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Kenyan radio host Njambo Koika dies from endometriosis complications

Karabo Ledwaba 6 Jun 2024

Boost your retail business at Digital Retail Africa 2024

Retail

Boost your retail business at Digital Retail Africa 2024

15 Jan 2024

Africa's open visa policy eases cross-border travel, unlocks trade and investment

Tourism & Travel

Africa's open visa policy eases cross-border travel, unlocks trade and investment

13 Dec 2023

Source: © 123rf The annual Africa Business Media Innovators (ABMI) Forum 2023 will take place from 30 October to 1 November in Cape Town

Marketing & Media

Bloomberg's Annual Africa Business Media Innovators Forum 2023 set for Cape Town

16 Oct 2023

Meltwater startup competition calls for entries

Entrepreneurship

Meltwater startup competition calls for entries

29 Aug 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

Image supplied: Ndu Okoh has been appointed as the editor-in-chief of bird

Marketing & Media

News agency, bird, appoints new editor-in-chief

26 Oct 2022

All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) appoints APO Group founder Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard to its International Committee

Marketing & Media

All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) appoints APO Group founder Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard to its International Committee

Issued by APO Group 11 Oct 2022

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Marketing & Media

African Media Agency and Smart Africa Media announce partnership

25 Apr 2022

Assessing the rule of law in Africa

Legal

Assessing the rule of law in Africa

Issued by LexisNexis 11 Feb 2022

SA may soon exit UK's red list - 4 steps flyers will need to take

Tourism & Travel

SA may soon exit UK's red list - 4 steps flyers will need to take

Luis Monzon 6 Oct 2021

The digital divide: Overcoming barriers to digital learning in post-Covid-19 South Africa

Education

The digital divide: Overcoming barriers to digital learning in post-Covid-19 South Africa

Alison Massey, Issued by EDGE Education 5 Jul 2021

Brown locusts have survived a long drought in South Africa - here's how

Agriculture

Brown locusts have survived a long drought in South Africa - here's how

Frances Duncan 19 May 2021

Maker spaces give engineers and designers the tools to build low-cost medical equipment using locally available materials.
Brandon Martin, Rice University, CC BY-NC-ND

Healthcare

'Frugal design' brings medical innovations to communities that lack resources during the pandemic

Rebecca Richards-Kortum & Theresa Mkandawire 31 Mar 2021

Solar energy is an invaluable resource in rural areas like this facility in Gambia. Gavi/2018/Guido Dingemans

Energy & Mining

Solar technologies can speed up vaccine rollout in Africa. Here's how

Cyrus Sinai & Rob Fetter 23 Mar 2021

The polio eradication programme in Africa directly combated a severe debilitating disease. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

How ending polio in Africa has had positive spinoffs for public health

Charles Shey Wiysonge 4 Nov 2020

South Africans aren't being protected from fake sanitisers: what needs to be done

Retail

South Africans aren't being protected from fake sanitisers: what needs to be done

Lise Korsten 21 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

Why rural electrification won't fix deforestation in Zimbabwe

ESG & Sustainability

Why rural electrification won't fix deforestation in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 3 Jul 2020

Marketing & Media

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

Ashwanee Budoo 18 May 2020

Ethiopia’s economic growth hovered between 8%-11% for over 10 years but its sovereign credit rating has not been upgraded Shutterstock

Finance

African countries aren't borrowing too much: they're paying too much for debt

Misheck Mutize 20 Feb 2020

How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe

ESG & Sustainability

How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 15 Jan 2020

Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during a ceremony marking the reopening of the Eritrean Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 16, 2018. A recent thawing of relations between the two countries did not lead to improved conditions for the media in Eritrea. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Tiksa Negeri.

Marketing & Media

10 most censored countries

13 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & Media

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

Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala 10 Sep 2019

The statue of founding president Mwalimu Julius Nyerere in Tanzania’s political capital Dodoma. Credit: WikiCommons.

Marketing & Media

Why Tanzania's attacks on free speech break with Nyerere's legacy

Nick Westcott 4 Sep 2019

A man looks at newspaper front pages in Dakar, on February 25, 2019, one day after Senegal's presidential elections. Senegalese authorities arrested critical journalist Adama Gaye on July 29. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Seyllou.

Marketing & Media

Senegalese authorities arrest critical journalist Adama Gaye

14 Aug 2019

Rhino Momma Project in desperate need of donations

ESG & Sustainability

Rhino Momma Project in desperate need of donations

Sindy Peters 29 Jul 2019

Agriculture

'Heat stress to become greater threat to agricultural workers'

Siyanda Sishuba 8 Jul 2019

Marketing & Media

Somaliland bans two privately owned TV stations

1 Jul 2019

Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine appears for his bail application via a video link from prison, on a television screen in a court in Kampala, Uganda, on May 2, 2019. Uganda's media regulator suspended staff from 13 broadcast outlets for covering his arrest. Credit: CPJ/AP/Ronald Kabuubi.

Marketing & Media

Ugandan regulator suspends staff from 13 outlets that covered Bobi Wine

10 May 2019

US National Security Advisor John Bolton sees China as a threat to Washington in Africa. EPA-EFE/Shawn Thew

Finance

US still sees Africa as important. But it must learn from past mistakes

Maria Ryan 24 Apr 2019

Cholera vaccines have been given to people in Beira after an outbreak following Cyclone Idai. EPA-EFE/Celeste Mac-Arthur

Healthcare

Southern African countries won't manage disasters unless they work together

Chris Changwe 18 Apr 2019

Tanzanians sit next to a tree in Dar es Salaam in 2015. Tanzanian authorities this week imposed a temporary ban on The Citizen over its reporting. Credit: CPJ/AP/Khalfan Said.

Marketing & Media

Tanzania imposes 7-day publication ban on The Citizen

11 Mar 2019

Adesh Kisten, head of sales i-Pay.

Marketing & Media

Is the African retail market ready for the digital boom?

25 Jan 2019

DW revamps English TV broadcast schedule

Marketing & Media

DW revamps English TV broadcast schedule

25 Jan 2019

Agriculture

Africa cuts new cases of top maize disease

Nelson Mandela Ogema and Gilbert Nakweya 31 Dec 2018

Mimi Mefo, television journalist and blogger, Cameroon.

Marketing & Media

CPJ calls on Cameroon to drop charges against Mimi Mefo

12 Nov 2018

#AOW2018: Sudan poised for second boom

Energy & Mining

#AOW2018: Sudan poised for second boom

Nicci Botha 9 Nov 2018

Zimbabwe's economy is collapsing: Why Mnangagwa doesn't have the answers

Marketing & Media

Zimbabwe's economy is collapsing: Why Mnangagwa doesn't have the answers

Robert Rotberg 29 Oct 2018

Kenya is ill-prepared for the environmental, health and safety impacts that accompany oil production. Signature Message/Shutterstock

Energy & Mining

What Kenya needs to do to better protect those working in the oil sector

Melba K Wasunna 25 Oct 2018

BBC News Africa to launch new programme 'Smart Money'

Marketing & Media

BBC News Africa to launch new programme 'Smart Money'

23 Oct 2018

BBC News Africa rolled out new series 'Talk It Out'

Marketing & Media

BBC News Africa rolled out new series 'Talk It Out'

Yuveshen Darmalingum 9 Oct 2018

Beijing has lent $90bn to African governments, SEOs

Marketing & Media

Beijing has lent $90bn to African governments, SEOs

Said Aboubaker & Savious Kwinika 31 Aug 2018

#NEWSWATCH: Uganda's 'social media tax' condemned

Marketing & Media

#NEWSWATCH: Uganda's 'social media tax' condemned

Louise Marsland 1 Jun 2018

Top 10 fastest growing economies in Africa in 2018

Marketing & Media

Top 10 fastest growing economies in Africa in 2018

7 May 2018

Ericino de Salema, a prominent journalist and human rights lawyer, was abducted and assaulted on March 27, according to reports. Credit: Neusa Ribeiro.

Marketing & Media

Mozambique journalist abducted, assaulted

29 Mar 2018

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Agriculture

Big data drives more finance to African agribusiness

2 Mar 2018

Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system

Agriculture

Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system

Ian Scoones 16 Jan 2018