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New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

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Marketers optimistic as Warc forecasts global ad spend of $1.15tr in 2025

13 Nov 2024

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How digital research is best positioned to understand African consumers

23 Jul 2020

Dara Treseder, chief marketing officer, Carbon.

Warc Media Awards announces 2020 Effective Use of Tech jury

22 Jul 2020

Warc Media Awards announces 2020 Best Use of Data jury

Warc Media Awards announces 2020 Best Use of Data jury

16 Jul 2020

Africa's changing times in broadcast media: Embracing platforms to keep up with rising competition

Roman Magis 15 Jul 2020

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APO Group to facilitate WHO Africa Covid-19 online press briefings

19 Jun 2020

TV reporters prepare for a live broadcast during a strike by airline workers in Nairobi. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images.

Decolonising peace journalism - and putting it to work in East Africa

Fredrick Ogenga 9 Jun 2020

#NewBiz: Ventureburn and Techpoint Africa announce new partnership

#NewBiz: Ventureburn and Techpoint Africa announce new partnership

4 Jun 2020

Volt Africa wins big at INMA Global Media Awards

Volt Africa wins big at INMA Global Media Awards

Volt Africa 4 Jun 2020

Winners of 2020 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards announced

Winners of 2020 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards announced

28 May 2020

#LockdownLessons: Companies putting the grit in integrity

#LockdownLessons: Companies putting the grit in integrity

Bizcommunity.com 26 May 2020

Controls to manage fake news in Africa are affecting freedom of expression

Ashwanee Budoo 18 May 2020

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi is arrested during a protest in Nairobi in 2014. AFP via Getty Images.

New media voices are telling Kenya's Covid-19 stories - from the ground up

Wambui Wamunyu 18 May 2020

Lex Bradshaw-Zanger, L'Oréal.

Warc Awards 2020 announces Effective Social Strategy shortlist

29 Apr 2020

Source: Wan-Ifra website.

Winners of the Wan-Ifra European Digital Media Awards announced

23 Apr 2020

Not taking lockdown lying down: A 360 industry overview

Not taking lockdown lying down: A 360 industry overview

Bizcommunity.com 21 Apr 2020

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

Bizcommunity.com 6 Apr 2020

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Why Africa's journalists aren't doing a good job on Covid-19

George Ogola 26 Mar 2020

Media effectiveness during Covid-19

Media effectiveness during Covid-19

Jane Ostler, Kantar 23 Mar 2020

#Newsmaker: Wesley Diphoko, Fast Company SA's new editor-in-chief

#Newsmaker: Wesley Diphoko, Fast Company SA's new editor-in-chief

Jessica Tennant 25 Feb 2020

Inma announces 2020 Global Media Awards finalists

Inma announces 2020 Global Media Awards finalists

25 Feb 2020

Burger King’s Fernando Machado

#CannesLions2020: First speakers and sessions announced

20 Feb 2020

Good Things Guy, overall winner at the 2019 South African Blog Awards

Good Things Guy, overall winner at the 2019 South African Blog Awards

12 Feb 2020

Grand Prix winning campaign; Fox Cricket.

Effective Use of Tech winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

22 Jan 2020

Al Umobuwah - Putting 'Mum' into 'Parenthood' campaign, Babyshop. Image supplied.

Effective Channel Integration winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

15 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: From the rise of independent artists to the age of TikTok

#BizTrends2020: From the rise of independent artists to the age of TikTok

Tecla Ciolfi 13 Jan 2020

Jury member Benoit Weisser, chief strategy officer, Ogilvy Asia. Image supplied.

Best Use of Data winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

8 Jan 2020

The Best of Biz: Marketing & Media 2019

#BestofBiz 2019: Marketing & Media

17 Dec 2019

The Best of Biz: Marketing & Media Africa 2019

#BestofBiz 2019: Marketing & Media Africa

17 Dec 2019

New monetisation models for media are needed

New monetisation models for media are needed

Louise Burgers 16 Dec 2019

Police officers detain Sahara Reporters journalist Victor Ogungbenro during a protest in Lagos, Nigeria, on August 5, 2019. Staff at the online newspaper report sustained harassment targeting them and their website. Credit: CPJ/AP/Sunday Alamba.

US-Nigeria website censored

12 Dec 2019

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How digital research is best positioned to understand African consumers

23 Jul 2020

Dara Treseder, chief marketing officer, Carbon.

Warc Media Awards announces 2020 Effective Use of Tech jury

22 Jul 2020

Warc Media Awards announces 2020 Best Use of Data jury

Warc Media Awards announces 2020 Best Use of Data jury

16 Jul 2020

Africa's changing times in broadcast media: Embracing platforms to keep up with rising competition

Roman Magis 15 Jul 2020

Image supplied.

APO Group to facilitate WHO Africa Covid-19 online press briefings

19 Jun 2020

TV reporters prepare for a live broadcast during a strike by airline workers in Nairobi. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images.

Decolonising peace journalism - and putting it to work in East Africa

Fredrick Ogenga 9 Jun 2020

#NewBiz: Ventureburn and Techpoint Africa announce new partnership

#NewBiz: Ventureburn and Techpoint Africa announce new partnership

4 Jun 2020

Volt Africa wins big at INMA Global Media Awards

Volt Africa wins big at INMA Global Media Awards

Volt Africa 4 Jun 2020

Winners of 2020 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards announced

Winners of 2020 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards announced

28 May 2020

#LockdownLessons: Companies putting the grit in integrity

#LockdownLessons: Companies putting the grit in integrity

Bizcommunity.com 26 May 2020

Controls to manage fake news in Africa are affecting freedom of expression

Ashwanee Budoo 18 May 2020

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi is arrested during a protest in Nairobi in 2014. AFP via Getty Images.

New media voices are telling Kenya's Covid-19 stories - from the ground up

Wambui Wamunyu 18 May 2020

Lex Bradshaw-Zanger, L'Oréal.

Warc Awards 2020 announces Effective Social Strategy shortlist

29 Apr 2020

Source: Wan-Ifra website.

Winners of the Wan-Ifra European Digital Media Awards announced

23 Apr 2020

Not taking lockdown lying down: A 360 industry overview

Not taking lockdown lying down: A 360 industry overview

Bizcommunity.com 21 Apr 2020

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

Bizcommunity.com 6 Apr 2020

Credit: Elijah O'Donnell on .

Why Africa's journalists aren't doing a good job on Covid-19

George Ogola 26 Mar 2020

Media effectiveness during Covid-19

Media effectiveness during Covid-19

Jane Ostler, Kantar 23 Mar 2020

#Newsmaker: Wesley Diphoko, Fast Company SA's new editor-in-chief

#Newsmaker: Wesley Diphoko, Fast Company SA's new editor-in-chief

Jessica Tennant 25 Feb 2020

Inma announces 2020 Global Media Awards finalists

Inma announces 2020 Global Media Awards finalists

25 Feb 2020

Burger King’s Fernando Machado

#CannesLions2020: First speakers and sessions announced

20 Feb 2020

Good Things Guy, overall winner at the 2019 South African Blog Awards

Good Things Guy, overall winner at the 2019 South African Blog Awards

12 Feb 2020

Grand Prix winning campaign; Fox Cricket.

Effective Use of Tech winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

22 Jan 2020

Al Umobuwah - Putting 'Mum' into 'Parenthood' campaign, Babyshop. Image supplied.

Effective Channel Integration winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

15 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: From the rise of independent artists to the age of TikTok

#BizTrends2020: From the rise of independent artists to the age of TikTok

Tecla Ciolfi 13 Jan 2020

Jury member Benoit Weisser, chief strategy officer, Ogilvy Asia. Image supplied.

Best Use of Data winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

8 Jan 2020

The Best of Biz: Marketing & Media Africa 2019

#BestofBiz 2019: Marketing & Media Africa

17 Dec 2019

The Best of Biz: Marketing & Media 2019

#BestofBiz 2019: Marketing & Media

17 Dec 2019

New monetisation models for media are needed

New monetisation models for media are needed

Louise Burgers 16 Dec 2019

Police officers detain Sahara Reporters journalist Victor Ogungbenro during a protest in Lagos, Nigeria, on August 5, 2019. Staff at the online newspaper report sustained harassment targeting them and their website. Credit: CPJ/AP/Sunday Alamba.

US-Nigeria website censored

12 Dec 2019

Journalist Nazli Ilicak is embraced after her release from prison in Istanbul in November 2019, after a court ordered her free on time served at a retrial. Two of her colleagues remain in prison on terrorism related charges, among the 47 journalists jailed in Turkey. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir.

The world's worst jailers of journalists

Elana Beiser 11 Dec 2019

Fighting breaks out as security personnel attempt to re-arrest Nigerian activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, on December 6, 2019. Sowore and other activist-journalists have been jailed in Nigeria and Ethiopia amid a crackdown on free expression. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde.

Nigeria and Ethiopia jail activist-journalists amid crackdown on free expression

Muthoki Mumo and Jonathan Rozen 11 Dec 2019

Effective Use of Tech shortlist announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

Effective Use of Tech shortlist announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

4 Dec 2019

Kevin Ndinguri, managing director at UM.

#Newsmaker: Kevin Ndinguri, UM's new MD

Jessica Tennant 29 Nov 2019

IPFA winners, New York.

International Press Freedom Awards announced

27 Nov 2019

Effective Channel Integration shortlist announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

27 Nov 2019

Creating relevant brands for African audiences

Creating relevant brands for African audiences

Jessica Tennant 22 Nov 2019

Cesar Vacchiano, president and CEO of Scopen International. Image source: Scopen .

Scopen's Cesar Vacchiano analyses the 2019 Agency Scope Study

Juanita Pienaar 22 Nov 2019

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The role of readers-first newsrooms and why trust is key in reader revenue [report]

22 Nov 2019

People take part in a parade to mark the 24th self-declared independence day for the breakaway region of Somaliland in the capital Hargeisa on May 18, 2015. On November 18, 2019, Somaliland police shut down a TV station and arrested its editor. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Feisal Omar.

Somaliland police shut down Horn Cable TV, arrest its editor

21 Nov 2019

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