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Bronwyn Pretorius, Ackermans' new CMO, champions retail innovation in SA

Evan-Lee Courie

Results-based remuneration: Do minimum wage rules apply if you're not paid by the hour?

Dhevarsha Ramjettan, Siya Ngcamu and Eugene Chaphi

Ponte City, Africa’s first cylindrical skyscraper, hits the market

South Africa Restaurant Awards 2025 reveal nominees

SA's corporate FMCG retailers’ show resilience and growth in 2024

#WorldRadioDay: Why radio is still a hit maker

Karabo Ledwaba

Pick n Pay launches ‘Smart Shopper Price Palooza’, providing more rewards

#Bookmarks2025: Showcase your digital brilliance as entries open

Adidas unveils You Got This campaign featuring Anthony Edwards and Aitana Bonmatí

Students disrupt classes amid housing crisis

Sandiso Phaliso and Joseph Chirume

GenAI in marketing: Fear or FOMO?

GenAI in marketing: Fear or FOMO?Kantar

Dentsu Zambia and University of Lusaka launch Talent Incubator for global experience

Dentsu Zambia and University of Lusaka launch Talent Incubator for global experienceDentsu

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the FutureBizcommunity.com

Positive portrayals of men in ads boost brand equity and salesKantar

Dentsu Kenya CEO Chris Madison steps down after a decade of growth, innovation, and success

Dentsu Kenya CEO Chris Madison steps down after a decade of growth, innovation, and successDentsu

The surprising revolution of voiceover: How hybrid voiceovers keep brands authentic in new markets

The surprising revolution of voiceover: How hybrid voiceovers keep brands authentic in new marketsVoiceArchive

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

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

How to build meaningful iconic brands that are connected to culture

How to build meaningful iconic brands that are connected to cultureYasmin Kathoria and Lerato Kgatla, Kantar

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Meetings Africa 2024 registrations now open

Meetings Africa 2024 registrations now open

3 Aug 2023

Senegal blocks TikTok in widening clampdown on dissent

Ngouda Dione and Joel Kouam 3 Aug 2023

Challengers to Watch 2023: Mejuri

Challengers to Watch 2023: Mejuri

Jenna Dougherty, eatbigfish 31 Jul 2023

Image supplied. Cathy Gathu has joined Ogilvy Africa as managing partner

Cathy Gathu appointed Ogilvy Africa's managing partner

28 Jul 2023

The 2019 film Kijiji Changu is a story about a love triangle and the disastrous consequences of a woman’s choice. Source: Supplied.

Here are 5 African films screening in Russia this weekend

28 Jul 2023

The winners were announced on Monday. Source: Supplied.

SA filmmakers win 8 awards at Durban FilmMart

27 Jul 2023

#BehindtheBrandManager: Samori Gambrah, global brand director for Captain Morgan

Karabo Ledwaba 14 Jul 2023

Image supplied. Selected participants in the 7th Realness African Screenwriters’ Residency are left to right: Michael Omonua (Nigeria), Chantel Clark (South Africa), Babalwa Baartman (South Africa), Chadi Zeneddine (Gabon/Lebanon) and Amartei Armar (Ghana)

5 African screenwriters selected to 7th Realness African Screenwriters' Residency programme

13 Jul 2023

#WPRD2023: Key findings from Africa's first PR and communications report

#WPRD2023: Key findings from Africa's first PR and communications report

Ané-Sonet Bresler 12 Jul 2023

The new show airs on 17 July 2023. Source: Supplied.

Meet Tobi, the unlikely hero of Africa's first Cartoon Network superhero series: Garbage Boy & Trash Can

6 Jul 2023

Image supplied. A media training workshop on violence against women in elections (VAWIE) was hosted by The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN)

Zimbawe media workshop on violence against women in elections

6 Jul 2023

Addressing the information gap in Nigeria's durable and consumer electronics retail market

Addressing the information gap in Nigeria's durable and consumer electronics retail market

NielsenIQ 6 Jul 2023

Source: © 123rf The Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism shortlisted entries for the 2022 awards have been announced

The Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism shortlist announced

5 Jul 2023

Image Supplied. The front cover of the first Africa PR & Communicaitons Report

PR and communications industry: A pivotal role in restoring the continent's reputation

3 Jul 2023

The panel was revealed in Taiwan. Source: Supplied.

Wan-Ifra launches expert panel to guide the news industry

30 Jun 2023

Manuel Bordé is Jury President. Source: Supplied.

NYF Advertising Awards announces inaugural Creative Commerce Category Jury

29 Jun 2023

9 female African film professionals selected for Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy

9 female African film professionals selected for Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy

28 Jun 2023

Client training addresses skills gaps and can even help build new business units

Client training addresses skills gaps and can even help build new business units

Incubeta 27 Jun 2023

The Bar (left to right) co-founders Yash Deb, Animesh Deb, Marls Truter, and Shounak Guhathakurta

Africa's newest creative agency: Raising the Bar

Danette Breitenbach 26 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Nestle ramps up Nigeria raw material sourcing as forex squeeze bites

Richa Naidu 26 Jun 2023

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Lung cancer: Global transformative action needed

Healthcare

Lung cancer: Global transformative action needed

Esra Erkomay 3 Aug 2023

Meetings Africa 2024 registrations now open

Tourism & Travel

Meetings Africa 2024 registrations now open

3 Aug 2023

Britain agrees deals on clean energy, critical minerals with Zambia

Energy & Mining

Britain agrees deals on clean energy, critical minerals with Zambia

Alistair Smout 3 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Kenya suspends crypto project Worldcoin over safety concerns

Humphrey Malalo 3 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Dollar shrugs off Fitch's US credit rating downgrade

Rae Wee 2 Aug 2023

SolarAfrica, Starsight Energy complete merger

Energy & Mining

SolarAfrica, Starsight Energy complete merger

2 Aug 2023

Source: Dutch runner Boas Kragtwijk.

Healthcare

Dutchman running from Amsterdam to Kyiv to buy ambulances for Ukraine

1 Aug 2023

EU sees 'no immediate risks' if Niger cuts uranium supplies

Energy & Mining

EU sees 'no immediate risks' if Niger cuts uranium supplies

Gabriela Baczynska 1 Aug 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

Pesticides are harming Nigeria: it's time to update the law

Jane Ezirigwe 31 Jul 2023

Standard Chartered to provide Angola €1.29bn financing for solar infrastructure development

Energy & Mining

Standard Chartered to provide Angola €1.29bn financing for solar infrastructure development

31 Jul 2023

File photo: William Ruto, President of Kenya, speaks during a joint press conference with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, French President Emmanuel Macron, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and World Bank President Ajay Banga at the end of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Friday, 23 June 2023 in Paris, France. Lewis Joly/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

Legal

Kenya appeals court unfreezes finance law that sparked unrest

Humphrey Malalo and Hereward Holland 28 Jul 2023

Kampala, Uganda. Source: Keith Kasaija/Unsplash

ICT

MTN launches first 5G network in Uganda

Elias Biryabarema 28 Jul 2023

CIMA partners with ICAZ to elevate the accounting and finance profession in Zimbabwe

Finance

CIMA partners with ICAZ to elevate the accounting and finance profession in Zimbabwe

AICPA & CIMA 28 Jul 2023

Why DRC mines need collaboration for water stewardship

Energy & Mining

Why DRC mines need collaboration for water stewardship

Susa Maleba and Wouter Jordaan 28 Jul 2023

SolarAfrica's David McDonald recognised among SolarQuarter's 40 under 40 for 2023

Energy & Mining

SolarAfrica's David McDonald recognised among SolarQuarter's 40 under 40 for 2023

27 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters. A view shows an ecoguard walking on a path in the Arboretum Raponda Walker during a press visit of this protected forest aera on the eve of the opening of the One Forest Summit in Libreville, Gabon, February 28, 2023.

Finance

Gabon launches tender for Africa's first debt-for-nature swap

Marc Jones and Rachel Savage 26 Jul 2023

Food crisis in Africa: The high cost of imported fertilisers is adding to the problem

Agriculture

Food crisis in Africa: The high cost of imported fertilisers is adding to the problem

Simon Roberts and Ntombifuthi Tshabalala 26 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Yuan jumps as Beijing vows to bolster economy

Rae Wee 25 Jul 2023

Burnt trees and vehicles are pictured in the aftermath of a wildfire in Bejaia, Algeria, 25 July 2023. Reuters/Ramzi Boudina

ESG & Sustainability

Deadly fires rage along Algeria coast, spread to Tunisia

Tarek Amara and Michele Kambas 25 Jul 2023

Some US companies still failing to meet conflict minerals rules, GAO says

Energy & Mining

Some US companies still failing to meet conflict minerals rules, GAO says

David Lewis 24 Jul 2023

Nigeria's Tinubu approves new infrastructure fund to boost competitiveness

Construction & Engineering

Nigeria's Tinubu approves new infrastructure fund to boost competitiveness

Felix Onuah 21 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Nigeria's naira hits record low on black market ahead of central bank meeting

Elisha Bala-Gbogbo 21 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

WHO says contaminated cough syrup sold in Cameroon

Leroy Leo 20 Jul 2023

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Retail

Retail sales drop 1.4% for May

20 Jul 2023

Retail

President and CEO of Gucci to step down

20 Jul 2023

Egypt cuts power to ease load during heatwave - cabinet

Energy & Mining

Egypt cuts power to ease load during heatwave - cabinet

Nayera Abdallah 20 Jul 2023

EU electricity demand set to drop to lowest level in 20 years - IEA

Energy & Mining

EU electricity demand set to drop to lowest level in 20 years - IEA

19 Jul 2023

Cocoa prices hit highest in 12 years in New York

Agriculture

Cocoa prices hit highest in 12 years in New York

Marcelo Teixeira 19 Jul 2023

Ethio Telecom profit more than doubles before planned stake sale

ICT

Ethio Telecom profit more than doubles before planned stake sale

18 Jul 2023

New Mali mining law could boost state, local interest in projects to 35%

Energy & Mining

New Mali mining law could boost state, local interest in projects to 35%

Felix Njini and David Lewis 18 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Dollar teeters near one-year low; euro climbs to 17-month peak

Rae Wee 18 Jul 2023

Shell to supply Morocco with LNG in 12-year deal

Energy & Mining

Shell to supply Morocco with LNG in 12-year deal

Ahmed Eljechtimi 17 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Grieving Gambian families take govt to court over mishandling of cough syrup

Edward McAllister 14 Jul 2023

Heath tech is changing Africa. Source: Artem Podrez/Pexels

Entrepreneurship

5 startups addressing Africa's healthcare gap

14 Jul 2023

Energy transition driving unprecedented growth in critical minerals market - report

Energy & Mining

Energy transition driving unprecedented growth in critical minerals market - report

14 Jul 2023

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