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

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

Source: © Cottonbro Studio There is uncertainty for advertisers on TikTok as the platform's future hangs in the balance with Trump’s return to power

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Social Media Landscape Briefings 2019: The fragmentation of social media into niche social platforms

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Juanita Pienaar 28 Oct 2019

Four Iwacu journalists, from left, Térence Mpozenzi, Agnès Ndirubusa, Christine Kamikazi, Egide Harerimana, and their driver, Adolphe Masabarikiza, are detained in Burundi. Credit: CPJ/Iwacu Media.

Burundi police arrest Iwacu journalists covering unrest

28 Oct 2019

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Grant Lapping 28 Oct 2019

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The digital dash for Africa

25 Oct 2019

Turn.io chat platform connects social impact organisations with audiences

Turn.io chat platform connects social impact organisations with audiences

25 Oct 2019

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UCC to amend regulation of OTT social media services in Uganda

24 Oct 2019

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3 ways to leverage social media the right way

Jacqueline Raw 23 Oct 2019

Managing apps connected to Instagram is going to get a lot easier

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Shereesa Moodley 18 Oct 2019

2019 Feathers Awards winners announced

2019 Feathers Awards winners announced

18 Oct 2019

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Social media is killing advertising? I don't think so.

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Key findings from East-West Digital News' report on influencer marketing in Russia

16 Oct 2019

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The do's of social media marketing

Jessica Barrella 15 Oct 2019

PUMA’s Sports Style Marketing Manager Hayden Manuel presenting at in the latest Red & Yellow lunchtime lecture.

New rules for living a creative life, the Gen-Z way - whatever your age

leigh andrews 11 Oct 2019

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Is social media killing advertising?

Andrew MacKenzie 9 Oct 2019

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Facebook expands fact-checking to further countries in Africa

8 Oct 2019

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All the winners of the 2019 New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards

7 Oct 2019

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Digital citizenship: Bringing digital activism home

Grace Cooper 4 Oct 2019

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The Inspire Sessions: How to attain influence, wield it and use it to grow your business

Juanita Pienaar 4 Oct 2019

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Facebook support for SME advertisers in Africa

4 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Bizcommunity.com 27 Sep 2019

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Africa's startups invited to London accelerator

27 Sep 2019

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WhatsApp revolutionising business communication

25 Sep 2019

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The don'ts of social media marketing

Jessica Barrella 18 Sep 2019

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Of foxes and paradoxes in the media henhouse

Derek Abdinor 17 Sep 2019

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How Uganda is using old and new laws to block activists on social media

Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala 10 Sep 2019

Don't share everything on social media

Don't share everything on social media

4 Sep 2019

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Future of Journalism: A sector in crisis

Danette Breitenbach 30 Aug 2019

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Give the people what they want: How influencer marketing is changing

Babalwa Nyembezi 29 Aug 2019

Empowering news organisations through technological innovation

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Louise Marsland 28 Aug 2019

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Turn.io chat platform connects social impact organisations with audiences

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Image source: Gallo/Getty.

UCC to amend regulation of OTT social media services in Uganda

24 Oct 2019

Image credit: Elena Koycheva on Unsplash.

3 ways to leverage social media the right way

Jacqueline Raw 23 Oct 2019

Managing apps connected to Instagram is going to get a lot easier

Managing apps connected to Instagram is going to get a lot easier

Shereesa Moodley 18 Oct 2019

2019 Feathers Awards winners announced

2019 Feathers Awards winners announced

18 Oct 2019

Image credit: Sticker Mule on Unsplash.

Social media is killing advertising? I don't think so.

Rirhandzu Shingwenyana 17 Oct 2019

Image credit: Charles DeLoye on Unsplash.

Key findings from East-West Digital News' report on influencer marketing in Russia

16 Oct 2019

Image credit: LUM3N on Unsplash.

The do's of social media marketing

Jessica Barrella 15 Oct 2019

PUMA’s Sports Style Marketing Manager Hayden Manuel presenting at in the latest Red & Yellow lunchtime lecture.

New rules for living a creative life, the Gen-Z way - whatever your age

leigh andrews 11 Oct 2019

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Is social media killing advertising?

Andrew MacKenzie 9 Oct 2019

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Facebook expands fact-checking to further countries in Africa

8 Oct 2019

Image supplied.

All the winners of the 2019 New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards

7 Oct 2019

Image credit: Carl Heyerdahl on Unsplash.

Digital citizenship: Bringing digital activism home

Grace Cooper 4 Oct 2019

Mo Flava up on stage at Heavy Chef and Discovery Business Insurance's Inspire Sessions event. ©

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Juanita Pienaar 4 Oct 2019

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Facebook support for SME advertisers in Africa

4 Oct 2019

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Africa's startups invited to London accelerator

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WhatsApp revolutionising business communication

25 Sep 2019

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The don'ts of social media marketing

Jessica Barrella 18 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty Images.

Of foxes and paradoxes in the media henhouse

Derek Abdinor 17 Sep 2019

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Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala 10 Sep 2019

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4 Sep 2019

All the panellists. Picture © Goethe-Institut South Africa.

Future of Journalism: A sector in crisis

Danette Breitenbach 30 Aug 2019

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Louise Marsland 28 Aug 2019

A newspaper stand is seen in Mwanza, Tanzania, on September 19, 2015. Tanzania is currently considering legal amendments that could negatively affect press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Daniel Hayduk.

Onslaught against press freedoms in Tanzania

26 Aug 2019

Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, addressing the DStv Seminar of Creativity. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Check the stereotypes in your creativity

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

Sphelele Mjadu, Unilever Personal Care Senior Public Relations Manager for Africa and Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, in the UN Women-Dove masterclass panel at the Loeries. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

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Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

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Talitha Spykerman 21 Aug 2019

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YouTube to stop monetisation of 'unfair' manual copyright claims

Shereesa Moodley 21 Aug 2019

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'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

19 Aug 2019

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Facebook can now fact-check news in African languages

Shereesa Moodley 16 Aug 2019

How does social media support sales?

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Jessica Barrella 15 Aug 2019

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Ime Archibong 14 Aug 2019

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African Digital Media Awards 2019 finalists

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Mauritanian blogger freed after being held for nearly six years

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