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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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Warc and TikTok's connect media report tells brands to focus on relevance

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Meta has unleashed its AI assistant into all of its social media apps.

Meta slides AI assistant into DMs in 7 African countries

Lindsey Schutters 22 Apr 2024

Tunisia jails journalist Mohamed Boughalleb for 6 months

Tarek Amara 18 Apr 2024

The dynamic trends shaping Africa in 2024 and its impact on brands for the future

The dynamic trends shaping Africa in 2024 and its impact on brands for the future

Roxanne Graber, Omnicom Media Group 16 Apr 2024

Source: © The Food for Mzansi Group won three Wan-Ifra Digital Media Africa 2024 Awards

South African digital publishers make clean sweep of Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2024

16 Apr 2024

Source: © Modern Marketing Kalay Maistry and Dustin Chick, Razor PR, Nevashnee Naicker, Anglo American, and Ryan Woor, M&C Saatchi Talk at the 2023 Sabre EMEA Awards

Multiple Sabre Awards for SA PR agencies, with five awards for Razor PR

15 Apr 2024

Unilever's Elizabeth Mokwena is on the jury Source: LinkedIN.

Big representation from Africa at Cannes Lions 2024

Karabo Ledwaba 11 Apr 2024

Source: © 123rf The Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa finalists have been announced

Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa finalists

9 Apr 2024

Marian Scala is the acting NTT SVP of Marketing & Demand Generation. Source: Supplied.

Dimension Data fully rebrands to NTT Data in MEA region

Karabo Ledwaba 3 Apr 2024

News flash: Calling all businesses with an Africa expansion strategy

News flash: Calling all businesses with an Africa expansion strategy

Shift Social Development 2 Apr 2024

All SA consultancies named in Provoke Media 2024 EMEA Consultancies Of The Year Africa shortlist

All SA consultancies named in Provoke Media 2024 EMEA Consultancies Of The Year Africa shortlist

25 Mar 2024

MTN revenue up, but naira drags profit down

Nqobile Dludla 25 Mar 2024

Egypt frees last of Al Jazeera journalists it had detained

Farah Saafan and Andrew Mills 25 Mar 2024

Kenya tells TikTok to show it is complying with privacy laws

Duncan Miriri 22 Mar 2024

The backlit fabric lightbox revolutionises displays

The backlit fabric lightbox revolutionises displays

Scan Display 20 Mar 2024

Detained Congolese journalist Bujakera has been freed, lawyer says

Bate Felix 20 Mar 2024

TikTok and the African Union Commission Forge Multi-Year Partnership. Source: Supplied.

TikTok and AU Commission launch #SaferTogether for digital safety in Africa

18 Mar 2024

Elevating the African digital and influencer marketing landscape with Style ID Africa

Elevating the African digital and influencer marketing landscape with Style ID Africa

Savon Matjane, Style ID 6 Mar 2024

Pretoria to host first World Conference of Science Journalists on African soil in 2025

5 Mar 2024

Exploring the vibrant diversity of Africa's music scene

1 Mar 2024

Ethiopian police release French journalist after a week, employer says

Urvi Dugar and Akanksha Khushi 1 Mar 2024

Congolese journalist denied provisional release after months in detention

Ange Kasongo, Nellie Peyton and Bate Felix 29 Feb 2024

Geoff Seeley is the CMO for PayPal. Source: PayPal.

PayPal appoints Geoff Seeley as new CMO amid job cuts

Karabo Ledwaba 27 Feb 2024

Ethiopian police arrest French journalist, employer says

Giulia Paravicini 26 Feb 2024

Nervous Conditions: On translating one of Zimbabwe’s most famous novels into Shona

Tinashe Mushakavanhu 22 Feb 2024

Bridging generations: Unveiling nuances in the African market and crafting inclusive brand strategies

Dentsu 21 Feb 2024

Source: © ZNBC This year marks the tenth anniversary the death of the BBC News Komla Dumor

A decade of honouring Komla Dumor: BBC News Award search begins

19 Feb 2024

Top 16 Youth Owned Brands Awards expands to include Pan African categories

16 Feb 2024

Source: © Unesco Today radio celebrates 100 years

#WorldRadioDay: Celebrating a century of informing, entertaining and educating

Danette Breitenbach 13 Feb 2024

Tyler ICU won song of the year. Source: Supplied.

All the 2023 TikTok Top Creator Award winners

12 Feb 2024

Scan Display wins South African exhibition industry awards

Scan Display wins South African exhibition industry awards

Scan Display 12 Feb 2024

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Source: Supplied

Tourism & Travel

ATM 2024 to explore transformative innovation, entrepreneurship in global travel

23 Apr 2024

Meta has unleashed its AI assistant into all of its social media apps.

ICT

Meta slides AI assistant into DMs in 7 African countries

Lindsey Schutters 22 Apr 2024

Source: Aleksandar Pasaric/Pexels

Energy & Mining

Anglo maintains innocence as Kabwe claimants given leave to appeal

Lindsey Schutters 22 Apr 2024

Energy & Mining

Galp Energia says Mopane oil field contains 10bn barrels

Sergio Goncalves 22 Apr 2024

Nigeria suffered 46 grid collapses between 2017 and 2023

Energy & Mining

Nigeria suffers 5th grid collapse of 2024

Isaac Anyaogu 15 Apr 2024

Energy & Mining

OPEC courts Namibia as country embraces energy resources

Natalie Grover and Wendell Roelf 15 Apr 2024

A bird perches on an elephant as it walks at the Amboseli National Park in Kajiado County, Kenya, 4 April 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi

ESG & Sustainability

Elephant deaths trigger Kenyan call for Tanzania to curb hunts

Duncan Miriri 11 Apr 2024

Calling all innovators: Global Startup Awards Africa 2024 seeks final entries

Entrepreneurship

Calling all innovators: Global Startup Awards Africa 2024 seeks final entries

10 Apr 2024

OceanHub Africa launches 5th acceleration programme for ocean-minded startups

Entrepreneurship

OceanHub Africa launches 5th acceleration programme for ocean-minded startups

10 Apr 2024

Farmers work at a cocoa farm in Daloa, Ivory Coast, 3 October 2023. Reuters/Ange Aboa/File Photo

ESG & Sustainability

EU will not delay deforestation law, environment chief says on Ivory Coast visit

Ange Aboa 8 Apr 2024

A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Finance

Zimbabwe launches gold-backed currency to replace battered local dollar

Nyasha Chingono 5 Apr 2024

Philippi Village founder Bushra Razack wins prestigious Forty Under 40 Africa Award

Entrepreneurship

Philippi Village founder Bushra Razack wins prestigious Forty Under 40 Africa Award

5 Apr 2024

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, sits as he waits to face prosecution for tax evasion and money laundering at the federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria, 4 April 2024. Reuters/ Abraham Achirga

Legal

Detained Binance executive in court on Nigerian tax, money laundering charges

Camillus Eboh 4 Apr 2024

East Africa’s retail boom: a new opportunity for real estate

Retail

East Africa’s retail boom: a new opportunity for real estate

4 Apr 2024

The digital divide in sub-saharan Africa: A barrier to quality education and information access

Education

The digital divide in sub-saharan Africa: A barrier to quality education and information access

George Barrett 2 Apr 2024

Chris Wulf-Caesar returns to Unilever Ghana as CEO

Retail

Chris Wulf-Caesar returns to Unilever Ghana as CEO

28 Mar 2024

Robert van Breukelen, COO at Itemate Solutions

ICT

Why telcos are the new banks in Africa’s mobile revolution

Robert van Breukelen 27 Mar 2024

A client uses an automated teller machine (ATM) at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31 July 2019. Reuters/Maheder Haileselassie Tadese/File Photo

Finance

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia recovers $11m lost in system glitch

Dawit Endeshaw and Hereward Holland 27 Mar 2024

Nissan to test African demand for its e-power hybrid vehicle

Automotive

Nissan to test African demand for its e-power hybrid vehicle

27 Mar 2024

SA’s fashion industry yields highest sales in sub-Saharan Africa of $11bn

Retail

SA’s fashion industry yields highest sales in sub-Saharan Africa of $11bn

26 Mar 2024

ICT

MTN revenue up, but naira drags profit down

Nqobile Dludla 25 Mar 2024

SA edtech startup Koa Academy wins MEST Africa Challenge

Education

SA edtech startup Koa Academy wins MEST Africa Challenge

25 Mar 2024

Source: Reuters.

Finance

WTO hits road block over advancing dispute reform talks

Emma Farge 22 Mar 2024

Leadership change: Nissan Africa welcomes new senior regional leader

Automotive

Leadership change: Nissan Africa welcomes new senior regional leader

22 Mar 2024

Somali pirates' return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

Logistics & Transport

Somali pirates' return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

22 Mar 2024

Safaricom dominates Ethiopia mobile money with M-Pesa

ICT

M-Pesa Safaricom, Onafriq ink deal to boost Ethiopian remittances

20 Mar 2024

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