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Registrations for GEC+Africa 2026 are in full swing

Registrations for GEC+Africa 2026 are in full swing

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Havas expands Africa push with Roxana Ravjee as regional CEO

Havas expands Africa push with Roxana Ravjee as regional CEO

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Senegal court jails 3 TikTok influencers for insulting president

By Reuters 7 Aug 2026

Sound On Africa (SOA) has launched an
intercontinental network built to connect brands with vetted creators across Africa, starting in Kenya (Image source: © 123rf )

Africa's first dedicated creator intercontinental network launches in Kenya

7 Aug 2026

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Pan Afrikan Design Week to debut in CPT in Oct '26

Events

Pan Afrikan Design Week to debut in CPT in Oct '26

20 Jul 2026

Non-official Fifa brands score with reverse ambush marketing

Marketing

Non-official Fifa brands score with reverse ambush marketing

Terry Levin 20 Jul 2026

Oja Display is an expressive display typeface inspired by the Oja, a traditional flute from Eastern Nigeria. Source: Type Director's Club.

The One Club for Creativity

Egyptian and Nigerian projects earn merit in global typography contest

Karabo Ledwaba 20 Jul 2026

Bafana Bafana’s Thapelo Maseko, with teammates, celebrating scoring their first goal in the Fifa World Cup 2026 match against South Korea at the Estadio Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. Image credit: Reuters/Eloisa Sanchez

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Racism at the World Cup is an ugly reality. How to understand where it comes from

Christian Ungruhe 17 Jul 2026

eMedia has launched Openview Stream, Africa’s first independent Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) platform (Image source: © 123rf )

Streaming

eMedia launches Africa’s first independent FAST streaming platform

17 Jul 2026

Wouter Jordaan, partner and principal environmental scientist at SRK Consulting – and also a director of SRK Consulting Congo

Mining

Decarbonisation is key to DRC mining as carbon tax looms

SRK Consulting 17 Jul 2026

#WoolworthsYouthMakers2026: Victori emerges as the new face of African luxury fashion

Fashion & Homeware

#WoolworthsYouthMakers2026: Victori emerges as the new face of African luxury fashion

Evan-Lee Courie 16 Jul 2026

Source: Reuters/Ricci Shryock

E-commerce

A hidden pipeline brings Amazon and Walmart to African shoppers

Jessica Donati 16 Jul 2026

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Events & Conferencing

African Union backs IABC Africa conference in Cape Town

16 Jul 2026

The model did not fail. You applied it in the wrong market.

Marketing

The model did not fail. You applied it in the wrong market.

Wayne Tigere, Dentsu 16 Jul 2026

Ascent Africa advances African expansion through strategic Clarence AI engagement in Namibia

Artificial Intelligence

Ascent Africa advances African expansion through strategic Clarence AI engagement in Namibia

Ascent Africa 16 Jul 2026

The WPP staff cuts are part of CEO Cindy Rose's Elevate28 strategy

Advertising

WPP £500m savings drive sees hundreds of employees let go

15 Jul 2026

Akhoma Qengqe, general manager of KFC Africa, with the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and Minister of Social Development, Sindisiwe Chikunga. Image supplied.

CSI & Philanthropy

Doing finger-licking good: KFC Africa serves up its first-ever impact report

KFC Africa 15 Jul 2026

Why African marketing is moving beyond reach and demographics

Marketing

Why African marketing is moving beyond reach and demographics

Dentsu 15 Jul 2026

The report coincides with World PR Day. Source: Muck Rack.

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | Muck Rack finds journalists are harder to reach despite AI advances

Karabo Ledwaba 14 Jul 2026

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Mining

Nominations for Mining Elites in Africa 2027 are officially open

10 Jul 2026

A strategic content licensing partnership sees e.tv's new daily drama,The Four of Us appearing on Netflix (Image supplied)

Streaming

Select e.tv content moves onto international streaming platform

9 Jul 2026

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Artificial Intelligence

Nigeria to investigate tech firms over news content use

MacDonald Dzirutwe 8 Jul 2026

KPMG invites African tech startups to compete for global innovation title

SMEs

KPMG invites African tech startups to compete for global innovation title

7 Jul 2026

PepsiCo names Suraya Hamdulay to lead Southern Africa corporate affairs

Food & bev. services

PepsiCo names Suraya Hamdulay to lead Southern Africa corporate affairs

6 Jul 2026

Google Play launches R16m fund for African game developers

Development

Google Play launches R16m fund for African game developers

6 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied. George Tsinonis; Head: Investment Analytics, RisCura.

Insurance & Actuarial

Benchmark choice can reshape African equity performance, RisCura finds

6 Jul 2026

Adidas has shifted its $512m global media agency business to the Omnicom Media Group (Image@ Think Marketing )

Marketing & Media

Adidas shifts $512m global media account to new agency

6 Jul 2026

Alex Wanyoike, CEO of Savanna Fibre Limited

Telecoms & Networks

Savanna Uganda launches mobile network,expanding beyond fibre broadband

Savanna Uganda 3 Jul 2026

Publicis Groupe Africa has announced the appointment of Gideon Khobane as managing director: Rest of Africa (excluding West Africa) (Image supplied)

Advertising

Publicis Groupe Africa appoints managing director: Rest of Africa

2 Jul 2026

TotalEnergies logos are seen in a gas station in Nice, France. Image credit: Reuters/Eric Gaillard/File Photo

Coal, Oil & Gas

TotalEnergies taken to court in France

America Hernandez and Isaac Anyaogu 2 Jul 2026

CMO Council and MartechTribe have revealed a data-driven framework to transform
fragmented stacks into predictive business growth platforms (Image source: © 123rf )

Marketing

How CMOs can move from martech mayhem to measurable business value

2 Jul 2026

Google has exceeded $1bn Africa investment target

Technology

Google has exceeded $1bn Africa investment target

Nqobile Dludla 2 Jul 2026

Africa’s football boom is creating value that local markets miss

Sport

Africa’s football boom is creating value that local markets miss

Chigozirim Bodart 2 Jul 2026

BizTrends2027 | Sponsorship opens for business

Trends

BizTrends2027 | Sponsorship opens for business

Bizcommunity.com 1 Jul 2026

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