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New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

YouTube is already the dominant steaming content platform, and it doesn't plan on slowing down.

YouTube is coming for the TV room #AfricaTechFestival

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Source: © 123rf The number of people living alone has grown steadily over the past few decades. Brands have a real opportunity to target this audience

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

13 Nov 2024

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French journalist Dubois freed in Mali

Lucien Libert, Elizabeth Pineau, John Irish, GV De Clercq and Kevin Liffey 22 Mar 2023

Joe Biden takes further steps to ban TikTok in US

8 Mar 2023

Reporters from independent Egyptian news outlet referred to trial

Aidan Lewis, Marguerita Choy 1 Mar 2023

Bathweels can be watched on Cartoonito. Source: Supplied.

Boomerang Africa rebrands to Cartoonito Africa

17 Feb 2023

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

16 Feb 2023

Adrian Ephraim. Source: LinkedIn

Nigerian tech publication hires South African journalist as editor-in-chief

8 Feb 2023

Cameroon journalist Martinez Zogo's photo is displayed as fellow journalists pay their last respect to him. Source: Reuters/Amindeh Blaise Atabong.

Cameroonian businessman arrested after journalist's murder

Amindeh Blaise Atabong, Bate Felix, Andrew Cawthorne 7 Feb 2023

Image supplied. Koo Govender is the first female CEO at Publicis Groupe Africa

Koo Govender: PGA's first female CEO

7 Feb 2023

Meta can be sued in Kenya by ex-content moderator, the country's court rules

Ayenat Mersie 7 Feb 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners January 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners January 2023

Bizcommunity.com 1 Feb 2023

Creating futures that matter to people and planet

Creating futures that matter to people and planet

Human8 27 Jan 2023

Meta urged to boost Africa content moderation as contractor quits

Nita Bhalla 25 Jan 2023

Prominent Cameroon journalist found dead after abduction

Amindeh Blaise Atabong, Edward McAllister, William Maclean 24 Jan 2023

Image supplied. Vikas Mehta, chief executive officer, Ogilvy Africa would like to see more great award-wininng work come from Africa

Africa needs to do campaigns like Lesso Lessons again and again

Danette Breitenbach 23 Jan 2023

John Williams Ntwali, Rwandan journalist critical of government has died

23 Jan 2023

Source © Benoit Daoust Google says it is committed to making the ad-supported web a safer and more private place for everyone in Africa

Google: Making ad platforms safe for users, advertisers, and publishers in Africa

20 Jan 2023

Sound Connects Fund opens final call

10 Jan 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners December 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners December 2022

Bizcommunity.com 4 Jan 2023

Image supplied. Felix Abely (L) and Joseph Sandu (R), Best Fintech Journalists of the Year

First African journalists graduate from fintech-focused journalism programme

19 Dec 2022

“The Missing Chapter” by Leo Burnett (India) for Procter & Gamble won one of the PR Grand Prix Awards in 2022

Epica Awards 2022 results announced!

9 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Pakistani court to oversee investigation into death of journalist in Kenya

Asif Shahzad 6 Dec 2022

AFP joins five new hubs to fight disinformation in Europe

5 Dec 2022

Source © Matthias Ziegler The third annual Elevate Scholarship class of 50 media professionals includes 20 media professionals from Africa from a total of 31 countries and a record-breaking 432 applications

20 African media professionals receive Elevate Scholarship

5 Dec 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners November 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners November 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Dec 2022

Meta launches #FlexNaija metaverse campaign for content creators in Nigeria

29 Nov 2022

Source: © Joy Online Johnnie Walker’span-African The Ones Who…Keep Walking has won a Grand Prix and a Gold at the World Media Awards

Johnnie Walker's The Ones Who...Keep Walking wins Grand Prix and Gold

3 Nov 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners October 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners October 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Nov 2022

Source: © Blue Ox Studio A third of advertisers plan to cut their EMEA media budgets in 2023

Third of advertisers plan to cut EMEA budgets next year

18 Oct 2022

Nigeria's Zamfara state orders media to close for covering political rally

Garba Muhammad 17 Oct 2022

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Entebbe, Uganda 26 July 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters

Ugandan president signs law critics say will stifle free speech

Elias Biryabarema 14 Oct 2022

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Joe Biden takes further steps to ban TikTok in US

8 Mar 2023

Reporters from independent Egyptian news outlet referred to trial

Aidan Lewis, Marguerita Choy 1 Mar 2023

Bathweels can be watched on Cartoonito. Source: Supplied.

Boomerang Africa rebrands to Cartoonito Africa

17 Feb 2023

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

16 Feb 2023

Adrian Ephraim. Source: LinkedIn

Nigerian tech publication hires South African journalist as editor-in-chief

8 Feb 2023

Cameroon journalist Martinez Zogo's photo is displayed as fellow journalists pay their last respect to him. Source: Reuters/Amindeh Blaise Atabong.

Cameroonian businessman arrested after journalist's murder

Amindeh Blaise Atabong, Bate Felix, Andrew Cawthorne 7 Feb 2023

Image supplied. Koo Govender is the first female CEO at Publicis Groupe Africa

Koo Govender: PGA's first female CEO

7 Feb 2023

Meta can be sued in Kenya by ex-content moderator, the country's court rules

Ayenat Mersie 7 Feb 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners January 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners January 2023

Bizcommunity.com 1 Feb 2023

Creating futures that matter to people and planet

Creating futures that matter to people and planet

Human8 27 Jan 2023

Meta urged to boost Africa content moderation as contractor quits

Nita Bhalla 25 Jan 2023

Prominent Cameroon journalist found dead after abduction

Amindeh Blaise Atabong, Edward McAllister, William Maclean 24 Jan 2023

Image supplied. Vikas Mehta, chief executive officer, Ogilvy Africa would like to see more great award-wininng work come from Africa

Africa needs to do campaigns like Lesso Lessons again and again

Danette Breitenbach 23 Jan 2023

John Williams Ntwali, Rwandan journalist critical of government has died

23 Jan 2023

Source © Benoit Daoust Google says it is committed to making the ad-supported web a safer and more private place for everyone in Africa

Google: Making ad platforms safe for users, advertisers, and publishers in Africa

20 Jan 2023

Sound Connects Fund opens final call

10 Jan 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners December 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners December 2022

Bizcommunity.com 4 Jan 2023

Image supplied. Felix Abely (L) and Joseph Sandu (R), Best Fintech Journalists of the Year

First African journalists graduate from fintech-focused journalism programme

19 Dec 2022

“The Missing Chapter” by Leo Burnett (India) for Procter & Gamble won one of the PR Grand Prix Awards in 2022

Epica Awards 2022 results announced!

9 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Pakistani court to oversee investigation into death of journalist in Kenya

Asif Shahzad 6 Dec 2022

AFP joins five new hubs to fight disinformation in Europe

5 Dec 2022

Source © Matthias Ziegler The third annual Elevate Scholarship class of 50 media professionals includes 20 media professionals from Africa from a total of 31 countries and a record-breaking 432 applications

20 African media professionals receive Elevate Scholarship

5 Dec 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners November 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners November 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Dec 2022

Meta launches #FlexNaija metaverse campaign for content creators in Nigeria

29 Nov 2022

Source: © Joy Online Johnnie Walker’span-African The Ones Who…Keep Walking has won a Grand Prix and a Gold at the World Media Awards

Johnnie Walker's The Ones Who...Keep Walking wins Grand Prix and Gold

3 Nov 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners October 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners October 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Nov 2022

Source: © Blue Ox Studio A third of advertisers plan to cut their EMEA media budgets in 2023

Third of advertisers plan to cut EMEA budgets next year

18 Oct 2022

Nigeria's Zamfara state orders media to close for covering political rally

Garba Muhammad 17 Oct 2022

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Entebbe, Uganda 26 July 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters

Ugandan president signs law critics say will stifle free speech

Elias Biryabarema 14 Oct 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners September 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners September 2022

Bizcommunity.com 3 Oct 2022

Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe, founder and executive chair of African Fashion International and Lucilla Booyzen, director of South African Fashion Week. Source: Supplied

South Africans selected for BoF 500 Global Fashion Leader Index

3 Oct 2022

Souce: © Whats Creative David Kennedy and Dan Wieden, cofounders of Wieden+Kennedy

Wieden+Kennedy cofounder, Dan Wieden, dies

3 Oct 2022

Source © Bennian

APO Group announces partnership with EIB Network

28 Sep 2022

Image supplied. Koo Govender will join as the new chief executive officer: Publicis Groupe Africa on 1 February 2023

Koo Govender appointed new CEO: Publicis Groupe Africa

23 Sep 2022

Chishimba Musonda appointed as media director for dentsu Zambia

Chishimba Musonda appointed as media director for dentsu Zambia

Dentsu 22 Sep 2022

Source: ©Laura Lee Moreau

Media training programme launches for African experts

21 Sep 2022

Source © Jacek Sopotnicki Nairobi, Kenya's captial city

William Ruto vs Kenya's media: democracy is at stake

19 Sep 2022

Report: Young Africans not spending money on local creative work

12 Sep 2022

Kantar's Media Reactions 2022: What are the most preferred media channels and brands?

Kantar's Media Reactions 2022: What are the most preferred media channels and brands?

Kantar 7 Sep 2022

Image supplied. Top South African and African industry specialists have launched a new training academy, the Nala Academy for Media and Journalism Training

SA and Africa media specialists launch journalism training academy

2 Sep 2022

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