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Kenya's supreme court quashes ruling that voided 2023 finance law

Humphrey Malalo and Elias Biryabarema

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Source: © WPP Despite third-quarter results showing a strong performance from GroupM and WPP's winning of the Amazon media account, the network's expectations for the full year remain unchanged

Strong Q3 performance for WPP; full year expectations remain unchanged

Suhana Gordhan of LoveSong to lead Radio & Audio at The One Show 2025

Suhana Gordhan of LoveSong to lead Radio & Audio at The One Show 2025

23 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf People are increasingly seeking depth, authenticity, and sensory richness in their experiences, aiming to engage with the world in meaningful ways. this is one of five macro trends identified by the Accenture Life Trends 2025 report

5 global macro trends and consumer insights from the Accenture Song's Life Trends 2025 report

22 Oct 2024

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How digital research is best positioned to understand African consumers

23 Jul 2020

Dara Treseder, chief marketing officer, Carbon.

Warc Media Awards announces 2020 Effective Use of Tech jury

22 Jul 2020

Warc Media Awards announces 2020 Best Use of Data jury

Warc Media Awards announces 2020 Best Use of Data jury

16 Jul 2020

Africa's changing times in broadcast media: Embracing platforms to keep up with rising competition

Roman Magis 15 Jul 2020

TV reporters prepare for a live broadcast during a strike by airline workers in Nairobi. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images.

Decolonising peace journalism - and putting it to work in East Africa

Fredrick Ogenga 9 Jun 2020

Winners of 2020 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards announced

Winners of 2020 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards announced

28 May 2020

#LockdownLessons: Companies putting the grit in integrity

#LockdownLessons: Companies putting the grit in integrity

Bizcommunity.com 26 May 2020

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi is arrested during a protest in Nairobi in 2014. AFP via Getty Images.

New media voices are telling Kenya's Covid-19 stories - from the ground up

Wambui Wamunyu 18 May 2020

Lex Bradshaw-Zanger, L'Oréal.

Warc Awards 2020 announces Effective Social Strategy shortlist

29 Apr 2020

Source: Wan-Ifra website.

Winners of the Wan-Ifra European Digital Media Awards announced

23 Apr 2020

Not taking lockdown lying down: A 360 industry overview

Not taking lockdown lying down: A 360 industry overview

Bizcommunity.com 21 Apr 2020

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

Bizcommunity.com 6 Apr 2020

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Why Africa's journalists aren't doing a good job on Covid-19

George Ogola 26 Mar 2020

Media effectiveness during Covid-19

Media effectiveness during Covid-19

Jane Ostler, Kantar 23 Mar 2020

Burger King’s Fernando Machado

#CannesLions2020: First speakers and sessions announced

20 Feb 2020

Grand Prix winning campaign; Fox Cricket.

Effective Use of Tech winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

22 Jan 2020

Al Umobuwah - Putting 'Mum' into 'Parenthood' campaign, Babyshop. Image supplied.

Effective Channel Integration winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

15 Jan 2020

Jury member Benoit Weisser, chief strategy officer, Ogilvy Asia. Image supplied.

Best Use of Data winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

8 Jan 2020

The Best of Biz: Marketing & Media 2019

#BestofBiz 2019: Marketing & Media

17 Dec 2019

The Best of Biz: Marketing & Media Africa 2019

#BestofBiz 2019: Marketing & Media Africa

17 Dec 2019

New monetisation models for media are needed

New monetisation models for media are needed

Louise Burgers 16 Dec 2019

Journalist Nazli Ilicak is embraced after her release from prison in Istanbul in November 2019, after a court ordered her free on time served at a retrial. Two of her colleagues remain in prison on terrorism related charges, among the 47 journalists jailed in Turkey. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir.

The world's worst jailers of journalists

Elana Beiser 11 Dec 2019

Effective Use of Tech shortlist announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

Effective Use of Tech shortlist announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

4 Dec 2019

IPFA winners, New York.

International Press Freedom Awards announced

27 Nov 2019

Creating relevant brands for African audiences

Creating relevant brands for African audiences

Jessica Tennant 22 Nov 2019

People take part in a parade to mark the 24th self-declared independence day for the breakaway region of Somaliland in the capital Hargeisa on May 18, 2015. On November 18, 2019, Somaliland police shut down a TV station and arrested its editor. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Feisal Omar.

Somaliland police shut down Horn Cable TV, arrest its editor

21 Nov 2019

#EpicaAwards2019: Day three results

#EpicaAwards2019: Day three results

21 Nov 2019

Nicole Hartnett, senior marketing scientist, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute. Image source: .

Warc announces Best Use of Data shortlist for Warc Media Awards 2019

20 Nov 2019

Yolisa Phahle, CEO of general entertainment at the MultiChoice Group, presenting the final keynote session of the second day of AfricaCom 2019.

#AfricaCom: Why "African time" is now for African storytelling, by Africans

Leigh Andrews 14 Nov 2019

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Putting the 'me' in Africa's media and entertainment industry

13 Nov 2019

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How digital research is best positioned to understand African consumers

23 Jul 2020

Dara Treseder, chief marketing officer, Carbon.

Warc Media Awards announces 2020 Effective Use of Tech jury

22 Jul 2020

Warc Media Awards announces 2020 Best Use of Data jury

Warc Media Awards announces 2020 Best Use of Data jury

16 Jul 2020

Africa's changing times in broadcast media: Embracing platforms to keep up with rising competition

Roman Magis 15 Jul 2020

TV reporters prepare for a live broadcast during a strike by airline workers in Nairobi. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images.

Decolonising peace journalism - and putting it to work in East Africa

Fredrick Ogenga 9 Jun 2020

Winners of 2020 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards announced

Winners of 2020 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards announced

28 May 2020

#LockdownLessons: Companies putting the grit in integrity

#LockdownLessons: Companies putting the grit in integrity

Bizcommunity.com 26 May 2020

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi is arrested during a protest in Nairobi in 2014. AFP via Getty Images.

New media voices are telling Kenya's Covid-19 stories - from the ground up

Wambui Wamunyu 18 May 2020

Lex Bradshaw-Zanger, L'Oréal.

Warc Awards 2020 announces Effective Social Strategy shortlist

29 Apr 2020

Source: Wan-Ifra website.

Winners of the Wan-Ifra European Digital Media Awards announced

23 Apr 2020

Not taking lockdown lying down: A 360 industry overview

Not taking lockdown lying down: A 360 industry overview

Bizcommunity.com 21 Apr 2020

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

Bizcommunity.com 6 Apr 2020

Credit: Elijah O'Donnell on .

Why Africa's journalists aren't doing a good job on Covid-19

George Ogola 26 Mar 2020

Media effectiveness during Covid-19

Media effectiveness during Covid-19

Jane Ostler, Kantar 23 Mar 2020

Burger King’s Fernando Machado

#CannesLions2020: First speakers and sessions announced

20 Feb 2020

Grand Prix winning campaign; Fox Cricket.

Effective Use of Tech winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

22 Jan 2020

Al Umobuwah - Putting 'Mum' into 'Parenthood' campaign, Babyshop. Image supplied.

Effective Channel Integration winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

15 Jan 2020

Jury member Benoit Weisser, chief strategy officer, Ogilvy Asia. Image supplied.

Best Use of Data winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

8 Jan 2020

The Best of Biz: Marketing & Media 2019

#BestofBiz 2019: Marketing & Media

17 Dec 2019

The Best of Biz: Marketing & Media Africa 2019

#BestofBiz 2019: Marketing & Media Africa

17 Dec 2019

New monetisation models for media are needed

New monetisation models for media are needed

Louise Burgers 16 Dec 2019

Journalist Nazli Ilicak is embraced after her release from prison in Istanbul in November 2019, after a court ordered her free on time served at a retrial. Two of her colleagues remain in prison on terrorism related charges, among the 47 journalists jailed in Turkey. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir.

The world's worst jailers of journalists

Elana Beiser 11 Dec 2019

Effective Use of Tech shortlist announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

Effective Use of Tech shortlist announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

4 Dec 2019

IPFA winners, New York.

International Press Freedom Awards announced

27 Nov 2019

Creating relevant brands for African audiences

Creating relevant brands for African audiences

Jessica Tennant 22 Nov 2019

People take part in a parade to mark the 24th self-declared independence day for the breakaway region of Somaliland in the capital Hargeisa on May 18, 2015. On November 18, 2019, Somaliland police shut down a TV station and arrested its editor. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Feisal Omar.

Somaliland police shut down Horn Cable TV, arrest its editor

21 Nov 2019

#EpicaAwards2019: Day three results

#EpicaAwards2019: Day three results

21 Nov 2019

Nicole Hartnett, senior marketing scientist, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute. Image source: .

Warc announces Best Use of Data shortlist for Warc Media Awards 2019

20 Nov 2019

Yolisa Phahle, CEO of general entertainment at the MultiChoice Group, presenting the final keynote session of the second day of AfricaCom 2019.

#AfricaCom: Why "African time" is now for African storytelling, by Africans

Leigh Andrews 14 Nov 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Putting the 'me' in Africa's media and entertainment industry

13 Nov 2019

CPJ deepens database of attacks on the press

CPJ deepens database of attacks on the press

Elana Beiser 12 Nov 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Media: How to protect your phone from spyware

11 Nov 2019

Dr Carl Driesener, senior marketing scientist at the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute (EBI) of marketing science in Australia explaining the 5 steps to becoming a smarter target marketer at Spark Media's recent event.

5 steps to becoming a smarter target marketer

Leigh Andrews 8 Nov 2019

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Key findings from Wan-Ifra's 30th World Press Trends report

6 Nov 2019

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Journalists at risk ahead of unity government in Sudan

5 Nov 2019

Nila Yasmin, APO Group African Women in Media Award Winner receiving the APO Group African Women in Media Award from Nicolas Ponpigne-mognard, founder and chairman, APO Group

Ugandan journalist wins APO media award

1 Nov 2019

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Unlocking the web's untold censorship stories

Madeline Earp 31 Oct 2019

Hamza Idris (left), an editor with the Daily Trust newspaper, sits with colleague Hussaini Garba Mohammed in their office in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, in February 2019. The office was raided in January by the military, who seized 24 computers. Credit: CPJ/Jonathan Rozen.

Nigerian military targeted journalists' phones, computers with "forensic search" for sources

Jonathan Rozen 30 Oct 2019

Image credit: Fabian Blank on Unsplash.

Key findings from Warc's Media Allocation Benchmarks report

30 Oct 2019

Maxence Melo Mubyazi.

CPJ announces 2019 International Press Freedom Awards

23 Oct 2019

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