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Inside Verto's strategy to streamline African trade with a 2030 vision

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Reshaping the global narrative around our continent

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20 May 2025

Source: © Grey Advertising It has been reported that WPP is to move advertising agency Grey into Ogilvy Group

WPP to move advertising agency Grey into Ogilvy Group

14 May 2025

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Social media crisis management

Gosi Legoale 3 Dec 2019

Facebook gathers developers for Kenya summit

Facebook gathers developers for Kenya summit

25 Nov 2019

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SA's VMLY&R wins Silver at 2019 Epica Awards

22 Nov 2019

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DHL Express launches live chat to enhance customer experience

20 Nov 2019

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Community developers gather with Facebook in Kenya

19 Nov 2019

Study examines engagement boosting on platforms

Study examines engagement boosting on platforms

19 Nov 2019

Pieter de Villiers, co-founder and CEO, Clickatell

#AfricaCom: Chat commerce leapfrogs in Africa

13 Nov 2019

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How social media activity is fuelling future global women's sports investment

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

Bonang Matheba named African Influencer of the Year at 2019 E! People's Choice Awards

Bonang Matheba named African Influencer of the Year at 2019 E! People's Choice Awards

31 Oct 2019

Meet Facebook News: its new 'dedicated place' for news in the US

Meet Facebook News: its new 'dedicated place' for news in the US

Shereesa Moodley 28 Oct 2019

Four Iwacu journalists, from left, Térence Mpozenzi, Agnès Ndirubusa, Christine Kamikazi, Egide Harerimana, and their driver, Adolphe Masabarikiza, are detained in Burundi. Credit: CPJ/Iwacu Media.

Burundi police arrest Iwacu journalists covering unrest

28 Oct 2019

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The digital dash for Africa

25 Oct 2019

2019 Feathers Awards winners announced

2019 Feathers Awards winners announced

18 Oct 2019

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Key findings from East-West Digital News' report on influencer marketing in Russia

16 Oct 2019

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The do's of social media marketing

Jessica Barrella 15 Oct 2019

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Facebook expands fact-checking to further countries in Africa

8 Oct 2019

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Digital citizenship: Bringing digital activism home

Grace Cooper 4 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

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Africa's startups invited to London accelerator

27 Sep 2019

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WhatsApp revolutionising business communication

25 Sep 2019

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The don'ts of social media marketing

Jessica Barrella 18 Sep 2019

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Of foxes and paradoxes in the media henhouse

Derek Abdinor 17 Sep 2019

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How Uganda is using old and new laws to block activists on social media

Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala 10 Sep 2019

Don't share everything on social media

Don't share everything on social media

4 Sep 2019

Empowering news organisations through technological innovation

Empowering news organisations through technological innovation

Louise Marsland 28 Aug 2019

A newspaper stand is seen in Mwanza, Tanzania, on September 19, 2015. Tanzania is currently considering legal amendments that could negatively affect press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Daniel Hayduk.

Onslaught against press freedoms in Tanzania

26 Aug 2019

Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, addressing the DStv Seminar of Creativity. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Check the stereotypes in your creativity

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

Sphelele Mjadu, Unilever Personal Care Senior Public Relations Manager for Africa and Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, in the UN Women-Dove masterclass panel at the Loeries. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Our responsibility of better representation in advertising, media

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

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5 ways to make your event pay with social media

Talitha Spykerman 21 Aug 2019