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Nairobi Animation du Monde 2020 winners announced

Nairobi Animation du Monde 2020 winners announced

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5 Sep 2019

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Resilient brands defy macroeconomic challenges in the 2019 BrandZ Top 30 Most Valuable SA Brands

Resilient brands defy macroeconomic challenges in the 2019 BrandZ Top 30 Most Valuable SA Brands

Kantar 5 Sep 2019

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Johanna McDowell 5 Sep 2019

SA designer Thebe Magugu first African to win LVMH Prize

SA designer Thebe Magugu first African to win LVMH Prize

5 Sep 2019

Gender diversity, female entrepreneurship highlighted at WEF in Africa

Gender diversity, female entrepreneurship highlighted at WEF in Africa

5 Sep 2019

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

Nick Westcott 4 Sep 2019

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YouTube and FIFA to broadcast African World Cup qualifiers live

4 Sep 2019

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Don't share everything on social media

4 Sep 2019

Internet shutdowns and the future of democracy in Africa

Internet shutdowns and the future of democracy in Africa

3 Sep 2019

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Do you know what your customers want their customers to experience?

Jane Stevenson 3 Sep 2019

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Fresh vigilance is needed to protect media freedom across Africa

Jeff Conroy-Krutz 2 Sep 2019

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'Africans can do business with the UN'

Kingsley Ighobor 2 Sep 2019

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5 mistakes grown-up brand blogs shouldn't make

Louisa Douwes Dekker 2 Sep 2019

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Promoting African co-productions in film

30 Aug 2019

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Western media, Chinese media... where is African media?

Zubeida Jaffer 30 Aug 2019

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3 data trends shaping digital marketing in the next 18 months

Grant Lapping 30 Aug 2019

Publicis Africa appoints pioneer Odette van der Haar as MD

29 Aug 2019

BBC Lifestyle to expand advertising prospects in Africa

BBC Lifestyle to expand advertising prospects in Africa

29 Aug 2019

Empowering news organisations through technological innovation

Empowering news organisations through technological innovation

Louise Marsland 28 Aug 2019

Africa needs a digitalisation strategy to compete in the global economy

Africa needs a digitalisation strategy to compete in the global economy

28 Aug 2019

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Key findings from Warc's 2019 Future of Strategy report

28 Aug 2019

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Steve Harvey to host African version of 'Family Feud'

27 Aug 2019

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Epica Awards adds Grand Prix for PR category

27 Aug 2019

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Onslaught against press freedoms in Tanzania

26 Aug 2019

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Cheil Worldwide Hong Kong named Agency of the Year at 2019 Ad Stars

26 Aug 2019

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PR and marketing: Worlds that merge to unite

Linda Hassall 26 Aug 2019

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#FairnessFirst: The power of women in influencer marketing

Leigh Andrews 26 Aug 2019

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