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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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The panel was revealed in Taiwan. Source: Supplied.

Wan-Ifra launches expert panel to guide the news industry

30 Jun 2023

Manuel Bordé is Jury President. Source: Supplied.

NYF Advertising Awards announces inaugural Creative Commerce Category Jury

29 Jun 2023

9 female African film professionals selected for Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy

9 female African film professionals selected for Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy

28 Jun 2023

Client training addresses skills gaps and can even help build new business units

Client training addresses skills gaps and can even help build new business units

Incubeta 27 Jun 2023

The Bar (left to right) co-founders Yash Deb, Animesh Deb, Marls Truter, and Shounak Guhathakurta

Africa's newest creative agency: Raising the Bar

Danette Breitenbach 26 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Nestle ramps up Nigeria raw material sourcing as forex squeeze bites

Richa Naidu 26 Jun 2023

Epica Awards introduces AI juror to enhance judging

23 Jun 2023

Source: Instagram.

Rihanna appoints new CEO for Savage X Fenty

23 Jun 2023

Tunisian journalist detained after criticising president

Tarek Amara, Stephen Coates 21 Jun 2023

Pharrell Williams sparks joy with his first Louis Vuitton Men's Wear Collection

Pharrell Williams sparks joy with his first Louis Vuitton Men's Wear Collection

21 Jun 2023

#BehindtheBrandManager: Lauren Burmeister, category lead for gum, candy, beverages & meals at Mondelēz

#BehindtheBrandManager: Lauren Burmeister, category lead for gum, candy, beverages & meals at Mondelēz

Karabo Ledwaba 20 Jun 2023

YouTubes latest Black Voices Fund gathering was held in Kenya. Source: Supplied.

YouTube's Black Voices Fund initiative celebrates 2023 grantees

19 Jun 2023

The Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands 2023

The Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands 2023

Kantar 14 Jun 2023

Image supplied. This year the Africa region of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Awards boasts six Gold Quills Awards and two special awards

African communicators boast 6 Gold Quills and 2 special awards at IABC

13 Jun 2023

The 2022 LYC's Rewrite the Script campaign launches on Instagram

The 2022 LYC's Rewrite the Script campaign launches on Instagram

8 Jun 2023

Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes dies shortly before retirement

Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes dies shortly before retirement

7 Jun 2023

Celebrating African creativity: Lucky Star and Chepa Streetwear collab on Phatsimo collection

Celebrating African creativity: Lucky Star and Chepa Streetwear collab on Phatsimo collection

Lauren Hartzenberg 7 Jun 2023

Africa's most valuable brands demonstrate resilience and growth as MTN remains dominant

Africa's most valuable brands demonstrate resilience and growth as MTN remains dominant

1 Jun 2023

Dr Marcel Mbamalu: The sole African to represent the continent in the 2023 Jefferson Fellowships

Dr Marcel Mbamalu: The sole African to represent the continent in the 2023 Jefferson Fellowships

1 Jun 2023

Image supplied. Ogilvy Africa officially launched InfluenceO, its end-to-end influence solution for businesses, brands, and creators in Africa for influencer marketing recently.

Ogilvy Africa launches InfluenceO, an end-to-end influence solution for Africa

1 Jun 2023

Jared Carver named new Converse CEO

Jared Carver named new Converse CEO

1 Jun 2023

All the reasons every CMO needs a specialist services advertising agency

All the reasons every CMO needs a specialist services advertising agency

Paul Middleton, Ebony+Ivory 31 May 2023

#DoMore and #GetMore: The full Biz Sponsorship menu

#DoMore and #GetMore: The full Biz Sponsorship menu

Bizcommunity.com 29 May 2023

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

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Retail

Chocolate-making ingredient cocoa hits highest price in 46 years

Maytaal Angel and Marcelo Teixeira 29 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Sandra Villars, senior advisor to Oliver Wyman.

Finance

Why African banks need to embrace non-financial disclosures, and fast

Sandra Villars 28 Jun 2023

Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new but bringing them up to scale will require further development

Agriculture

Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new but bringing them up to scale will require further development

André O. Hudson 28 Jun 2023

Legal

TotalEnergies faces second lawsuit over Uganda oil projects

America Hernandez 27 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters/Toby Melville

Energy & Mining

Nigeria investigates Shell's Trans Niger pipeline spill

Tife Owolabi 27 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Wikimedia Commons

Finance

Africa needs its own credit rating agency: here's how it could work

Misheck Mutize 27 Jun 2023

SMMEs need help in alleviating SA's jobs crisis

Entrepreneurship

SMMEs need help in alleviating SA's jobs crisis

26 Jun 2023

Source: - OceanGate

Tourism & Travel

Danger, prestige and authenticity draw thrill-seekers to adventure tourism

Scott Smith 26 Jun 2023

Boosting Africa's energy transition - initiatives, funding and investment

Energy & Mining

Boosting Africa's energy transition - initiatives, funding and investment

Kieran Whyte et al. 26 Jun 2023

Source: @WHOSouthSudan

Finance

Banks and WHO launch investment platform to strengthen primary healthcare services

26 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Retail

Nestle ramps up Nigeria raw material sourcing as forex squeeze bites

Richa Naidu 26 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Sherilyn Kamga, senior strategic finance analyst at Talend.

Finance

#YouthMonth: Navigating the intersection of finance and tech in FinOps

Katja Hamilton 23 Jun 2023

Methane gas explosion killed 31 in disused Free State mine

Energy & Mining

Methane gas explosion killed 31 in disused Free State mine

Carien du Plessis and Felix Njini 23 Jun 2023

Growing the African aviation industry increasingly relies on technology

ICT

Growing the African aviation industry increasingly relies on technology

Brett Preston 23 Jun 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

Rwanda and partners to seek further €300m for climate resilience

George Obulutsa 23 Jun 2023

Senegal seals €2.5bn green energy deal with richer nations

Energy & Mining

Senegal seals €2.5bn green energy deal with richer nations

Elizabeth Pineau and John Irish 23 Jun 2023

Source: Instagram.

Retail

Rihanna appoints new CEO for Savage X Fenty

23 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Abbott's uninterrupted streak: 398th consecutive quarterly dividend declared

22 Jun 2023

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Agriculture

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Christopher Oluwakunmi Akinbile 22 Jun 2023

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

Agriculture

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

21 Jun 2023

Insights from Milan Design Week 2023: a journey towards light innovation

Property

Insights from Milan Design Week 2023: a journey towards light innovation

Martin Döller 21 Jun 2023

ExxonMobil president Karen McKee named 2023 ICIS CEO of the Year

Energy & Mining

ExxonMobil president Karen McKee named 2023 ICIS CEO of the Year

21 Jun 2023

Engie, Meridiam to acquire 100% of BTE Renewables

Energy & Mining

Engie, Meridiam to acquire 100% of BTE Renewables

21 Jun 2023

Pharrell Williams sparks joy with his first Louis Vuitton Men's Wear Collection

Retail

Pharrell Williams sparks joy with his first Louis Vuitton Men's Wear Collection

21 Jun 2023

File photo: A vehicle carries untreated phosphate after being dropped off on a mountain at a phosphate mine at Boucraa factory of the National Moroccan phosphate company (OCP) situated in the southern provinces, 100km southwest of the town of Laayoune 18 February 2016. Reuters/Youssef Boudlal/File Photo

ESG & Sustainability

Morocco's OCP plans $7bn green ammonia plant to avert supply problems

20 Jun 2023

US should accelerate funding of Nigeria's energy transition, says Tinubu

Energy & Mining

US should accelerate funding of Nigeria's energy transition, says Tinubu

Felix Onuah 20 Jun 2023

Kenya signs trade deal with European Union to safeguard exports

Agriculture

Kenya signs trade deal with European Union to safeguard exports

Duncan Miriri 19 Jun 2023

Tourism & Travel

Turkey strives to rank among the world's top 3 tourism destinations

19 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Binance issues cease and desist notice to "Binance Nigeria Limited"

Gursimran Kaur 19 Jun 2023

Africa needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks

Agriculture

Africa needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks

Carien du Plessis, Chris Mfula and Elias Biryabarema 15 Jun 2023

File photo: Farmers use a threshing machine as they harvest their wheat crop at a farmland on an island on the River Nile next to the capital city of Cairo, Egypt 11 May 2023. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

Tourism & Travel

Qatar in talks with Egypt's wealth fund over hotels investment - sources

Hadeel Al Sayegh, Andrew Mills and Patrick Werr 15 Jun 2023

Riham ElGizy, CEO of Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company (RVCMC), speaks during a Reuters interview ahead of the voluntary auction of carbon credits, with projects in Kenya, Rwanda, Egypt and South Africa, at the auction in Nairobi, Kenya, 14 June 2023. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

ESG & Sustainability

Saudi companies buy 2.2 million tonnes of carbon credits in Kenya auction

Duncan Miriri 15 Jun 2023

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