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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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3 SA agencies named in New York Festivals 2024 shortlist

3 Jun 2024

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Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro awarded Wan-Ifra's Golden Pen of Freedom

31 May 2024

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

28 May 2024

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Updated: D&AD Awards 2024: SA brings home 8 Pencils

27 May 2024

Source: © Ekonomist The MMA SA is launching the inaugural sub-Saharan Africa Smarties (SSA Smarties) this year, expanding into key markets like Kenya and Nigeria

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MMA SA launches inaugural sub-Saharan Africa Smarties in Kenya and Nigeria

24 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

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A clear and confident shift in marketing technology as CMOs embrace AI

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

D&AD Awards

Full D&AD shortlist revealed

21 May 2024

The 62nd annual D&AD Awards’ first shortlist has been announced

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D&AD Awards announce first shortlist

21 May 2024

A villager arrives to collect her monthly allocations of food aid provided by the World Food Program (WFP) in Mumijo, Buhera district east of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, 16 March 2024. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Food, Water & Energy Security

More than half of Zimbabwean population will need food aid, cabinet says

Nyasha Chingono 17 May 2024

Source: © Ollivier Girad/CIFOR-ICRAF Fifty-eight ‘forgotten’ food crops in sub-Saharan Africa have been identified as able to provide healthy diets in a changing climate

Research & Development

Africa’s ‘forgotten’ foods research wins prestigious US Cozzarelli Prize

16 May 2024

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

Digital

WPP CEO Mark Read targeted by deep fake AI scam

15 May 2024

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

14 May 2024

Coal, Oil & Gas

Undeterred ExxonMobil pushes forward with Mozambique LNG project

Wendell Roelf and Manuel Mucari 3 May 2024

The inaugural Global African Hydrogen Summit is slated for Windhoek, Namibia from 3-5 September 2024

Energy

Inaugural Global African Hydrogen Summit seeks to unite H2 leadership

Lindsey Schutters 30 Apr 2024

The power of African creativity: Our time is now!

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The power of African creativity: Our time is now!

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23 Apr 2024

Coal, Oil & Gas

Galp Energia says Mopane oil field contains 10bn barrels

Sergio Goncalves 22 Apr 2024

A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Banking

Zimbabwe launches gold-backed currency to replace battered local dollar

Nyasha Chingono 5 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

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Environment & Natural Resources

Namibia investigates surge in rhino poaching in Etosha park

Nyasha Nyaungwa 3 Apr 2024

Somali pirates' return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

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Somali pirates' return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

22 Mar 2024

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

Internet

5 week restoration for damaged subsea cables

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 18 Mar 2024

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Food, Water & Energy Security

South Africa and Zimbabwe enter landmark water sharing deal

18 Mar 2024

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Telecoms & Networks

Cellusys African odyssey uncovers Spotify data fraud along the way

Lindsey Schutters 7 Mar 2024

Energy

TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy explore South African Orange Basin

America Hernandez and Ron Bousso 6 Mar 2024

A view shows solar panels at the green hydrogen proof-of-concept site in Vredendal. Source: Reuters/Esa Alexander

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$1.3bn fund launched to build transmission lines across Southern Africa

Wendell Roelf 5 Mar 2024

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Public Health

South Korea: Junior doctors strike amid concerns over low doctor-to-patient ratio

Katja Hamilton 4 Mar 2024

Geoff Seeley is the CMO for PayPal. Source: PayPal.

Marketing

PayPal appoints Geoff Seeley as new CMO amid job cuts

Karabo Ledwaba 27 Feb 2024

Damage is suspected to have occurred in the Red Sea

Telecoms & Networks

Seacom subsea cable outage disrupts service in east and southern Africa

26 Feb 2024

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Markets & Investment

World shares off record highs ahead of inflation tests

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