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Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025 awarding juries include 20 creatives from Africa

Danette Breitenbach 23 Apr 2025

Warc research shows that globally, newsbrand ad spend is forecast to fall to $32.3bn this year, a 33.1% decrease from 2019, as hard news stories – from trade wars to armed conflicts – draw audiences but not ad dollars. (Image supplied)

Advertising

Warc: News media struggles as brands favour softer content

16 Apr 2025

Biz Promoted Features: Keep your business headlines in the spotlight for 7 days

Marketing & Media

Biz Promoted Features: Keep your business headlines in the spotlight for 7 days

Bizcommunity.com 16 Apr 2025

The surge of contemporary African art in the global market

Art

The surge of contemporary African art in the global market

Marelize van Zyl 16 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Mark Baldwin, CEO of , a web design and digital marketing agency, weighs in on the biggest social media platform rebrands of all time

Branding

Social media rebrands: The failure - X, the insipid - Meta and the success - Instagram

Mark Baldwin 15 Apr 2025

Source: © Dubai Lynx Held after the Lynx Awards, the Winners’ Lunch celebrates the success and creativity of the teams that took home Awards for their work

Advertising

All the 2025 Dubai Lynx Awards

14 Apr 2025

Mauritius Minister of Finance Renganaden Padayachy arrives for the first day of a European Union- African Union summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, 17 February 2022. John Thys/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

Criminal Law

Former Mauritius central bank governor charged with fraud, released on bail

Villen Anganan and Hereward Holland 10 Apr 2025

Kantar Creative Effectiveness Awards 2025. Connecting with people in the age of AI

Advertising

Kantar Creative Effectiveness Awards 2025. Connecting with people in the age of AI

Kantar 9 Apr 2025

Spotify royalty payouts to Nigerian and South African artists boom in 2024

Music

Spotify royalty payouts to Nigerian and South African artists boom in 2024

7 Apr 2025

Human Rights Law

Meta can be sued in Kenya over posts related to Ethiopia violence, court rules

Hereward Holland 7 Apr 2025

Phoenix Beverages to acquire 54.4% stake in Seychelles Breweries from Diageo

Food & bev. services

Phoenix Beverages to acquire 54.4% stake in Seychelles Breweries from Diageo

4 Apr 2025

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Legislation & Regulation

Kenya launches national strategy for responsible AI development

3 Apr 2025

Is Gmail’s AI Search a game-changer for users or an invasion of privacy? (Image supplied)

Artificial Intelligence

Exclusive | Gmail’s AI Search: Game-changer or a privacy nightmare?

2 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf While Global advertising spend is now on course to grow 6.7% this year to $1.15trn, according to a new study from Warc, this is a downgrade of almost one percentage point (pp) from the marketing effectiveness experts’ November forecast

Marketing

Warc study shows growth this year but still downgrade of almost one percentage point

28 Mar 2025