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Coca-Cola's iconic Holiday Magic advert created by AI leaves fans feeling sick

Source: © 123rf PRCA Africa’s Internship Charter has been launched

PRCA Africa's Internship Charter drives best practices across Africa’s PR Industry

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Outlook: E-commerce and the race for rapid delivery

Outlook: E-commerce and the race for rapid delivery

Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Feb 2022

Wish rolls out shoppable video feature Wish Clips

Wish rolls out shoppable video feature Wish Clips

18 Feb 2022

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First pan-African ESG communications agency launched

17 Feb 2022

4 kinds of sharing to increase market share

4 kinds of sharing to increase market share

Bizcommunity.com 17 Feb 2022

Outlook for Africa's snack foods industry in 2022 and beyond

Outlook for Africa's snack foods industry in 2022 and beyond

Francois Robertson 15 Feb 2022

5 ways Africa can prepare for COP27

5 ways Africa can prepare for COP27

Jean-Paul Adam 15 Feb 2022

Newspapers are pictured after Nigeria government announced the lifting of Twitter ban in Abuja, Nigeria, 13 January 2022. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

Rights group goes to court to get Nigeria to publish agreement with Twitter

14 Feb 2022

Realness African Screenwriters' Residency calls for applications

Realness African Screenwriters' Residency calls for applications

14 Feb 2022

World Radio Day: APO Group launches Radio News Release - the first content distribution service dedicated to radio in Africa

World Radio Day: APO Group launches Radio News Release - the first content distribution service dedicated to radio in Africa

APO Group 11 Feb 2022

Finalists announced for Henrike Grohs Art Award 2022

Finalists announced for Henrike Grohs Art Award 2022

11 Feb 2022

10 ways to meet 2022 digital marketing trends using your email signature

10 ways to meet 2022 digital marketing trends using your email signature

Rocketseed 10 Feb 2022

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

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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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Wish rolls out shoppable video feature Wish Clips

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18 Feb 2022

Ben Woodhams steps down as MD of Knight Frank Kenya

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Ben Woodhams steps down as MD of Knight Frank Kenya

17 Feb 2022

Kenya's dairy sector is failing to meet domestic demand. How it can raise its game

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Kenya's dairy sector is failing to meet domestic demand. How it can raise its game

Timothy Njagi Njeru 16 Feb 2022

Outlook for Africa's snack foods industry in 2022 and beyond

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Outlook for Africa's snack foods industry in 2022 and beyond

Francois Robertson 15 Feb 2022

David Adjaye named first recipient of Charlotte Perriand Award

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David Adjaye named first recipient of Charlotte Perriand Award

15 Feb 2022

5 ways Africa can prepare for COP27

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5 ways Africa can prepare for COP27

Jean-Paul Adam 15 Feb 2022

Coca-Cola sets goal to make 25% of packaging reusable by 2030

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Coca-Cola sets goal to make 25% of packaging reusable by 2030

14 Feb 2022

Newspapers are pictured after Nigeria government announced the lifting of Twitter ban in Abuja, Nigeria, 13 January 2022. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

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Rights group goes to court to get Nigeria to publish agreement with Twitter

14 Feb 2022

New Rio Tinto chair to weigh CEO's future amid toxic culture crisis - sources

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Clara Denina and Helen Reid 14 Feb 2022

Nigeria's Oando says it did not import substandard gasoline

Energy & Mining

Nigeria's Oando says it did not import substandard gasoline

11 Feb 2022

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Retail

Bounty Apparel becomes exclusive distributor of Reebok in SA, SADC

11 Feb 2022

World Court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC

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World Court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC

Stephanie van den Berg 10 Feb 2022

EU to invest €1.6bn in Morocco's green, digital transition

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EU to invest €1.6bn in Morocco's green, digital transition

10 Feb 2022

Covid vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

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Covid vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

Jonathan Munemo 9 Feb 2022

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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

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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

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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

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