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4 creative and marketing leaders from Africa in Gerety 2025 MEA jury

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Four leaders from Africa ar eon the 2025 Gerety MEA jury. (L to r): Nnenna Onyewuchi, Koo Govender, Linda Kachingwe-Sisya,Nnenna Onyewuchi,Jeanine Gomes. (Source: © Bizcommunity, Image by Ruth Cooper)

4 creative and marketing leaders from Africa in Gerety 2025 MEA jury

SuperSport earns rights to broadcast the 2025 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup

SuperSport earns rights to broadcast the 2025 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup

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Source: © CIPESA TThe African Academy of AI and the MMA have announced a strategic partnership to champion AI-first solutions in marketing across Africa

African Academy of AI & MMA partnership champions AI-first solutions in marketing across Africa

29 Jan 2025

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Dumisani Moyo is the marketing director at SAP. Source: Supplied.

#AfricaMonth: Dumisani Moyo, marketing director at SAP, envisions innovation in Africa

Karabo Ledwaba 10 May 2024

Katy Katopodis' PRCA Ethics & Practices Board appointment underscores its critical role

Katy Katopodis' PRCA Ethics & Practices Board appointment underscores its critical role

8 May 2024

Joy Richu is on the Cannes Lions See It Be It cohort. Source: Supplied.

#AfricaMonth: Kenyan illustrator, Joy Richu shines spotlight on African creativity

Karabo Ledwaba 6 May 2024

Burkina Faso suspends more foreign media over killings coverage

Alessandra Prentice 29 Apr 2024

Tick all the X’s with Biz Content Feature Sponsorship

Tick all the X’s with Biz Content Feature Sponsorship

Bizcommunity.com 26 Apr 2024

Ana Rocha is a mentor for the LIA's. Source: LinkedIN.

5 African creatives join LIA mentoring programme as coaches

24 Apr 2024

The power of African creativity: Our time is now!

The power of African creativity: Our time is now!

Raymond Langa 24 Apr 2024

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

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Undersea cables connecting East Africa to the internet have experienced multiple incidents in 2024.

ICT

East Africa internet disrupted by another major undersea cable cut

Lindsey Schutters 12 May 2024

The SBA whitepaper is a global first focus on the continent

ICT

Report: Tower companies fuel Africa’s telecommunications boom

Lindsey Schutters 10 May 2024

Doctors and medical practitioners under the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) participate in a demonstration to demand payment of their salary arrears and the immediate hiring of trainee doctors, among other grievances, in Nairobi, Kenya, 16 April 2024. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Healthcare

Kenyan government doctors sign agreement to end strike

George Obulutsa 9 May 2024

Source: © Kapital Afrik BNP Paribas is technically not operating as a bank in South Africa

Finance

BNP Paribas no longer operating in South Africa

Danette Breitenbach 7 May 2024

Image supplied. Last year's African Banker Award. the African Banker magazine’s African Banker Awards nominees have been announced for this year

Finance

3 women nominees for African Banker Awards Banker of the Year

7 May 2024

Index Hotels SA takes over management of the C Resort & Residences in Prampram, Ghana

Tourism & Travel

Index Hotels SA takes over management of the C Resort & Residences in Prampram, Ghana

Index Hotels 7 May 2024

ESG & Sustainability

Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

Sean Avery 6 May 2024

Plants are displayed at the booth of American multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver. Source: Reuters/Chris Helgren

Energy & Mining

$1.3bn Exxon Nigeria asset sale could be approved

Camillus Eboh and Isaac Anyaogu 3 May 2024

Energy & Mining

Undeterred ExxonMobil pushes forward with Mozambique LNG project

Wendell Roelf and Manuel Mucari 3 May 2024

Tororo Solar North Limited, is a special purpose vehicle company (SPV) established to develop, build, operate and maintain a 10MW Photovoltaic Power Plant in Eastern Uganda.

Construction & Engineering

Red Rocket secures funding for Virginia Solar project

2 May 2024

2,500 Kenyan fashion creators poised to enter global markets

Retail

2,500 Kenyan fashion creators poised to enter global markets

2 May 2024

The inaugural Global African Hydrogen Summit is slated for Windhoek, Namibia from 3-5 September 2024

Energy & Mining

Inaugural Global African Hydrogen Summit seeks to unite H2 leadership

Lindsey Schutters 30 Apr 2024

NBA Africa introduces new accelerator programme targeting African startups

Entrepreneurship

NBA Africa introduces new accelerator programme targeting African startups

25 Apr 2024

The power of African creativity: Our time is now!

Lifestyle

The power of African creativity: Our time is now!

Raymond Langa 24 Apr 2024

Qualcomm unveils shortlisted startups for Make in Africa 2024

Entrepreneurship

Qualcomm unveils shortlisted startups for Make in Africa 2024

24 Apr 2024

Claimants in the Kabwe lead poisoning case will be escalating the ongoing dispute with Anglo American to the SCA

Energy & Mining

Claimant lawyers accuse Anglo of ‘shocking indifference’ to Kabwe case

Lindsey Schutters 23 Apr 2024

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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

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