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Social media overtakes TV as Kenya’s top news source

8 hours

We won the war against these diseases, then we stopped showing up

Infectious Diseases

We won the war against these diseases, then we stopped showing up

Issued by Medshield 29 Apr 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Your brand is already being judged by an AI that has never read your press release

Nkateko Khosa, Issued by Brave Group 29 Apr 2026

40% of South Africa's programmatic ad spend is wasted and most boards don't know it

Digital

40% of South Africa's programmatic ad spend is wasted and most boards don't know it

Issued by DY/DX 16 Apr 2026

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Employment Equity

5 ways to ready your workplace for Deaf employees

1 Apr 2026

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS dismisses viral image of R630k student payment as fake

18 Mar 2026

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Primary & Secondary Education

4 educational priorities to prepare future-ready African youth

Juan Visser 17 Mar 2026

"The Golden Age of Strategic PR" is the World PR Day’s (WPRD) official theme for 2026 (Image supplied)

PR & Communications

World PR Day 2026 | "The Golden Age of Strategic PR”

17 Mar 2026

As AI becomes the norm, humanity becomes the advantage

Artificial Intelligence

As AI becomes the norm, humanity becomes the advantage

Koo Govender, Issued by Advertising Media Forum 16 Mar 2026

#Newsmaker | The man behind Africa's first AI-powered media monitoring network

Media

#Newsmaker | The man behind Africa's first AI-powered media monitoring network

Danette Breitenbach 13 Mar 2026

South Africa's Deputy Minister of the Presidency, Kenny Morolong, opened the TikTok Safer Internet Summit in Nairobi (Image supplied)

Social Media

TikTok provides $200,000 in ad credits to expand AI media literacy in sub-Saharan Africa

11 Mar 2026

How everyday users and AI experts are experiencing the state of AI right now

Artificial Intelligence

How everyday users and AI experts are experiencing the state of AI right now

Ari Ramkilowan and Stef Adonis, Issued by Helm 9 Mar 2026

Government to fund national FMD vaccination programme

Agriculture

Government to fund national FMD vaccination programme

5 Mar 2026

What it really means to be a Change Champion

Marketing

What it really means to be a Change Champion

Issued by Can!do 2 Mar 2026

PR runs the world

PR & Communications

PR runs the world

Nkateko Khosa, Issued by Brave Group 2 Mar 2026

AI and defamation: Where does the responsibility lie?

4th Industrial Revolution

AI and defamation: Where does the responsibility lie?

Dario Milo, Lia Wheeler 24 Feb 2026

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Infrastructure & Utilities

Safeguard your home investments: avoiding retrofit pitfalls

19 Feb 2026

South Africa’s consumer class is all in on AI

Research

South Africa’s consumer class is all in on AI

Issued by BrandMapp 19 Feb 2026

Consumers face climate burnout as fears over global conflicts increase

Marketing

Consumers face climate burnout as fears over global conflicts increase

Issued by Kantar 17 Feb 2026

PR & Communications

Prisa's Bradley Howland: The importance of professional associations

Bradley Howland 16 Feb 2026

Eric D’Oliveira, chief revenue officer, Mediamark, says radio's muscle matters more than ever (Image supplied)

Radio & Audio

#WorldRadioDay | Radio asserts its place at the centre of brand strategy

Eric D’Oliveira 13 Feb 2026

Social media undoes epilepsy misinformation in a way health marketing can't

Neurology

Social media undoes epilepsy misinformation in a way health marketing can't

13 Feb 2026

Social media is no longer just a place to share updates; it is a key space where identity is crafted, negotiated and performed (Image source: © 123rf )

Social Media

How social media is quietly rewriting South African identity

13 Feb 2026

From #SkinTok myths to skin science: Eucerin Dermopure clinical redefining care for acne-prone skin

Health & Beauty

From #SkinTok myths to skin science: Eucerin Dermopure clinical redefining care for acne-prone skin

Issued by Capacity Relations 13 Feb 2026

Intentional media integrated at a local level is SA media’s gamechanger

Media

Intentional media integrated at a local level is SA media’s gamechanger

Issued by Caxton Media 10 Feb 2026

Spain announced at the World Governments Summit in Dubai that it plans to join the global push to ban children under 16 from using social media. (Source: )

Social Media

No TikTok for teens? Spain plans social media ban for under-16s

5 Feb 2026

Understanding how AI models learn

Technology

Understanding how AI models learn

Issued by Domains.co.za 30 Jan 2026

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Digital

Digital accountability puts government communication under pressure

30 Jan 2026

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Climate Change

South Africa’s floods turned deadly because Limpopo wasn’t prepared – how to prevent a repeat

Ephias Mugari 28 Jan 2026

Social Media

TikTok’s new owner puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight

Kelley Cotter 27 Jan 2026

#BizTrends2026 | ByDesign Communications’ Kevin Welman: 4 shifts redefining PR

PR & Communications

#BizTrends2026 | ByDesign Communications’ Kevin Welman: 4 shifts redefining PR

Kevin Welman 26 Jan 2026

Nonku Nyathi, senior partnerships and ecosystem lead at Injini

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Injini's Nonku Nyathi: How edtech can unlock the future for African youth

Nonku Nyathi 26 Jan 2026

Building Africa’s mining future on a foundation of trust

Mining

Building Africa’s mining future on a foundation of trust

Issued by SRK Consulting 20 Jan 2026

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Health & Social Welfare

Social media reports of Sassa's SRD grant termination rubbished

15 Jan 2026

Medtech

Dr ChatGPT: What OpenAI’s foray into health and wellness means for healthcare marketing

Saul Marquez 14 Jan 2026

Artificial Intelligence

I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneous

Jean-Hugues Roy 13 Jan 2026

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Aesthetic Medicine

From sun safety to sex appeal: what sunscreen ads reveal about beauty ideals and power

Lauren Alex O'Hagan and Lame M. Kenalemang-Palm 8 Jan 2026

Modern digital entrepreneurship requires both business management and entrepreneurship skills (Image source: © 123rf )

How To Start Up

5 opportunities & challenges of modern digital entrepreneurship

30 Dec 2025

Shaping conversations and driving impact: Radebe Merci reflects on media influence in 2025

Media

Shaping conversations and driving impact: Radebe Merci reflects on media influence in 2025

Issued by MDNTV 23 Dec 2025

Bradly Howland, Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (Prisa) president says as the country winds down for its December break, it’s worth pausing to assess the communications environment we have been navigating (Image source: © 123rf )

PR & Communications

Addressing trust: PR at a turning point, a fundamentally new approach is demanded

Bradly Howland 22 Dec 2025

Public Health

Telling people to use antibiotics responsibly isn’t enough. What will work instead

Marina Joubert 22 Dec 2025

Media

Big Tech, AI, and violence: How South African journalism is being tested

Karabo Ledwaba 5 Dec 2025

Facebook promotes rubbish because it doesn’t understand indigenous languages

Media

Facebook promotes rubbish because it doesn’t understand indigenous languages

Thembi Siaga and Anton van Zyl 4 Dec 2025

Gigi Ngcobo, Venture Scale Lead at Injini

E-learning

7 trends shaping Africa’s edtech revolution

Gigi Ngcobo 2 Dec 2025