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Source: © LinkedIn Dentsu’s Carat has been appointed to Pernod Ricard's €100m EMEA media planning and buying account

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Dentsu’s Carat wins Pernod Ricard's €100m EMEA media planning and buying account

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Source: © Cannes Lions the Cannes Lions 2024 has released its first shortlists

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Source: © 123rf The UK Parliament has passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

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Image supplied. Three South African agencies - Promise, Accenture Song and LePub - have been named in the NYF 2024 shortlist

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Image supplied. Wan-Ifra announced the 2024 Digital Media Awards Worldwide winners with SA’s Food For Mzansi Group, wining the 2024 Digital Media Awards Worldwide Best Podcast category

Online Media

SA's Food For Mzansi Group wins Wan-Ifra 2024 Digital Media Awards Podcast category

28 May 2024

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D&AD Awards

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27 May 2024

Source: © 123rf A CMO study has found that chief marketing officers appear clear, confident, and intentional in where Gen AI integration and application will deliver the best results in marketing process improvement and execution in 2024

Marketing

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22 May 2024

Image supplied. The final and full shortlist for the D&AD Awards has been released and the 62nd D&AD Awards ceremony takes place tomorrow, Wednesday 22 May in London

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D&AD Awards

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21 May 2024

Source: © Witness Media Lab Many people have been targeted by deep fakes

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WPP CEO Mark Read targeted by deep fake AI scam

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Image supplied. Levergy, South Africa, Creative Edge, Kenya and VML, Tunisia are among the shortlisted agencies in the Warc Awards for Effectiveness 2024, in association with the Cannes Lions

Marketing

3 African agencies on Warc Awards for Effectiveness 2024 shortlist

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Index Hotels SA takes over management of the C Resort & Residences in Prampram, Ghana

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Index Hotels SA takes over management of the C Resort & Residences in Prampram, Ghana

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$1.3bn Exxon Nigeria asset sale could be approved

Camillus Eboh and Isaac Anyaogu 3 May 2024

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Raymond Langa 24 Apr 2024

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West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders when it comes to producing sustainable clothes

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Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie 17 Apr 2024

Nigeria suffered 46 grid collapses between 2017 and 2023

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Isaac Anyaogu 15 Apr 2024

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Ange Aboa 8 Apr 2024

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, sits as he waits to face prosecution for tax evasion and money laundering at the federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria, 4 April 2024. Reuters/ Abraham Achirga

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Detained Binance executive in court on Nigerian tax, money laundering charges

Camillus Eboh 4 Apr 2024

Chris Wulf-Caesar returns to Unilever Ghana as CEO

FMCG

Chris Wulf-Caesar returns to Unilever Ghana as CEO

28 Mar 2024

SA’s fashion industry yields highest sales in sub-Saharan Africa of $11bn

Fashion & Homeware

SA’s fashion industry yields highest sales in sub-Saharan Africa of $11bn

26 Mar 2024

Somali pirates' return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

Shipping

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The subsea cable damage on West Africa could take 5 weeks to repair

Internet

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Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 18 Mar 2024

The Cellusys team: (from left) Dan Fletcher, Scott Fairnington, Chris Daly, Iyad Al-Shihabi, Rebecca Parkin, Luanna Sena and Nick Redmayne

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Katja Hamilton 4 Mar 2024

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