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The Limpopo Mirror is published in Louis Trichardt, a town in the north of South Africa’s Limpopo province. Photo: Anton van Zyl

Marketing & Media

Google and Facebook are killing local news

Nathan Geffen and Anton van Zyl 8 Mar 2024

Dry weather hits southern Africa’s farmers, putting key maize supplies at risk: How to blunt the impact

Agriculture

Dry weather hits southern Africa’s farmers, putting key maize supplies at risk: How to blunt the impact

Wandile Sihlobo 6 Mar 2024

Source: Reuters/2023. President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Finance

#Sona2024: Ramaphosa's last address - Legacy, challenges, and climate action

Katja Hamilton 9 Feb 2024

Image supplied. The inaugural Africa’s Business Heroes Entrepreneurship Journalism Excellence Award have been announced

Marketing & Media

Inaugural Africa's Business Heroes Entrepreneurship Journalism Excellence Award winners

17 Nov 2023

Spar Carols by Candlelight celebrates the theme 'Home for Christmas' as the event turns 21!

Marketing & Media

Spar Carols by Candlelight celebrates the theme 'Home for Christmas' as the event turns 21!

Issued by Jacaranda FM 10 Nov 2023

Marketing & Media

Bloomberg Television adds new programming for African audience

3 Nov 2023

Marketing & Media

Africa News Media Summit set to take place in July

7 Jun 2023

Dr Marcel Mbamalu: The sole African to represent the continent in the 2023 Jefferson Fellowships

Marketing & Media

Dr Marcel Mbamalu: The sole African to represent the continent in the 2023 Jefferson Fellowships

1 Jun 2023

Siblings present first locally produced digital series from Disney Africa

Marketing & Media

Siblings present first locally produced digital series from Disney Africa

5 May 2023

Spar Carols by Candlelight celebrates 20 years of festive magic and community goodwill

Marketing & Media

Spar Carols by Candlelight celebrates 20 years of festive magic and community goodwill

Issued by Jacaranda FM 11 Nov 2022

COP27 must work out how to cut carbon and still develop African economies

ESG & Sustainability

COP27 must work out how to cut carbon and still develop African economies

Bethel Tarekegne 7 Nov 2022

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

Marketing & Media

SA and Africa media specialists launch journalism training academy

2 Sep 2022

Lessons from Namibia on curbing the spread of foot and mouth disease

Agriculture

Lessons from Namibia on curbing the spread of foot and mouth disease

Tania Prinsloo 19 Aug 2022

Source: © KNILT Business growth strategies and technological developments are driving audience, advertising, and newsrooms at African news media companies.

Marketing & Media

Inma highlights African news media companies' growth

4 Aug 2022

Marketing & Media

Inma announces the July Africa News Media Summit

7 Jul 2022

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Marketing & Media

African Media Agency and Smart Africa Media announce partnership

25 Apr 2022

Kenya's dairy sector is failing to meet domestic demand. How it can raise its game

Agriculture

Kenya's dairy sector is failing to meet domestic demand. How it can raise its game

Timothy Njagi Njeru 16 Feb 2022

Africa faces an uphill battle against western emissions to combat climate change

ESG & Sustainability

Africa faces an uphill battle against western emissions to combat climate change

Margaret Kadiri 18 Jan 2022

Source: Supplied. Ruhling Herbst, Programme Sponsor for TCIB at BankservAfrica

Finance

#BizTrends2022: Payments for Africa's digitally savvy consumers

Ruhling Herbst 7 Jan 2022

Marketing & Media

Inma's annual summit is set for 17-18 November

14 Oct 2021

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Agriculture

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Philip Tetteh Quarshie and Evan Fraser 27 Sep 2021

#OrchidsandOnions: Dove ticks all the right boxes

Marketing & Media

#OrchidsandOnions: Dove ticks all the right boxes

Brendan Seery 14 Sep 2021

Women are a mainstay of fishing in West Africa. But they get a raw deal

Agriculture

Women are a mainstay of fishing in West Africa. But they get a raw deal

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood and Sayra van den Berg Bhagwandas 4 May 2021

Genetic make-up of destructive crop pest unravelled

Agriculture

Genetic make-up of destructive crop pest unravelled

Stephanie Achieng' 26 Mar 2021

BBC streaming service BritBox to launch in SA

Marketing & Media

BBC streaming service BritBox to launch in SA

17 Feb 2021

#BizTrends2021: Recovery starts now - looking back at 2020 and ahead to a more resilient region

Agriculture

#BizTrends2021: Recovery starts now - looking back at 2020 and ahead to a more resilient region

Patrice Talla 6 Jan 2021

Telkom, SABC partner to launch new streaming channel TelkomONE

ICT

Telkom, SABC partner to launch new streaming channel TelkomONE

9 Nov 2020

Grey Africa reflects on its award-winning campaigns over the past year

Marketing & Media

Grey Africa reflects on its award-winning campaigns over the past year

Issued by Grey Africa 26 Oct 2020

Scientists around Africa are working at the cutting edge of research and their work is relevant beyond the continent. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Quality research in Africa matters more than ever - for the whole world

Thomas Kariuki & Elizabeth Marincola 16 Oct 2020

Showmax Pro goes live in South Africa, starting at R225 per month

Marketing & Media

Showmax Pro goes live in South Africa, starting at R225 per month

Issued by Showmax 20 Aug 2020

Legalisation is killing our market, say small-scale dagga growers

Agriculture

Legalisation is killing our market, say small-scale dagga growers

Christopher Clark 7 Oct 2019

Separated display screens (TVs) at the site. Alison Stowell

ESG & Sustainability

How potential of massive e-waste dump in Ghana can be harnessed

Alison Stowell 10 Sep 2019

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Marketing & Media

ANA News to scale back SA operations

9 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty

Marketing & Media

Telone expanded its Discover Digital Platform in Zimbabwe

23 Jul 2019

Women walk past a mural painted to raise awareness on HIV and AIDS in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. EPA/Dai Kurokawa

Healthcare

HIV in Kenya: high risk groups aren't getting the attention they need

Makobu Kimani 19 Jul 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & Media

Two days left to enter African Digital Media Awards 2019

10 Jul 2019

Ghana has, since independence in 1957, regularly turned to the IMF for financial assistance Shutterstock

Finance

Why Ghana is likely to go on needing the IMF - however difficult the relationship

Priscilla Twumasi-Baffour 1 Jul 2019

Fighting for the right to love: It's time to end un-African prejudice

Marketing & Media

Fighting for the right to love: It's time to end un-African prejudice

Michael Hathorn, Issued by Ginkgo Agency 16 May 2019

Marketing & Media

One-on-one coaching - Marketing, advertising, PR, boards

Chris Moerdyk 25 Apr 2019

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Marketing & Media

Google launches news innovation challenge for African media

17 Apr 2019

A woman receiving an oral cholera vaccine in Beira, Mozambique. Celeste Mac-Arthur

Healthcare

Cyclone Idai is over - but its health effects will be felt for a long time

Kerrigan McCarthy & Lucille Blumberg 15 Apr 2019

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the new reality. Why a deal must be done

Construction & Engineering

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the new reality. Why a deal must be done

Shimelis Dessu 27 Feb 2019

Journalist jailed for 18 months for contempt of court

Marketing & Media

Journalist jailed for 18 months for contempt of court

3 Jan 2019

How new media platforms have become powerful across Africa

Marketing & Media

How new media platforms have become powerful across Africa

George Ogola 13 Dec 2018

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Marketing & Media

Threats to media freedom in Africa: some old methods and some new

George Ogola 4 Oct 2018

Lifting the lid on the black box of informal trade in Africa

Retail

Lifting the lid on the black box of informal trade in Africa

Joachim Jarreau, Cristina Mitaritonna and Sami Ben 26 Sep 2018