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Anheuser-Busch InBev will buy back a 49.9% stake in its US metal container plants for about $3 billion (Image source: © AB InBev

AB InBev buys back stake in US metal packaging plants for $3bn

8 Jan 2026

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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

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Industry awards recognise Scan Display’s creative solutions

Scan Display Industry awards recognise Scan Display’s creative solutions

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Truworths expects half-year earnings around flat after African sales fall

Truworths expects half-year earnings around flat after African sales fall

23 Jan 2026

An employee inspects bottles of beer on a conveyor belt along a production line at the East African Breweries' microbrewery as the company released its half-year results in Ruaraka, Nairobi Kenya, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo/File Photo

Kenyan court postpones case seeking to halt Diageo's $2.3bn sale of EABL

Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 9 Jan 2026

Beer bottles pass through a conveyor belt along a production line at the East African Breweries' microbrewery as the company released its half-year results in Ruaraka, Nairobi, Kenya, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi//File Photo

Kenyan beer firm asks court to block Diageo's $2.3bn EABL sale to Asahi

Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 8 Jan 2026

A Swiss flag flutters on the headquarters of Nestle in Vevey, Switzerland, November 25, 2024. Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File Photo.

Nestlé widens infant formula recall to Africa, the Americas and Asia

Alexander Marrow 8 Jan 2026

According to Sociallyin CEO Keith Kakadia, the next phase of digital retail rewards efficiency, conversion, and retention—not spray-and-pray advertising or unchecked scale (Image source: © 123rf )

2026: The year e-commerce gets ruthless

Keith Kakadia 5 Jan 2026

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

2 Jan 2026

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

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

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

Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 22 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

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

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

Source: Reuters/Monicah Mwangi

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

Aaron Ross 18 Sep 2025

2025 Redress Design Award first prize winners Hugo Dumas from France and Carla Zhang from Mainland China. Image supplied.

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

9 Sep 2025

Source: Reuters/Esa Alexander

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

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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

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AI and data are reshaping Africa's retail sector

Blessed Hwaire and Shobhit Jain 11 Aug 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

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