energy & Mining

TotalEnergies aims to restart $20bn Mozambique LNG project in 2022

Emma Rumney 1 Feb 2022

Nearly 40% of people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food - UN WFP

ESG & Sustainability

Nearly 40% of people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food - UN WFP

Giulia Paravicini 31 Jan 2022

Luxury giant invites startups to enter LVMH Innovation Award 2022

Retail

Luxury giant invites startups to enter LVMH Innovation Award 2022

31 Jan 2022

Why SEZs will play a major role in Africa's mining industry future

Energy & Mining

Why SEZs will play a major role in Africa's mining industry future

Thibault Serlet 31 Jan 2022

Retail in Africa: Set your FMCG business up for long-term growth on the continent

Retail

Retail in Africa: Set your FMCG business up for long-term growth on the continent

Trade Intelligence 31 Jan 2022

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Agriculture

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Denis J Murphy 31 Jan 2022

Adidas embarks on global hiring spree

Retail

Adidas embarks on global hiring spree

31 Jan 2022

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