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

LinkedIn boost B2B marketing intelligence with Companies Hub

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).

WPP and UMG form partnership connecting audiences through music

18 Dec 2024

Triggerfish and Unesco launch animation initiative for African women

Triggerfish and Unesco launch animation initiative for African women

10 Dec 2024

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File photo: A computer keyboard lit by a displayed cyber code is seen in this illustration picture taken on 1 March 2017. Reuters/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo

Senegalese government websites hit with cyberattack

Reuters 29 May 2023

Big senior leadership shakeup at Nike

Big senior leadership shakeup at Nike

26 May 2023

Luxury retail execs bullish about rising revenues

Luxury retail execs bullish about rising revenues

25 May 2023

SustainAFRICAbility: 5 action points from brands this Africa Day

SustainAFRICAbility: 5 action points from brands this Africa Day

Astrid Ricketts, Kantar 25 May 2023

Image supplied by Regine le Roux. Photographer: David Itumbi (Kenya). (L to r) Derick Chiweshe (Zambia), Hazel Zulu (Zambia), Davies Mupenda (Zambia), Pamela Mupoti (Zambia), Regine le Roux (South Africa) , Katasha Ponya (Zambia)

#AfricaMonth: Creative Africa - Exploring the PR potential of Africa as an emerging economic & reputation powerhouse

Regine le Roux 24 May 2023

Africa Day 2023: Our Africa, our future

Africa Day 2023: Our Africa, our future

Stellenbosch University Language Centre 23 May 2023

Pitcher Awards 2023: Nigeria brings it home for Africa

Karabo Ledwaba 22 May 2023

Lesotho imposes nationwide curfew on residents after journalist killed

19 May 2023

Tunisia police to investigate 2 top journalists, radio station says

Tarek Amara, Sonali Paul 19 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Yellow Card's chief executive officer, Chris Maurice

#AfricaMonth: How Yellow Card hit 1 million users in pursuit of inclusive finance

Katja Hamilton 18 May 2023

Source © Christina Wocintechchat Adhering to ethical standards remains essential for the best practices in public relations (PR) and communication in Africa

Ethical standards essential to PR industry in Africa

18 May 2023

Tunisia detains 2 students over satirical song criticising police

Tarek Amara, Angus MacSwan 17 May 2023

Source © Matthias Ziegler Poor evaluation and measurement are one of the biggest threats to the African public relations (PR) and communications industry

Lack of evaluation methods and measurement a threat to African PR industry

Danette Breitenbach 17 May 2023

Source: Twitter/@BlockchainZA

#AfricaMonth: Why Web3 needs Africa and what you can do about it?

Katja Hamilton 15 May 2023

#AfricaMonth: KFC's Akhona Qengqe talks QSR in Africa and building the continent's talent engine

#AfricaMonth: KFC's Akhona Qengqe talks QSR in Africa and building the continent's talent engine

Lauren Hartzenberg 15 May 2023

All the judges for 2023 NYF AME Awards

11 May 2023

Image supplied. Greg Bailie, sales lead, global business solutions, TikTok - sub-Saharan Africa. Tiktok is the official Loeries digital cateogry partner

TikTok for Business partners with Loeries digital category

9 May 2023

Image supplied. (left to right) AuthenticA Series Lab 2022 participant Tony Sebastian Ukpo, Penny Christodoulou Storyboard Collective, mentor Mehret Mandefro, story consultant Selina Ukwuoma, 2022 participant Chantel Clark, 2022 participant Jessica Leanne Hagan, 2022participant Angela Wanjiku Wamai and programme director Elias Ribeiro

2nd edition of the AuthenticA Series Lab opens for submissions

9 May 2023

Gunmen kill journalist in restive northwest Cameroon, says union

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 8 May 2023

Puma inks exclusive multi-year licensing deal with Formula 1

Puma inks exclusive multi-year licensing deal with Formula 1

8 May 2023

Siblings present first locally produced digital series from Disney Africa

Siblings present first locally produced digital series from Disney Africa

5 May 2023

Source © Premium Times The number of Nigerian customers choosing to engage and transact with brands online is increasing

More Nigerian customers engage and transact with brands online

Olatayo Ladipo-Ajai 5 May 2023

Adrian Ephraim is the editor-in-chief at Tech Cabal. Source: Supplied.

#AfricaMonth: Adrian Ephraim talks new role at Tech Cabal

Karabo Ledwaba 3 May 2023

Al Jazeera journalist freed from pretrial detention in Egypt

Farah Saafan, Nick Macfie 2 May 2023

The two agencies signed a deal to target the AFrican market. Source: Supplied.

Alfa Destiny announces partnership with Kenya's AM Communications

24 Apr 2023

Middle East and Africa sees 21% digital commerce growth despite global dip - Salesforce

Middle East and Africa sees 21% digital commerce growth despite global dip - Salesforce

24 Apr 2023

Vincent Viviers, omnichannel retail executive at Pick n Pay, at Ecom Africa. Source: Lauren Hartzenberg

#EcomAfrica: 5 need-to-know trends shaping the future of e-commerce

Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Apr 2023

Alice Aedy, Andrew Burgess, Jade Roche and Luke Jaque-Rodney. Source: Supplied

New Puma project gives young changemakers a seat at the sustainability table

20 Apr 2023

Court rules Meta can be sued in Kenya over alleged unlawful redundancies

Ayenat Mersie 20 Apr 2023

Kantar's award-winning ads - the funny is back

Kantar's award-winning ads - the funny is back

Kantar 18 Apr 2023

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Botswana president insists on bigger share of diamonds from De Beers venture

Energy & Mining

Botswana president insists on bigger share of diamonds from De Beers venture

Brian Benza 26 May 2023

ESG & Sustainability

UN gets $2.4bn in pledges for Horn of Africa aid efforts

Michelle Nichols 26 May 2023

Big senior leadership shakeup at Nike

Retail

Big senior leadership shakeup at Nike

26 May 2023

Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time - IEA

Energy & Mining

Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time - IEA

Noah Browning 25 May 2023

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Healthcare

Namibia declares outbreak of Crimean-Congo fever after patient dies

Nyasha Nyaungwa 25 May 2023

Luxury retail execs bullish about rising revenues

Retail

Luxury retail execs bullish about rising revenues

25 May 2023

African architects challenge Venice exhibition to decolonise and start new conversations

Construction & Engineering

African architects challenge Venice exhibition to decolonise and start new conversations

Tomà Berlanda 25 May 2023

Hyphen and Namibia agree next phase of $10bn green hydrogen project

Energy & Mining

Hyphen and Namibia agree next phase of $10bn green hydrogen project

Wendell Roelf and Nyasha Nyaungwa 25 May 2023

TotalEnergies prepares for Mozambique LNG restart

Energy & Mining

TotalEnergies prepares for Mozambique LNG restart

America Hernandez 24 May 2023

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Legal

#AfricaMonth: 11 reasons to celebrate Africa's bright future

Baker McKenzie Africa Team 24 May 2023

2 South Africans in the running for Africa Education Medal 2023

Education

2 South Africans in the running for Africa Education Medal 2023

23 May 2023

Dangote launches Africa's biggest oil refinery - 4 ways it will affect Nigeria

Energy & Mining

Dangote launches Africa's biggest oil refinery - 4 ways it will affect Nigeria

Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi 23 May 2023

Healthcare

BetaLife Health makes headway in Africa with AI-backed blood donations

22 May 2023

Grand infrastructure projects aren't a magic bullet for industrial development - insights from Ghana and Kenya

Construction & Engineering

Grand infrastructure projects aren't a magic bullet for industrial development - insights from Ghana and Kenya

Seth Schindler and Tom Gillespie 22 May 2023

Finance

#BizTrends: The importance of financial inclusion and how the banking value chain will be reinvented

Clinton Abbott 19 May 2023

Woolworths recalls chicken viennas in South Africa and Botswana

Retail

Woolworths recalls chicken viennas in South Africa and Botswana

19 May 2023

Ghana raises electricity tariffs by more than 18%

Energy & Mining

Ghana raises electricity tariffs by more than 18%

Christian Akorlie 19 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Yellow Card's chief executive officer, Chris Maurice

Finance

#AfricaMonth: How Yellow Card hit 1 million users in pursuit of inclusive finance

Katja Hamilton 18 May 2023

#EnlitAfrica2023: Technology key to Africa's just energy transition

Energy & Mining

#EnlitAfrica2023: Technology key to Africa's just energy transition

18 May 2023

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Legal

Namibia's top court recognises same-sex marriages formed elsewhere

Nyasha Nyaungwa and Anait Miridzhanian 17 May 2023

Source: Supplied.

Finance

Unifi unveils third branch in Kenya

17 May 2023

Generative AI and sustainability driving investment in tourism technology

Tourism & Travel

Generative AI and sustainability driving investment in tourism technology

17 May 2023

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

Energy & Mining

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

Sindy Peters 16 May 2023

Tadeu Marroco, new chief executive of BAT. Source: Supplied

Retail

Tadeu Marroco takes the helm at British American Tobacco

16 May 2023

Ivory Coast entrepreneur pours love and patriotism into fine chocolate

Entrepreneurship

Ivory Coast entrepreneur pours love and patriotism into fine chocolate

16 May 2023

UCT retains top spot in Africa

Education

UCT retains top spot in Africa

16 May 2023

Nigeria needs $12bn to clean up Bayelsa oil spills - report

Energy & Mining

Nigeria needs $12bn to clean up Bayelsa oil spills - report

MacDonald Dzirutwe 16 May 2023

Source: Twitter/@BlockchainZA

Finance

#AfricaMonth: Why Web3 needs Africa and what you can do about it?

Katja Hamilton 15 May 2023

AfDB proposes 'fast-track' compensation for Zim's White ex-farmers

Agriculture

AfDB proposes 'fast-track' compensation for Zim's White ex-farmers

Nyasha Chingono 15 May 2023

#AfricaMonth: KFC's Akhona Qengqe talks QSR in Africa and building the continent's talent engine

Retail

#AfricaMonth: KFC's Akhona Qengqe talks QSR in Africa and building the continent's talent engine

Lauren Hartzenberg 15 May 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

Air pollution is a hidden pandemic in Africa - tips on how to reduce your exposure and help combat it

Gabriel Okello and Meelan Thondoo 12 May 2023

#AfricaTechWeek: Unleashing the power of AI in Africa: Expert insights and predictions

ICT

#AfricaTechWeek: Unleashing the power of AI in Africa: Expert insights and predictions

Imran Salie 12 May 2023

Oil prices fall, set for fourth weekly drop, as demand fears weigh

Energy & Mining

Oil prices fall, set for fourth weekly drop, as demand fears weigh

Yuka Obayashi and Andrew Hayley 12 May 2023

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