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Pola Maneli Port Elizabeth and BCKRDS Johannesburg are among the global winners in the ADC 104th Annual Awards Middle East & Africa Region along with agencies and designers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates (Image supplied)

2 South African agencies awarded in Global ADC 104th Annual Awards

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Pola Maneli Port Elizabeth and BCKRDS Johannesburg are among the global winners in the ADC 104th Annual Awards Middle East & Africa Region along with agencies and designers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates (Image supplied)

2 South African agencies awarded in Global ADC 104th Annual Awards

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Nigeria asks Google to block banned groups from YouTube

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Joonatan Huhdanmäki 5 Aug 2022

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Growth of SA's Most Valuable Brands outpaces the economy, increasing 21% in value to $34.9bn

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3 Aug 2022

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Sierra Leone doctors strike over pay, fuel allowances

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Algeria, Niger and Nigeria sign MoU for Saharan gas pipeline

Coal, Oil & Gas

Algeria, Niger and Nigeria sign MoU for Saharan gas pipeline

Lamine Chikhi 1 Aug 2022

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Media Freedom

Meta has 7 days to comply with Kenya's cohesion watchdog

1 Aug 2022

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Retailers

TFG reports first-quarter sales jump, shares rise

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Zimbabwe to double royalty rate on platinum group metals

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Zimbabwe to double royalty rate on platinum group metals

Nelson Banya 29 Jul 2022

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US and Kenya sign strategic trade and investment partnership

Virusha Subban 29 Jul 2022

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Coal, Oil & Gas

DRC oil-blocks auction draws warnings of environmental catastrophe

Benoit Nyemba and Aaron Ross 29 Jul 2022

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ESG & Sustainability

Is Africa being left behind in the push for a net-zero world?

Brondwyn Douglas 27 Jul 2022

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Marketing

New partnership to provide smart data-driven marketing for Africa

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Kenyan electricity producer KenGen adds 86MW to grid from geothermal plant

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Kenyan electricity producer KenGen adds 86MW to grid from geothermal plant

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EU looks to replace gas from Russia with Nigerian supplies

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Africa No Filter launches African journalism handbook

22 Jul 2022

BCG launches African centre to accelerate progress toward net-zero

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22 Jul 2022

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22 Jul 2022

Nigeria considers suspending mining to tackle insecurity

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Source: Reuters. A nurse administers the malaria vaccine to an infant at the Lumumba sub-county hospital in Kisumu, Kenya.

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Vaccine group invites African states to apply for malaria shot support

Jennifer Rigby and Mark Heinrich 21 Jul 2022

Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

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Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

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