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#Cannes2025: Adobe's Shantanu Narayen becomes Cannes Lions' first Creative Champion of the Year

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#Cannes2025: Adobe's Shantanu Narayen becomes Cannes Lions' first Creative Champion of the Year

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Events & Conferencing

AMV BBDO London wins six Best of Disciplines at The One Show 2021

3 Jun 2021

Idris Bello talks raising capital in Africa

Community

Idris Bello talks raising capital in Africa

Evan-Lee Courie 3 Jun 2021

Climate change: 6 priorities for pulling carbon out of the air

Climate Change

Climate change: 6 priorities for pulling carbon out of the air

Cameron Hepburn and Steve Smith 3 Jun 2021

Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Sustainable Development

Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Umberto Bacchi 3 Jun 2021

African researchers invited to apply for JWO Research Grant

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

African researchers invited to apply for JWO Research Grant

2 Jun 2021

A man wearing a protective face mask walks outside a Shoprite store in Abuja, 3 Nigeria August 2020. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

Retailers

Shoprite wraps up sale of Nigerian business

2 Jun 2021

Forbes Africa announces 30 Under 30 for 2021

Youth Month

Forbes Africa announces 30 Under 30 for 2021

1 Jun 2021

Affordable housing: The catalyst for post-Covid economic recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Affordable & Social Housing

Affordable housing: The catalyst for post-Covid economic recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Somaya Joshua 1 Jun 2021

Are African brands out of touch with Africans?

Branding

Are African brands out of touch with Africans?

Pat Mahlangu 1 Jun 2021

Iyin Aboyeji shares advice for African entrepreneurs

Community

Iyin Aboyeji shares advice for African entrepreneurs

Evan-Lee Courie 1 Jun 2021

RICS publishes new guidance for land measurement in development projects

Property Development

RICS publishes new guidance for land measurement in development projects

31 May 2021

Marriott Hotels debuts in Lagos, Nigeria

Hospitality

Marriott Hotels debuts in Lagos, Nigeria

31 May 2021

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Events & Conferencing

The power of inclusive portrayal in advertising

Emily Stander 28 May 2021

IIASA researchers produce new framework to enhance national climate action

Climate Change

IIASA researchers produce new framework to enhance national climate action

28 May 2021

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Tourism & Travel

Air travel and Covid-19: Long term view for post-Covid passenger travel demand

28 May 2021

Ebola survivors: their health struggles and how best to support them

Infectious Diseases

Ebola survivors: their health struggles and how best to support them

Peter B James, Abdulai Jawo Ba, Amie Steel, Jon Adams & Jon Wardle 28 May 2021

Startup teaches young Nigerians to code on smartphones

Tech Startups

Startup teaches young Nigerians to code on smartphones

Angela Ukomadu 27 May 2021

Report: Gender-responsive research key to farm productivity, tackling Africa's agricultural threats

Research & Development

Report: Gender-responsive research key to farm productivity, tackling Africa's agricultural threats

27 May 2021

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Logistics & Transport

Emirates voted 'Best Airline Worldwide' for the 8th consecutive year

27 May 2021

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Aviation

Increased air travel digitalisation needed for sector restart, IATA

27 May 2021

Obuasi Mine. Image: AngloGold Ashanti

Mining

AngloGold Ashanti suspends Obuasi output, cost guidance after underground collapse

Tanisha Heiberg 27 May 2021

AfDB board approves bank's policy prioritising water security

Food, Water & Energy Security

AfDB board approves bank's policy prioritising water security

27 May 2021

Workers in a tea plantation in Rwanda. The crop is one of the country's main exports

Economy

Africa's free trade area offers great promise. But only if risks are managed with resolve

John Luiz 27 May 2021

The 2021 World Food Prize recognises that fish are key for reducing hunger and malnutrition

Food Security

The 2021 World Food Prize recognises that fish are key for reducing hunger and malnutrition

Ben Belton 26 May 2021

Wina 2021 announces shortlist

Advertising

Wina 2021 announces shortlist

25 May 2021

The Fulfilment Summit set to go live this week

Exhibitions & Events

The Fulfilment Summit set to go live this week

24 May 2021

Marek Zmyslowski on plotting a realistic e-commerce growth strategy in Africa

E-commerce

Marek Zmyslowski on plotting a realistic e-commerce growth strategy in Africa

Lauren Hartzenberg 23 May 2021

FMCG

New beverage brand Bissap inspired by flavours of West Africa

21 May 2021

The Lancet has published the results of an analysis of how critically ill Covid-19 patients did at 64 hospitals in Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Covid-19

Africa has a higher death rate among critically ill Covid-19 patients than anywhere else

Elsabé Brits 21 May 2021

Greening the planet: We can't just plant trees, we have to restore forests

Forestry

Greening the planet: We can't just plant trees, we have to restore forests

Tristram Hales, Benoit Goossens and Mike Bruford 21 May 2021