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Kenya and South Africa win big in social impact categories

Karabo Ledwaba

Hansa Pilsener and Joe Public go bronze in the Cannes sun

Kenya’s The Partnership Agency wins Bronze Lion

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MDNtv Creative Arts Capacity Building Programme is creating jobs and giving young people purpose

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How Tsundzukani Hlungwane is inspiring the next generation through conservation

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Tanzanian duo win H&M Foundation’s 2026 Global Change Award

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Why do so many African women bleach their skin? Study looks beyond what they tell researchers

Oyenike Balogun 4 May 2026

International Women’s Day | 4 South African women included in KFC's Africa female firsts

International Women’s Day | 4 South African women included in KFC's Africa female firsts

6 Mar 2026

Innovations from Uganda and Tanzania selected for H&M’s Global Change Award 2026

Innovations from Uganda and Tanzania selected for H&M’s Global Change Award 2026

4 Mar 2026

Jumia aims for profit as it fends off Chinese rivals

Jumia aims for profit as it fends off Chinese rivals

MacDonald Dzirutwe 12 Feb 2026

Anheuser-Busch InBev will buy back a 49.9% stake in its US metal container plants for about $3 billion (Image source: © AB InBev

AB InBev buys back stake in US metal packaging plants for $3bn

8 Jan 2026

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Nestlé widens infant formula recall to Africa, the Americas and Asia

Alexander Marrow 8 Jan 2026

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It's lit: L'Oréal unveils new light tech-powered beauty tools at CES 2026

7 Jan 2026

According to Sociallyin CEO Keith Kakadia, the next phase of digital retail rewards efficiency, conversion, and retention—not spray-and-pray advertising or unchecked scale (Image source: © 123rf )

2026: The year e-commerce gets ruthless

Keith Kakadia 5 Jan 2026

African fashion has flourished in terms of creativity and innovation in recent years, and is attracting global attention. Pictured: Lagos Fashion Week (Image source: © The Labari Journal

Lagos fashion: how designers make global trends uniquely Nigerian

2 Jan 2026

To boost Nigerian entrepreneurship, Nigerian Breweries has formed a partnership with non-profit organisation Fate Foundation to empower around 1,000 Nigerian students (Image source: © The Drinks Business

Partnership to empower students to boost Nigerian entrepreneurship

23 Dec 2025

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Identity and heritage drive A-beauty’s $44bn rise in MEA region

12 Dec 2025

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TikTok unites with Nivea and inDrive for 2025 sub-Saharan Awards

1 Dec 2025

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Lagos Fashion Week wins the 2025 Earthshot Prize

6 Nov 2025

Warc’s The Future of Commerce Media 2025 examines trends, advertising investment and the impact of AI on retail media (Image source: © 123rf )

Retail media: Agentic AI commerce arrives, estimated value of $136bn in 2025

5 Nov 2025

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SMEs across sub-Saharan Africa invited to enter inaugural DHL Exporters of the Year Awards

30 Sep 2025

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Nigeria’s plastic waste could enrich the fashion industry: here’s how

Solaja Mayowa Oludele 22 Sep 2025

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Designers Hugo Dumas and Carla Zhang bring fresh solutions to fashion’s growing waste problem

9 Sep 2025

Shoprite nears Africa consolidation finish line, with Mozambique under possible review

Shoprite nears Africa consolidation finish line, with Mozambique under possible review

Nqobile Dludla 4 Sep 2025

Fanta partners with horror icons for Halloween campaign

Fanta partners with horror icons for Halloween campaign

29 Aug 2025

#WomensMonth: Kionna Moodley's shopper marketing vision for PepsiCo in Africa

Karabo Ledwaba 11 Aug 2025

AI and data are reshaping Africa's retail sector

Blessed Hwaire and Shobhit Jain 11 Aug 2025

Shoprite plans to exit Ghana and Malawi

Nqobile Dludla 6 Aug 2025

Minecraft-themed ice cream by Wall’s hits UK supermarkets

1 Aug 2025

Hershey, Nestle, other cocoa companies defeat appeal of child slavery lawsuit

Jonathan Stempel 24 Jul 2025

SA and Nigeria need opposite approaches to their informal sectors

22 Jul 2025

Why CSI has to evolve beyond charity in Africa

Nkosinathi Mahlangu 2 Jul 2025

Afreximbank launches African Trade Report 2025

27 Jun 2025

Customer Experience Africa Awards (CXAs) calls for entries

20 Jun 2025

Publicis unseats WPP on Mars’ $1.7bn media account

11 Jun 2025

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