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Rema has made history by having the first African artist-led track to join the Billions Club on Spotify. Source: Twitter.

Streaming

Rema's Calm Down with Selena Gomez hits 1bn Spotify streams, a first for African artist

12 Sep 2023

APO Group launches a unique curriculum to empower communications professionals working in Africa

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APO Group launches a unique curriculum to empower communications professionals working in Africa

APO Group 12 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

The African Union becomes a permanent member of the G20

11 Sep 2023

Source: World Bank

Sustainability

Djibouti inaugurates first wind farm, pioneering renewable energy ambitions

11 Sep 2023

Source: Ana E. Cascão/Water Alternatives/Flickr

Construction & Engineering

Ethiopia claims disputed GERD dam has reached final fill

Dawit Endeshaw and Moaz Abd-Alaziz 11 Sep 2023

Karadeniz Powerships KPS Orka Sultan, KPS LNG Anatolia and KPS Orhan Ali Khan are pictured at Altinova port in the Gulf of Izmit, Turkey. Source: Reuters/Yoruk Isik

Energy

Karpowership switches off supply in Senegal because of unpaid bill

Umaru Fofana 8 Sep 2023

Google Africa Internet Academy to focus on AI for Africa

Digital

Google Africa Internet Academy to focus on AI for Africa

7 Sep 2023

Grocery retail in Africa is evolving

Retail

Grocery retail in Africa is evolving

7 Sep 2023

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Travel

Historic Brazil-Africa air route to boost trade

Katja Hamilton 6 Sep 2023

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Sponsorship

Newcastle United and Adidas forge multi-year partnership

6 Sep 2023

Revealed: the top-ranking media channels and brands in 2023

Research

Revealed: the top-ranking media channels and brands in 2023

Kantar 6 Sep 2023

Uber rolls out new electric motorbike fleet in Kenya

Transport

Uber rolls out new electric motorbike fleet in Kenya

4 Sep 2023

Entravision and Match Media Group partner across Africa

Advertising

Entravision and Match Media Group partner across Africa

365 Digital 1 Sep 2023

E-band and long-haul are great networking solutions. Source: Ericsson

Telecoms & Networks

High-capacity microwave can boost Africa's mobile network capacity

Chafic Traboulsi 31 Aug 2023

Achieving world-class African animation through continental cross-collaboration

Film & Cinematography

Achieving world-class African animation through continental cross-collaboration

Danette Breitenbach 31 Aug 2023

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Covid-19

#BRICS2023: Pandemic fund in focus for Brics Bank

Katja Hamilton 30 Aug 2023

Source: Afreximbank.

Banking

Afreximbank and China Development Bank forge $400m loan pact for African SME support

29 Aug 2023

Coca-Cola Africa welcomes new VP of operations in SA

Franchising

Coca-Cola Africa welcomes new VP of operations in SA

29 Aug 2023

Source: Supplied.

Facilities & Property Management

Enza Construction: Transforming healthcare infrastructure in Africa with innovation

29 Aug 2023

Meltwater startup competition calls for entries

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Meltwater startup competition calls for entries

29 Aug 2023

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Forestry

'Worthless' forest carbon offsets risk exacerbating climate change

Julia P G Jones and Neal Hockley 28 Aug 2023

Source: Supplied. SA President Cyril Ramaphosa in a pull-aside meeting with UN Secretary General HE António Guterres on the margins of the Brics-Africa Outreach and Brics Plus Dialogue which took place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.

Economy

#BRICS2023 triumph: The week that shaped inclusive global dialogue

Katja Hamilton 25 Aug 2023

Source: United Nations. UN Secretary-General, António Guterres.

Economy

#BRICS2023: UN Secretary-General calls for African seat on Security Council

Katja Hamilton 25 Aug 2023

Doug Place is Nando's chief marketing officer. Source: Supplied.

IMC Conference

#BehindtheIMC: Doug Place, CMO for Nando's Africa, Middle East, and South Asia

25 Aug 2023

Scan Display and its MD win SAACI awards

Exhibitions

Scan Display and its MD win SAACI awards

Scan Display 25 Aug 2023

Image supplied. Television and radio presenter Paa Kwesi Asare is the first Ghanaian to win the Komla Dumor Award

Media

TV and radio presenter Paa Kwesi Asare is the first Ghanaian to win the Komla Dumor Award

24 Aug 2023

Africa's textile heritage is key to a sustainable future

ESG

Africa's textile heritage is key to a sustainable future

24 Aug 2023

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Social Media

Young Zimbabweans are using YouTube to ridicule politicians and educate voters

Doreen Rumbidzai Tivenga 24 Aug 2023

Health & Social Welfare

Unicef pledges $270m to support poverty alleviation in Nigeria

Felix Onuah 23 Aug 2023

Suez Canal set to resume normal traffic after collision

Shipping

Suez Canal set to resume normal traffic after collision

Yusri Mohamed, Muhammad Al Gebaly, Nafisa Eltahir, Enas Alashray, Florence Tan and Muyu Xu 23 Aug 2023