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Can SA bridge its tech talent gap before it’s too late?

ICT

Can SA bridge its tech talent gap before it’s too late?

Mohammed Sayed 22 Apr 2025

New GenG Engage app tackles gender-based violence in SA

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

New GenG Engage app tackles gender-based violence in SA

16 Apr 2025

Food For Mzansi wins 21st international media award for Palesa’s Brave Discovery

Agriculture

Food For Mzansi wins 21st international media award for Palesa’s Brave Discovery

Ivor Price, Issued by YehBaby Marketing Creatives 9 Apr 2025

World Bank backs Africa digital data push with $100m Raxio deal

Data & Analytics

World Bank backs Africa digital data push with $100m Raxio deal

3 Apr 2025

#BizTrends 2025: Google's Alex Okosi – Africa, an opportunity more than a challenge

Digital

#BizTrends 2025: Google's Alex Okosi – Africa, an opportunity more than a challenge

Danette Breitenbach 4 Feb 2025

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Financial Services

How digital wallets are transforming African finance

30 Jan 2025

The African continent has five jury members represented on the Gerety Awards Grand Jury for 2025 - two from SA, and one each from Nigeria, Kenya and the Côte D'Ivoire (Image supplied)

Advertising

5 Gerety Awards Grand Jury members for 2025 from the African continent

3 Dec 2024

Digital Retail Africa 2025: Shaping the future of retail

Exhibitions & Events

Digital Retail Africa 2025: Shaping the future of retail

20 Nov 2024

Mateen Suliman, Business Development Executive at midnight, the innovation agency of iqbusiness. (Image supplied)

Marketing

Key campaign insight + medium-first execution = Cannes Lion Grand Prix

Mateen Suliman 12 Nov 2024

Dashni Vilakazi, member of the IAB South Africa Influencer Marketing Committee and Managing Director at The MediaShop. Source: Supplied.

Marketing

Decoding influencer marketing in SA: Challenges, strategies, and impactful insights

Dashni Vilakazi 27 Jun 2024

Brave Group wins Unilever brands Rajah and Knorrox

Retail

Brave Group wins Unilever brands Rajah and Knorrox

Issued by Brave Group 5 Jun 2024

Payfast, the e-commerce payment platform, rebrands as Payfast by Network

Fintech

Payfast, the e-commerce payment platform, rebrands as Payfast by Network

9 May 2024

Source: © 123rf The Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa finalists have been announced

Media

Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa finalists

9 Apr 2024

Call to participate in the IAB South Africa's first influencer marketing survey

Digital

Call to participate in the IAB South Africa's first influencer marketing survey

3 Apr 2024

Why businesses should leverage click-to-chat ads for real-time customer interaction

Digital

Why businesses should leverage click-to-chat ads for real-time customer interaction

George Muhia 6 Feb 2024

Top payment trends for 2024

Fintech

Top payment trends for 2024

Issued by Ecentric Payment Systems 31 Jan 2024

Vodafone and Microsoft sign decade-long digital partnership in Europe and Africa

Telecoms & Networks

Vodafone and Microsoft sign decade-long digital partnership in Europe and Africa

16 Jan 2024

Boost your retail business at Digital Retail Africa 2024

Exhibitions & Events

Boost your retail business at Digital Retail Africa 2024

15 Jan 2024

Image suplied. Unilever'd Lunga Mooi is to be a keynote speaker at the World Out of Home Organization's first in-person Africa Forum, to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from March 11-13 2024

OOH

Unilever's Lunga Mooi named WOO Africa Forum keynote speaker

14 Dec 2023

4 African episodic screenwriters selected for second edition of AuthenticA Series Lab

Film & Cinematography

4 African episodic screenwriters selected for second edition of AuthenticA Series Lab

13 Sep 2023

SA's 5G rollout could be in jeaopardy. Source: Mohammed Hassan/Pixabay

4th Industrial Revolution

South Africa's 5G rollout race is against load shedding

8 Sep 2023

Chris Blair, CEO at 21st Century

ESG & Sustainability

How decentralised digital currencies can empower sustainable finance

Chris Blair 11 Aug 2023

World Football Summit appoints APO Group as official public relations agency in Africa

PR & Communications

World Football Summit appoints APO Group as official public relations agency in Africa

Issued by APO Group 21 Jul 2023

Source: John Schnobrich This year’s Wan-Ifra’s Digital Media Awards Africa 2023 is lead by the South African press.

Digital

SA media takes 7 out of 8 at the Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2023

13 Apr 2023

Source: © Pixabay The Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa finalists have been announced

Media

SA dominates Wan-Ifra 2023 Africa Digital Media Awards

6 Apr 2023

New report: How AI is transforming jobs, catalysing a workforce revolution

4th Industrial Revolution

New report: How AI is transforming jobs, catalysing a workforce revolution

5 Apr 2023

Technology and digital tools can improve overall literacy in SA

Education

Technology and digital tools can improve overall literacy in SA

23 Feb 2023

Increased connectivity will help diversify the South African economy

Technology

Increased connectivity will help diversify the South African economy

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 19 Dec 2022

Source: © Oleksandr Pidvalnyi The digital switchover process from analogue to digital TV has marooned in Africa

TV

Analogue to digital switchover in Africa process marooned

15 Dec 2022

Source: Pula Advisors.

Insurance & Actuarial

Closing the gender gap in digital microinsurance among women smallholders in Africa

Katja Hamilton 18 Nov 2022

Smart Africa, MTN sign MoU to advance digital skills in Africa

Telecoms & Networks

Smart Africa, MTN sign MoU to advance digital skills in Africa

1 Nov 2022

Marketing

PR and marketing trends to watch for 2023

21 Oct 2022

Liquid Dataport lands Equiano in Cape Town

Internet

Liquid Dataport lands Equiano in Cape Town

7 Oct 2022

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Higher Education

Red & Yellow expands skills training to Tunisia

28 Sep 2022

Image supplied: Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) Boosts Digital Skills in Côte d’Ivoire with the launch of its national digital academy

Skills Training

Smart Africa Digital Academy launches in Côte d'Ivoire

19 Sep 2022

Art

South African artist launches generative NFT art collection

19 Aug 2022

Digital

Oviedo Media announces the launch of the first African Digital Creator Summit

20 Jun 2022

Launch of SADA national digital academy in Ghana - MoU signing

Skills Training

National digital academy launches in Ghana

20 May 2022

Top Women Awards: A key empowerment opportunity for women in business

Events & Conferencing

Top Women Awards: A key empowerment opportunity for women in business

Issued by Topco Media 5 May 2022

Why TikTok is a must for marketers

Marketing & Media

Why TikTok is a must for marketers

Pieter Groenewald 12 Apr 2022

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Digital

Wan-Ifra 2021 announces Digital Media Awards Worldwide

1 Dec 2021

South African retailers' readiness for the fourth industrial revolution

Research

South African retailers' readiness for the fourth industrial revolution

Dr Beate Stiehler-Mulder and Kgaugelo Mehlape 23 Nov 2021

Women in Technology Dare To Dream bigger for SA small business sector

SMEs

Women in Technology Dare To Dream bigger for SA small business sector

Issued by The Innovator Trust 12 Nov 2021

Sendbox raises $1.8m to digitise deliveries for African SMEs

Funding

Sendbox raises $1.8m to digitise deliveries for African SMEs

19 Oct 2021

Digital

Paula Hulley, IAB SA CEO, steps down

16 Sep 2021