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Ogilvy Africa Network launches Ogilvy One in SSA with Jason Smit as managing partner

Ogilvy Africa Network launches Ogilvy One in SSA with Jason Smit as managing partner

Source: © 123rf In 2024, 258,000 apps for iOS and Android operating systems were downloaded per minute for all types of publishers, with in-app purchase revenue up 12.5% to $150bn

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The 2025 Tabbie Awards competition for B2B online and print publications is open (Image supplied)

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Mobile app launched to connect to African fashion designers

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All the 2018 AfricaCom Awards winners

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#FairnessFirst: Why investigative journalism and media freedom matters

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Vodacom now present in 19 new countries in Africa

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AfricaCom Awards 2018 finalists

AfricaCom Awards 2018 finalists

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New Pan-African Data Centre Association launched in Morocco

New Pan-African Data Centre Association launched in Morocco

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iflix partners with Vewd to offer entertainment across MENA

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How can Africa's digital revolution be transformational?

How can Africa's digital revolution be transformational?

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Reuters rolls out its news video service in Africa

Reuters rolls out its news video service in Africa

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WorldRemit launches digital money transfers within Africa

WorldRemit launches digital money transfers within Africa

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How digital is driving media growth in Africa

How digital is driving media growth in Africa

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StarTimes rolls out app to increase HIV/AIDS awareness in Kenya

StarTimes rolls out app to increase HIV/AIDS awareness in Kenya

Yuveshen Darmalingum 14 Sep 2018

In-app programmatic exchange for Africa launched

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12 Sep 2018

Final call for entries to AppsAfrica Innovation Awards

Final call for entries to AppsAfrica Innovation Awards

Gabriella Mulligan 10 Sep 2018

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Africacom, Cape Town.

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Vicinity Media extends African footprint

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Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa.

Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa 2nd cohort announced

Gabriella Mulligan 29 Aug 2018

Twitter Lite now available in over 45 countries

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Toussaint Alain, African Daily Voice CEO.

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14 Aug 2018

Video games from Africa go global

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7 Aug 2018

Analysis of Zimbabwe's "online propaganda war"

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Dumisani Moyo 2 Aug 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping, BRICS Summit, South Africa.

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Is your site mobile-friendly?

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Leigh Andrews 20 Jul 2018

Startups invited to apply for AppsAfrica Innovation Awards

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Mobile video service for Nigeria launched by media partners

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Think the world's connected? Think again. A slide from BRCK's AfricaCom 2020 session.

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15 Nov 2018

#FairnessFirst: Why investigative journalism and media freedom matters

#FairnessFirst: Why investigative journalism and media freedom matters

Leigh Andrews 12 Nov 2018

Vodacom now present in 19 new countries in Africa

Vodacom now present in 19 new countries in Africa

6 Nov 2018

AfricaCom Awards 2018 finalists

AfricaCom Awards 2018 finalists

1 Nov 2018

New Pan-African Data Centre Association launched in Morocco

New Pan-African Data Centre Association launched in Morocco

16 Oct 2018

iflix partners with Vewd to offer entertainment across MENA

iflix partners with Vewd to offer entertainment across MENA

Yuveshen Darmalingum 15 Oct 2018

How can Africa's digital revolution be transformational?

How can Africa's digital revolution be transformational?

Edwin Macharia and Zarina Nteta 11 Oct 2018

Reuters rolls out its news video service in Africa

Reuters rolls out its news video service in Africa

Yuveshen Darmalingum 21 Sep 2018

WorldRemit launches digital money transfers within Africa

WorldRemit launches digital money transfers within Africa

19 Sep 2018

How digital is driving media growth in Africa

How digital is driving media growth in Africa

14 Sep 2018

AfricaCom 2018 takes place in Cape Town, 13-15 November 2018.

Celebrating Africa's digital heroes in 2018

14 Sep 2018

StarTimes rolls out app to increase HIV/AIDS awareness in Kenya

StarTimes rolls out app to increase HIV/AIDS awareness in Kenya

Yuveshen Darmalingum 14 Sep 2018

In-app programmatic exchange for Africa launched

In-app programmatic exchange for Africa launched

12 Sep 2018

Final call for entries to AppsAfrica Innovation Awards

Final call for entries to AppsAfrica Innovation Awards

Gabriella Mulligan 10 Sep 2018

data/ © dolgachov via

African research dominated by mobile, social media

Danette Breitenbach 6 Sep 2018

Africacom, Cape Town.

The spread of digital connectivity in Africa

3 Sep 2018

Vicinity Media extends African footprint

Vicinity Media extends African footprint

Vicinity Media 30 Aug 2018

Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa.

Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa 2nd cohort announced

Gabriella Mulligan 29 Aug 2018

Twitter Lite now available in over 45 countries

16 Aug 2018

Toussaint Alain, African Daily Voice CEO.

New pan-African news agency launched

14 Aug 2018

Video games from Africa go global

Video games from Africa go global

7 Aug 2018

Analysis of Zimbabwe's "online propaganda war"

Analysis of Zimbabwe's "online propaganda war"

Dumisani Moyo 2 Aug 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping, BRICS Summit, South Africa.

The next decade of BRICS

30 Jul 2018

Is your site mobile-friendly?

Is your site mobile-friendly?

JG Bezuidenhout 27 Jul 2018

Nelson Mandela image from

#Mandela100: Using the spirit of Ubuntu to address knowledge gaps on Wikipedia

Leigh Andrews 20 Jul 2018

Startups invited to apply for AppsAfrica Innovation Awards

Startups invited to apply for AppsAfrica Innovation Awards

Tom Jackson 16 Jul 2018

Building a digital continent

Building a digital continent

Michael Pittelkow 5 Jul 2018

Mobile video service for Nigeria launched by media partners

Mobile video service for Nigeria launched by media partners

21 Jun 2018

Truecaller eyes out sub-Saharan Africa's mobile payment space

Truecaller eyes out sub-Saharan Africa's mobile payment space

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GDPR: ground zero for a more trusted, secure internet

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Bill Buchanan 28 May 2018

AfricaCom 2017, Cape Town.

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If the future in Africa is mobile, identity verification is paramount

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Sherry Zameer 25 Apr 2018

Kenyan mobile consumer feedback company secures $3.5m investment

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24 Apr 2018

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Classifieds app raises funding to expand in Africa

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#OneShow2018: Mobile finalists revealed!

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Broadband connectivity to expand throughout West Africa

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