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The Lead Creative: "More creative freedom, less money"

African fashion has flourished in terms of creativity and innovation in recent years, and is attracting global attention. Pictured: Lagos Fashion Week (Image source: © The Labari Journal

Lagos fashion: how designers make global trends uniquely Nigerian

Diageo sells East African Breweries stake to Asahi for $2.3bn

Diageo sells East African Breweries stake to Asahi for $2.3bn

By Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 22 Dec 2025

Warc’s The Future of Commerce Media 2025 examines trends, advertising investment and the impact of AI on retail media (Image source: © 123rf )

Retail media: Agentic AI commerce arrives, estimated value of $136bn in 2025

5 Nov 2025

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Scan Display shines at the Women in Mice 2025 awards

Scan Display Scan Display shines at the Women in Mice 2025 awards

20 Aug 2025

All about YOU! Putting YOU in YOUth Month on Biz!

Bizcommunity.com All about YOU! Putting YOU in YOUth Month on Biz!

20 May 2025

Industry awards recognise Scan Display’s creative solutions

Scan Display Industry awards recognise Scan Display’s creative solutions

8 May 2025

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To boost Nigerian entrepreneurship, Nigerian Breweries has formed a partnership with non-profit organisation Fate Foundation to empower around 1,000 Nigerian students (Image source: © The Drinks Business

Partnership to empower students to boost Nigerian entrepreneurship

23 Dec 2025

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Identity and heritage drive A-beauty’s $44bn rise in MEA region

12 Dec 2025

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TikTok unites with Nivea and inDrive for 2025 sub-Saharan Awards

1 Dec 2025

Source: Reuters.

FNB, Mastercard launch cross-border platform for cheaper, faster transfers

12 Nov 2025

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Lagos Fashion Week wins the 2025 Earthshot Prize

6 Nov 2025

Pick n Pay and Vivo Energy transform convenience retail in Botswana

Pick n Pay and Vivo Energy transform convenience retail in Botswana

5 Nov 2025

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SMEs across sub-Saharan Africa invited to enter inaugural DHL Exporters of the Year Awards

30 Sep 2025

Source: Reuters.

Trump administration says it supports 1-year renewal of Africa trade initiative

Aaron Ross 30 Sep 2025

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Nigeria’s plastic waste could enrich the fashion industry: here’s how

Solaja Mayowa Oludele 22 Sep 2025

African manufacturers in last-ditch bid to extend US trade programme

African manufacturers in last-ditch bid to extend US trade programme

Aaron Ross 18 Sep 2025

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Designers Hugo Dumas and Carla Zhang bring fresh solutions to fashion’s growing waste problem

9 Sep 2025

Shoprite nears Africa consolidation finish line, with Mozambique under possible review

Shoprite nears Africa consolidation finish line, with Mozambique under possible review

Nqobile Dludla 4 Sep 2025

Fanta partners with horror icons for Halloween campaign

Fanta partners with horror icons for Halloween campaign

29 Aug 2025

Google launches AI Mode in search for users in Africa

Google launches AI Mode in search for users in Africa

21 Aug 2025

Kionna Moodley is the shopper marketing lead for PepsiCo. Source: Supplied.

#WomensMonth: Kionna Moodley's shopper marketing vision for PepsiCo in Africa

Karabo Ledwaba 11 Aug 2025

AI and data are reshaping Africa's retail sector

AI and data are reshaping Africa's retail sector

Blessed Hwaire and Shobhit Jain 11 Aug 2025

International

The promise of “everything delivered in 30 minutes” has become a daily standard in Chinese cities (Image source: © e27

Instant Retail: Beyond supercharged delivery

31 Dec 2025

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Starbucks fuels Beast Games

30 Dec 2025

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All 13 Pick n Pay stores in Botswana now under full corporate ownership

7 Aug 2025

Source: Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

Shoprite plans to exit Ghana and Malawi

Nqobile Dludla 6 Aug 2025

As Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) celebrates nine years as Africa’s largest Coca-Cola bottling partner, it continues to invest in the continent (Image: Bizcommunity)

CCBA celebrates investment milestone in Africa

1 Aug 2025

The limited edition ice-cream launched in the UK.

Minecraft-themed ice cream by Wall’s hits UK supermarkets

1 Aug 2025

An employee shows a Hershey's chocolate bar made in USA in the "American lifestyle" store in Berlin, Germany, 13 August 2018. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

Hershey, Nestle, other cocoa companies defeat appeal of child slavery lawsuit

Jonathan Stempel 24 Jul 2025

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SA and Nigeria need opposite approaches to their informal sectors

22 Jul 2025

Image credit: RoboAdvisor from Pixabay

Why CSI has to evolve beyond charity in Africa

Nkosinathi Mahlangu 2 Jul 2025

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Afreximbank launches African Trade Report 2025

27 Jun 2025

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Customer Experience Africa Awards (CXAs) calls for entries

20 Jun 2025

Nomzamo Mbatha announced the partnership on Instagram. Source: Kagiso Phaswana.

Nomzamo Mbatha named first African brand ambassador for Creme of Nature

20 Jun 2025

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