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Fame Shorts Film Festival calls for submissions for 2025 edition

Fame Shorts Film Festival calls for submissions for 2025 edition

The Loeries Young Creatives Showcase is opens for entries. The winners will not only gain bragging rights but will also secure a spot as finalists for the Loeries Young Creatives Award, to be presented at the annual Loerie Awards (Image supplied)

#Loeries2025: Loeries Young Creatives Showcase opens for entries

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Dentsu X: Shaping the future of experiences

Dentsu X: Shaping the future of experiences

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Nike shakes up leadership in efforts to revive sales

Nike shakes up leadership in efforts to revive sales

20 Sep 2024

Source: © VOA News Meta will ban RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from its platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads

Meta bans Russia state media across all platforms as “covert influence” operations threaten US election

Danette Breitenbach 17 Sep 2024

Lay’s has announced its official sponsorship of the Fifa World Cup 26 and Fifa Women’s World Cup 2027 (Image supplied)

Lay’s announces official sponsorship of the Fifa World Cup 26 and Fifa Women’s World Cup 2027

16 Sep 2024

Huawei's Watch Fit 3 is a very well packaged and priced fitness wearable

Huawei dominates global wearable market

Lindsey Schutters 12 Sep 2024

New leadership announcements as WPP acquires NCA. Ogilvy global CEO Devika Bulchandani and James Murphy CEO Ogilvy Group UK (Image supplied)

New Commercial Arts joins Ogilvy as WPP announces leadership shakeup

11 Sep 2024

Source: © 123rf Warc research found that while 71% of marketers agreed that their business was ambitious about delivering creative excellence, only 37% of respondents felt their business had the right capabilities to deliver ground-breaking ideas

Warc: Gap between ambition and ability a hurdle to creative effectiveness

11 Sep 2024

Africa's next big storytellers: 4 screenwriters selected for AuthenticA Series Lab

Africa's next big storytellers: 4 screenwriters selected for AuthenticA Series Lab

10 Sep 2024

Palestinian AFP photojournalist Mahmud Hams was awarded the Visa d’Or News prize for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza (Image supplied)

Palestinian photojournalist Mahmud Hams awarded Visa d'Or for powerful Gaza war coverage

9 Sep 2024

Kantar’s Media Reactions 2024 - Marketers pull back on X ad spend

Kantar’s Media Reactions 2024 - Marketers pull back on X ad spend

Kantar 5 Sep 2024

How to build meaningful iconic brands that are connected to culture

How to build meaningful iconic brands that are connected to culture

Yasmin Kathoria and Lerato Kgatla, Kantar 4 Sep 2024

CANEX WKND: Afreximbank Deal Room applications now open

CANEX WKND: Afreximbank Deal Room applications now open

CANEX WKND 4 Sep 2024

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African marketers gear up for AMC’s 3rd annual awards in Mombasa

4 Sep 2024

Source: © Warc

Showcase your excellence: Enter The Warc Awards 2025

3 Sep 2024

Image supplied. All the Tabbi Awards 2024 winners

Global excellence in B2B journalism: All the 2024 Tabbie Awards winners

2 Sep 2024

Kantar appoints new chief commercial officer, Middle East and Africa

Kantar appoints new chief commercial officer, Middle East and Africa

Kantar 2 Sep 2024

Hollard reveals rebranding as it expands into Africa

Hollard reveals rebranding as it expands into Africa

30 Aug 2024

Source: © Campaign Live Troy Ruhanen is the global CEO of the newly formed Omnicom Advertising Group (OAG)

Omnicom forms OAG with Troy Ruhanen as global CEO

29 Aug 2024

Brand Finance 2024: Apple leads, Microsoft’s value surges to $340bn on back of AI innovations

29 Aug 2024

Simply Black appoints first COO, Stephanie Thomas

Simply Black appoints first COO, Stephanie Thomas

29 Aug 2024

The Loeries unveils diverse 2024 youth committee from Africa and the Middle East

The Loeries unveils diverse 2024 youth committee from Africa and the Middle East

27 Aug 2024

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Miss Universe Nigeria: When seizing the moment turns into a PR nightmare

Tlhogi Ngwato 26 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf AI is a driving force behind the evolutions of myriad industries, including marketing, and to keep up with this change, MMA Global recently launched the MMA Academy.

AI, the new competitive battlefield, leads to MMA Academy launch

23 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf TikTok has launched its inaugural Safety Advisory Council and the expansion of its #SaferTogether community education campaign

TikTok SSA Safety Advisory Council an industry-first

23 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf South Africa's ad market is expected to see 6.0% this year says Warc

Warc: SA's admarket to grow 6%, as global ad investment more than doubles

22 Aug 2024

Streaming platform Showmax launched its Premier League mobile subscription with a surprising marketing stunt starring Eric Cantona. Image supplied

Fans love Showmax's Premier League launch marketing stunt with Eric Cantona

21 Aug 2024

Banking and brews: South Africa's top brands navigate economic challenges

Banking and brews: South Africa's top brands navigate economic challenges

Kantar 20 Aug 2024

Bridget von Holdt and Karl Haechler appointed co-CEOs of Burson Africa

Bridget von Holdt and Karl Haechler appointed co-CEOs of Burson Africa

20 Aug 2024

Why over 350 organisations share their news via a Biz Press Office

Why over 350 organisations share their news via a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 19 Aug 2024

6 shows, 1 re-usable exhibition stand

6 shows, 1 re-usable exhibition stand

Scan Display 19 Aug 2024

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Privacy breach: More details into WhatsApp's $220m fine in Nigeria

Ahmore Burger-Smidt 15 Aug 2024

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Nike shakes up leadership in efforts to revive sales

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20 Sep 2024

Source: Brics Competition Law and Policy Centre.

FinanceBrics and China unite for a groundbreaking commodities exchange system

19 Sep 2024

2024 Äänit Prize winners Chido Dzinotyiwei (left) and Ismail Dumutu (right) with Judy Sikuza, CEO of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation (middle) (Image supplied)

ESG & SustainabilityMandela Rhodes Foundation 2024 Äänit Prize winners announced

18 Sep 2024

Africa Creatives Alliance launched to harness Africa's creative and cultural sectors

LifestyleAfrica Creatives Alliance launched to harness Africa's creative and cultural sectors

18 Sep 2024

A view shows part of Dangote oil refinery in Ibeju Lekki district, on the outskirts of Lagos. Source: Reuters/Temilade Adelaja

Energy & MiningSecond fuel price hike in Nigeria in as many weeks

Camillus Eboh 17 Sep 2024

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ESG & SustainabilityNigeria is the world’s 2nd biggest plastic polluter: expert insights into the crisis

Wale Fatade 13 Sep 2024

Huawei's Watch Fit 3 is a very well packaged and priced fitness wearable

ICTHuawei dominates global wearable market

Lindsey Schutters 12 Sep 2024

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LegalAfrican Legal Award winners 2024

10 Sep 2024

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ESG & SustainabilityBird species are disappearing at an alarming rate in Kenya – new study

Joseph Ogutu 6 Sep 2024

Stepping up youth employability for jobs and better life chances

EducationStepping up youth employability for jobs and better life chances

Vera Ng’oma, British Council 4 Sep 2024

Hollard reveals rebranding as it expands into Africa

FinanceHollard reveals rebranding as it expands into Africa

30 Aug 2024

A farmer tends to dried cannabis bundle in Ketama, in the northern Rif mountains, Morocco, 12 March 2021. Reuters/Stringer/File Photo

LegalMorocco pardons nearly 5,000 cannabis farming convicts

Ahmed Eljechtimi 21 Aug 2024

F1 heading to Africa, but not South Africa

AutomotiveF1 heading to Africa, but not South Africa

20 Aug 2024

Kenyan carmaker Mobius accepts bid from undisclosed buyer

AutomotiveKenyan carmaker Mobius accepts bid from undisclosed buyer

19 Aug 2024

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