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Coca-Cola's iconic Holiday Magic advert created by AI leaves fans feeling sick

Source: © Showmax MultiChoice SA and Showmax CEO, Marc Jury has resigned

Marc Jury, MultiChoice SA and Showmax CEO, resigns

17 hours

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

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

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Finalists announced for Henrike Grohs Art Award 2022

Finalists announced for Henrike Grohs Art Award 2022

11 Feb 2022

Source: © Provantege Financial services giant Old Mutual's massive building wrap on a strategic OOH site in the heart of the capital city of Accra, Ghana

Unlocking the potential of Out of Home in Africa

Danette Breitenbach 9 Feb 2022

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Retail and the metaverse: A new world of consumer connection

9 Feb 2022

#BizTrends2022: Afrobeats, the new frontier for marketers

#BizTrends2022: Afrobeats, the new frontier for marketers

Danette Breitenbach 8 Feb 2022

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South Africans prolific internet users says study

Juliet Gillies 8 Feb 2022

Hugo Boss rebrands, partners with African TikToker Khaby Lame

Hugo Boss rebrands, partners with African TikToker Khaby Lame

2 Feb 2022

Source: New York Times

New York Times acquires Wordle

2 Feb 2022

Source: © fabio formaggio OOH is one of the mediums leading the recovery in 2021

2021: Year of recovery for marketing budgets globally

1 Feb 2022

2022 MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy calls for entries

2022 MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy calls for entries

1 Feb 2022

Luxury giant invites startups to enter LVMH Innovation Award 2022

Luxury giant invites startups to enter LVMH Innovation Award 2022

31 Jan 2022

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Unilever to cull 1,500 jobs in major restructuring

26 Jan 2022

No African brands in Brand Finance Global 500 2022 Report

26 Jan 2022

KFC names Nolo Thobejane as new head for rest of sub-Saharan Africa

KFC names Nolo Thobejane as new head for rest of sub-Saharan Africa

25 Jan 2022

Iconic fashion designer Thierry Mugler dies

Iconic fashion designer Thierry Mugler dies

24 Jan 2022

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Intl company acquires local media sales company, Ad Dynamo

20 Jan 2022

2022 Pan-African (Re)Insurance Journalism Awards opens entries

2022 Pan-African (Re)Insurance Journalism Awards opens entries

20 Jan 2022

Source: Wunderman Thompson

Wunderman Thompson reveals The Future 100: 2022

19 Jan 2022

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Trailblazer fashion journalist André Leon Talley dies

19 Jan 2022

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Top 10 global consumer trends revealed for 2022 - Euromonitor

17 Jan 2022

MultiChoice launches two new TV channels in Mozambique and Angola

MultiChoice launches two new TV channels in Mozambique and Angola

17 Jan 2022

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Twitter buys minority stake in Aleph

13 Jan 2022

Shoppers spent $1.14tn online globally over 2021 holiday season - Salesforce

Shoppers spent $1.14tn online globally over 2021 holiday season - Salesforce

13 Jan 2022

Subscription economy to hit $275bn in 2022: Where's the growth coming from?

11 Jan 2022

Source: © cocozero003 New York is one of the 10 cities where the Gerety Awards executive jury will be meeting

Locations for the Gerety 2022 executive juries announced

10 Jan 2022

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2022 Tabbies open for submissions

10 Jan 2022

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AI shop assistants: Get ready for a world where you can't tell humans and chatbots apart

Shweta Singh 7 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: Why retail has changed forever

#BizTrends2022: Why retail has changed forever

John Watling 6 Jan 2022

$617m ad value makes Nike most marketed sports brand on social media

5 Jan 2022

Source: © Alexandr Rozhkov

Assange's unconditional release called for by R2K

5 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: 5 mobile trends we're watching in 2022

#BizTrends2022: 5 mobile trends we're watching in 2022

Nick Durrant 5 Jan 2022

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World Court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC

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World Court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC

Stephanie van den Berg 10 Feb 2022

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Retail

ADM grows reach in Africa with takeover of SA's Comhan

9 Feb 2022

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

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Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Andrea Shalal 9 Feb 2022

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Retail

Retail and the metaverse: A new world of consumer connection

9 Feb 2022

Nairobi's prime residential sale prices show marginal improvement in H2 2021

Property

Nairobi's prime residential sale prices show marginal improvement in H2 2021

8 Feb 2022

Residential overtook offices in 2021 as largest sector for property investment

Property

Residential overtook offices in 2021 as largest sector for property investment

7 Feb 2022

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Agriculture

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Ratemo Michieka 7 Feb 2022

Ethiopian Airlines' B737 Max returns to the skies

Tourism & Travel

Ethiopian Airlines' B737 Max returns to the skies

4 Feb 2022

Kenya Mortgage Refinance starts selling first bond to boost home ownership

Property

Kenya Mortgage Refinance starts selling first bond to boost home ownership

George Obulutsa 4 Feb 2022

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Agriculture

Global food prices rise in January

3 Feb 2022

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Construction & Engineering

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Md Sazan Rahman 3 Feb 2022

Hugo Boss rebrands, partners with African TikToker Khaby Lame

Retail

Hugo Boss rebrands, partners with African TikToker Khaby Lame

2 Feb 2022

How a humble mushroom could save forests and fight climate change

Agriculture

How a humble mushroom could save forests and fight climate change

Paul W Thomas 2 Feb 2022

Open call for startups to join ImpactAim SDGs Tech pre-accelerator

Entrepreneurship

Open call for startups to join ImpactAim SDGs Tech pre-accelerator

2 Feb 2022

Nearly 40% of people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food - UN WFP

ESG & Sustainability

Nearly 40% of people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food - UN WFP

Giulia Paravicini 31 Jan 2022

Luxury giant invites startups to enter LVMH Innovation Award 2022

Retail

Luxury giant invites startups to enter LVMH Innovation Award 2022

31 Jan 2022

Why SEZs will play a major role in Africa's mining industry future

Energy & Mining

Why SEZs will play a major role in Africa's mining industry future

Thibault Serlet 31 Jan 2022

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Agriculture

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Denis J Murphy 31 Jan 2022

Adidas embarks on global hiring spree

Retail

Adidas embarks on global hiring spree

31 Jan 2022

Global air cargo demand up 6.9%, capacity remains constrained

Logistics & Transport

Global air cargo demand up 6.9%, capacity remains constrained

27 Jan 2022

Three Kenya Power executives charged over national blackout

Energy & Mining

Three Kenya Power executives charged over national blackout

Humphrey Malalo 27 Jan 2022

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Retail

Unilever to cull 1,500 jobs in major restructuring

26 Jan 2022

Healthcare

FIRST: Johns Hopkins receives grant for psilocybin research

26 Jan 2022

Diageo to sell Ethiopian brewery Meta Abo to BGI

Retail

Diageo to sell Ethiopian brewery Meta Abo to BGI

26 Jan 2022

Here are the world's top 5 smart cities for 2022 - Juniper Research study

Construction & Engineering

Here are the world's top 5 smart cities for 2022 - Juniper Research study

25 Jan 2022

KFC names Nolo Thobejane as new head for rest of sub-Saharan Africa

Retail

KFC names Nolo Thobejane as new head for rest of sub-Saharan Africa

25 Jan 2022

Iconic fashion designer Thierry Mugler dies

Retail

Iconic fashion designer Thierry Mugler dies

24 Jan 2022

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Healthcare

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome pledge $300m to combat Covid-19

21 Jan 2022

Finance

ICGN's Henry Jones resigns

20 Jan 2022

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Energy & Mining

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Michael Grubb 20 Jan 2022

9 Kenya Power executives charged over national blackout

Energy & Mining

9 Kenya Power executives charged over national blackout

19 Jan 2022

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