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Nike restructures its leadership team

Nike restructures its leadership team

7 May 2025

Source: © 123rf The 2025 first half AdForum Summit will take place in New York between 12 and 16 May 2025 with one of the key meetings with the leadership of Omnicom Advertising Group

AdForum Summit includes key meeting with Omnicom Advertising Group leadership

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World Bank says goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met

Health & Social Welfare

World Bank says goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met

Andrea Shalal 6 Oct 2022

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Technology

Can we right-size inventory for hyperlocal shopping?

David Lancefield 6 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Retailers

Massmart prepares to shut Game stores in East and West Africa

5 Oct 2022

African countries to push for more fossil fuel projects at COP27

Coal, Oil & Gas

African countries to push for more fossil fuel projects at COP27

Wendell Roelf 5 Oct 2022

Kenya lifts ban on genetically modified crops in response to drought

Agri Tech

Kenya lifts ban on genetically modified crops in response to drought

Alexander Winning 5 Oct 2022

World's tallest timber apartment complex to be built in Zanzibar

Construction & Engineering

World's tallest timber apartment complex to be built in Zanzibar

4 Oct 2022

Image supplied: Barrows develops new commercial business parks for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Mauritius.

Mixed-Use Property

Barrows to build 4 new business parks in Mauritius

4 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference.

Public Health

Ebola kills doctor in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

Elias Biryabarema 3 Oct 2022

Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe, founder and executive chair of African Fashion International and Lucilla Booyzen, director of South African Fashion Week. Source: Supplied

Fashion & Homeware

South Africans selected for BoF 500 Global Fashion Leader Index

3 Oct 2022

UN farm fund in talks with IMF to join forces on resilience trust - president

Food Security

UN farm fund in talks with IMF to join forces on resilience trust - president

Jorgelina do Rosario and Nigel Hunt 3 Oct 2022

Souce: © Whats Creative David Kennedy and Dan Wieden, cofounders of Wieden+Kennedy

Advertising

Wieden+Kennedy cofounder, Dan Wieden, dies

3 Oct 2022

'Decarbonisation is too expensive' - how to sell climate change action to bean counters

Climate Change

'Decarbonisation is too expensive' - how to sell climate change action to bean counters

Aled Jones 29 Sep 2022

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OOH

Global media leaders expected at WOO APAC Forum

28 Sep 2022

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Media

APO Group announces partnership with EIB Network

28 Sep 2022

Bisquit & Dubouché's Vincent Chappe on championing Cognac craft and community

FMCG

Bisquit & Dubouché's Vincent Chappe on championing Cognac craft and community

Lauren Hartzenberg 28 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters. Kenya's former central bank governor Njuguna Ndung'u at his office in Nairobi.

Banking

Ex-central bank chief named Kenyan finance minister amid rising inflation

28 Sep 2022

Outgoing Unilever CEO Alan Jope. Source: Supplied

FMCG

Unilever CEO Alan Jope to retire

27 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan health workers speak to members of the community before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in Kirembo village.

Healthcare

Uganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows

Elias Biryabarema 27 Sep 2022

Pentawards 2022: Best in global packaging design revealed

Packaging

Pentawards 2022: Best in global packaging design revealed

26 Sep 2022

Starsight Energy, SolarAfrica announce merger

Markets & Investment

Starsight Energy, SolarAfrica announce merger

26 Sep 2022

New Africa report looks at demographic changes, data centre growth, investment opportunities

Markets & Investment

New Africa report looks at demographic changes, data centre growth, investment opportunities

26 Sep 2022

African Global Citizen patrons urge world to consider continent's giving power

CSI & Philanthropy

African Global Citizen patrons urge world to consider continent's giving power

Cooper Inveen 26 Sep 2022

Image supplied. Koo Govender will join as the new chief executive officer: Publicis Groupe Africa on 1 February 2023

Marketing & Media

Koo Govender appointed new CEO: Publicis Groupe Africa

23 Sep 2022

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

CSI & Philanthropy

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

22 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters/Jeenah Moon. A view of the New York City skyline of Manhattan and the Hudson River.

Economy

New York still top, Moscow sinks in finance centre ranking

Huw Jones 22 Sep 2022

Uganda coffee exports plunge 29% in August on impact of drought

Agro-processing

Uganda coffee exports plunge 29% in August on impact of drought

Elias Biryabarema 21 Sep 2022

Source © Jacek Sopotnicki Nairobi, Kenya's captial city

Media Freedom

William Ruto vs Kenya's media: democracy is at stake

19 Sep 2022

African YouthAdapt Challenge competition open for entries

Climate Change

African YouthAdapt Challenge competition open for entries

19 Sep 2022

Hot in the city: why investors should care about soaring temperatures

Climate Change

Hot in the city: why investors should care about soaring temperatures

Tom Walker 16 Sep 2022

Yeezy Gap Round Jacket floating projection in Los Angeles. Source: Gap

Fashion & Homeware

Kanye West pulls plug on Yeezy Gap partnership

16 Sep 2022