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

#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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Positive portrayals of men in ads boost brand equity and sales

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Peak and Dale acquires Bean Interactive to boost its tech and communications leadership in Africa

Peak and Dale acquires Bean Interactive to boost its tech and communications leadership in Africa

Peak and Dale Group 15 Aug 2024

Fashion influences set design and film locations

Fashion influences set design and film locations

15 Aug 2024

This year a new campaign, Choose Truth, created by South Africa's Daily Maverick, will be featured for World News Day (Image supplied)

South Africa's Daily Maverick's Choose Truth campaign for World News Day

12 Aug 2024

TikTok's inaugural Visionary Voices Africa List 2024

TikTok's inaugural Visionary Voices Africa List 2024

8 Aug 2024

Source: © The Media Leader In a move termed, "an excellent outcome for WPP" by Mark Read, WPP CEO, WPP will sell its entire majority stake in FGS Global

WPP sells majority stake in FGS Global to Bidco Inc - An excellent outcome for WPP

7 Aug 2024

Source: © Econoimic Times L’Oréal International Distribution has appointed Wavemaker as its EMEA media agency

Wavemaker appointed L’Oréal International Distribution's EMEA media agency

1 Aug 2024

China's national spirit, Moutai, the world's most valuable spirits brand

1 Aug 2024

Corona Extra reclaims top spot as world's most valuable beer

31 Jul 2024

Adidas' brand sentiment plummets after dropping Bella Hadid

Danette Breitenbach 29 Jul 2024

Image supplied. India is expected to be the first to release the world's first feature-length AI-generated film Maharaja in Denims, produced by Intelliflicks Studios

World's first feature-length AI-generated film highlights AI challenges for industry

26 Jul 2024

Ticketmaster expands African reach with acquisition of Quicket

Ticketmaster expands African reach with acquisition of Quicket

25 Jul 2024

Source: © Outdoor Network of DOOH remains the main driver of OOH revenue growth globally. In Africa, the investment into DOOH is just over 20% of its total OOH revenue

DOOH investment in Africa lags behind

25 Jul 2024

Source: © PYMNTS Major sporting events such as the Uefa Euros and the Paris Olympics are are expected to drive economic growth in 2024

Live events, like Paris Olympics, 1 of 5 trends shaping consumer spending

25 Jul 2024

Ascential, the Cannes Lions festival owner, as been bought out by its rival Informa

Cannes Lion Festival bought out by rival business, informa

Danette Breitenbach 24 Jul 2024

Adidas' Olympics retro campaign steps into controversy

Adidas' Olympics retro campaign steps into controversy

Danette Breitenbach 23 Jul 2024

Source: © EL Output World’s most valuable and strongest football club, Real Madrid, ranks among the strongest brands globally, surpassing renowned names like Google, Coca-Cola, Ferrari, and Rolex

Real Madrid: World's most valuable football brand with a €1.7bn brand value

19 Jul 2024

CrowdStrike Falcon glitch disrupts global services across sectors

CrowdStrike Falcon glitch disrupts global services across sectors

Lindsey Schutters 19 Jul 2024

Source: © 123rf As customer journeys become more complex, creating a more personalised two-way interaction with customers is an increasingly important requirement for brands

Messaging the preferred method for customers to interact with brands says research

9 Jul 2024

Tag Collective: Innovation for Africa

Tag Collective: Innovation for Africa

Tag Collective 26 Jun 2024

Unlocking the potential of communities in Africa

Unlocking the potential of communities in Africa

Human8 26 Jun 2024

Careerbox is the starting point for many call centre careers in the local CCI base of operations in uMhlanga.

BPO industry report says Africa is becoming global CXM hub

Lindsey Schutters 20 Jun 2024

Customer Experience Africa Awards return for 2nd Edition

Customer Experience Africa Awards return for 2nd Edition

18 Jun 2024

Apple is the world’s first trillion dollar brand in the 2024 Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands

Kantar 12 Jun 2024

Africa's creative future: Leading the world through innovation and collaboration

Africa's creative future: Leading the world through innovation and collaboration

Dawn Rowlands, Dentsu 12 Jun 2024

Source: © LinkedIn Dentsu’s Carat has been appointed to Pernod Ricard's €100m EMEA media planning and buying account

Dentsu’s Carat wins Pernod Ricard's €100m EMEA media planning and buying account

7 Jun 2024

Source: © Cannes Lions the Cannes Lions 2024 has released its first shortlists

#Cannes2024 : Innovation, Glass and Titanium Shortlists released

Danette Breitenbach 4 Jun 2024

Source: © 123rf The UK Parliament has passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

UK passes Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

3 Jun 2024

Image supplied. Three South African agencies - Promise, Accenture Song and LePub - have been named in the NYF 2024 shortlist

3 SA agencies named in New York Festivals 2024 shortlist

3 Jun 2024

Image supplied. Carlos Fernando Chamorro, editor-in-chief of Confidencial (Photo: Mick Friis)

Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro awarded Wan-Ifra's Golden Pen of Freedom

31 May 2024

Image supplied. Wan-Ifra announced the 2024 Digital Media Awards Worldwide winners with SA’s Food For Mzansi Group, wining the 2024 Digital Media Awards Worldwide Best Podcast category

SA's Food For Mzansi Group wins Wan-Ifra 2024 Digital Media Awards Podcast category

28 May 2024

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Kenyan carmaker Mobius accepts bid from undisclosed buyer

Automotive

Kenyan carmaker Mobius accepts bid from undisclosed buyer

19 Aug 2024

A bird perches on an elephant as it walks at the Amboseli National Park in Kajiado County, Kenya,4 April 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

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Conservationists ask Tanzania to ban sport hunting of elephants

Elias Biryabarema 14 Aug 2024

TikTok's inaugural Visionary Voices Africa List 2024

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TikTok's inaugural Visionary Voices Africa List 2024

8 Aug 2024

AGL Kenya delivers critical equipment for AALTO, demonstrating logistics excellence

Logistics & Transport

AGL Kenya delivers critical equipment for AALTO, demonstrating logistics excellence

Africa Global Logistics 30 Jul 2024

Ticketmaster expands African reach with acquisition of Quicket

Lifestyle

Ticketmaster expands African reach with acquisition of Quicket

25 Jul 2024

CrowdStrike Falcon glitch disrupts global services across sectors

ICT

CrowdStrike Falcon glitch disrupts global services across sectors

Lindsey Schutters 19 Jul 2024

Careerbox is the starting point for many call centre careers in the local CCI base of operations in uMhlanga.

ICT

BPO industry report says Africa is becoming global CXM hub

Lindsey Schutters 20 Jun 2024

Customer Experience Africa Awards return for 2nd Edition

Retail

Customer Experience Africa Awards return for 2nd Edition

18 Jun 2024

Doctors and medical practitioners under the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) participate in a demonstration to demand payment of their salary arrears and the immediate hiring of trainee doctors, among other grievances, in Nairobi, Kenya, 16 April 2024. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Healthcare

Kenyan government doctors sign agreement to end strike

George Obulutsa 9 May 2024

ESG & Sustainability

Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

Sean Avery 6 May 2024

2,500 Kenyan fashion creators poised to enter global markets

Retail

2,500 Kenyan fashion creators poised to enter global markets

2 May 2024

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