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Nike restructures its leadership team

Nike restructures its leadership team

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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

6 May 2025

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Banking & Finance

Buy now pay later spend to soar, fuelled by macro-economic pressures

26 Oct 2022

How digital tech, ambience and sustainability drive in-store shopper behaviour

Research

How digital tech, ambience and sustainability drive in-store shopper behaviour

25 Oct 2022

Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat, produce healthy food in African cities

Sustainable Development

Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat, produce healthy food in African cities

Olumuyiwa Adegun 25 Oct 2022

Cotton exporter Benin developing home-grown textile industry

Design & Manufacturing

Cotton exporter Benin developing home-grown textile industry

Alison Williams 24 Oct 2022

African cities: Climate action plans could help address injustice, inequity

Climate Change

African cities: Climate action plans could help address injustice, inequity

Gina Ziervogel 24 Oct 2022

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Fashion & Homeware

H&M Foundation on the lookout for sustainable fashion innovators

24 Oct 2022

Uganda court hands life sentence to man caught with elephant ivory

Environment & Natural Resources

Uganda court hands life sentence to man caught with elephant ivory

Elias Biryabarema 21 Oct 2022

Walmart doubles down on Africa despite a decade of frustration

Retailers

Walmart doubles down on Africa despite a decade of frustration

Nqobile Dludla 21 Oct 2022

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Film

Kitale Film Week opens call for submissions

21 Oct 2022

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Markets & Investment

Liz Truss resignation will not steady markets easily

20 Oct 2022

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Economy

Liz Truss resigns

20 Oct 2022

Analysis: Renewables shift lays bare Africa's energy dilemma

Energy

Analysis: Renewables shift lays bare Africa's energy dilemma

Bate Felix 20 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. MoneyHash founders, Nader Abdelrazik, Mustafa Eid and Anisha Sekar.

Finance

MoneyHash debuts in Africa

20 Oct 2022

Osmotic Engineering Group director receives Fidic 2022 Future Leaders Award

Construction & Engineering

Osmotic Engineering Group director receives Fidic 2022 Future Leaders Award

20 Oct 2022

Uganda says coffee exports down 14% year-on-year due to drought

Agro-processing

Uganda says coffee exports down 14% year-on-year due to drought

Elias Biryabarema 20 Oct 2022

Nestlé names Nicole Roos first female MD for East and Southern Africa

FMCG

Nestlé names Nicole Roos first female MD for East and Southern Africa

19 Oct 2022

Source: © Blue Ox Studio A third of advertisers plan to cut their EMEA media budgets in 2023

Media

Third of advertisers plan to cut EMEA budgets next year

18 Oct 2022

2022 WWF report: Freshwater populations have fallen by 83% in less than a lifetime

Environment & Natural Resources

2022 WWF report: Freshwater populations have fallen by 83% in less than a lifetime

18 Oct 2022

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Legislation & Regulation

Media groups ask Uganda's top court to scrap law over free speech fears

Elias Biryabarema 18 Oct 2022

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Banking

Mastercard to bring crypto-trading capabilities to banks

17 Oct 2022

Source: World Economic Forum.

Banking

Are asset owners ready to finance a transition to net zero?

17 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters.

Finance

After policy U-turns, UK's Liz Truss says Britain wants stability

17 Oct 2022

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Media Freedom

Nigeria's Zamfara state orders media to close for covering political rally

Garba Muhammad 17 Oct 2022

Diageo seeks to raise its stake in Kenyan brewer EABL, to keep listing

FMCG

Diageo seeks to raise its stake in Kenyan brewer EABL, to keep listing

Duncan Miriri 17 Oct 2022

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Entebbe, Uganda 26 July 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters

Media & Entertainment Law

Ugandan president signs law critics say will stifle free speech

Elias Biryabarema 14 Oct 2022

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Fashion & Homeware

Africa's luxury resale shoppers flock to Louis Vuitton

13 Oct 2022

Fast fashion giant Shein commits to cutting emissions

Fashion & Homeware

Fast fashion giant Shein commits to cutting emissions

13 Oct 2022

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Research

Cost of e-commerce fraud to exceed $48bn in 2023 - BNPL poses major risk

12 Oct 2022

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Regulatory

Lindt's chocolate bunny trade mark win shows shape matters to consumers

Enrico Bonadio and Alina Trapova 12 Oct 2022

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Banking

Chaos in the markets: Bank of England takes emergency measures

11 Oct 2022