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Marc Jury, MultiChoice SA and Showmax CEO, resigns

MSC Musica arrives in Durban, ushering in 2024/2025 cruise season

Pick n Pay raises R8.5bn in Boxer IPO

Nqobile Dludla

Murray & Roberts stops trading, puts SA operations on life support

Lindsey Schutters

Checkers rolls out the new Sixty60 app with enhanced features

The price of South African influence

Karabo Ledwaba

R100k in street pole ads granted to entrepreneurs

Karabo Ledwaba

Digital transformation expert joins African Bank

Exclusive: Is the teen culture dead? How to find and revive the teen market

Keorapetse Mokoena

Evolution, or revolution?

Avikar Ramsundra

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the FutureBizcommunity.com

Positive portrayals of men in ads boost brand equity and salesKantar

Human8 and L’Oréal win 2024 Esomar Award for pioneering consumer empathy programme

Human8 and L’Oréal win 2024 Esomar Award for pioneering consumer empathy programmeHuman8

Tag Collective: Innovation for Africa

Tag Collective: Innovation for AfricaTag Collective

Unlocking the potential of communities in Africa

Unlocking the potential of communities in AfricaHuman8

Apple is the world’s first trillion dollar brand in the 2024 Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Global BrandsKantar

Africa's creative future: Leading the world through innovation and collaboration

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#AfricaMonth: Authentic world-class advertising from Africa

#AfricaMonth: Authentic world-class advertising from Africa

Paul Jackson 3 May 2022

Kirk Perry, president and CEO of IRI, will become CEO of the combined company. Source: Business Wire

IRI and NPD to merge, offering view of total retail purchasing and consumption trends

8 Apr 2022

Platform launched to assist African students in Ukraine

Platform launched to assist African students in Ukraine

7 Apr 2022

Farfetch to invest up to $200m in Neiman Marcus Group in strategic luxury tie-up

Farfetch to invest up to $200m in Neiman Marcus Group in strategic luxury tie-up

5 Apr 2022

Algorithms, bots and elections in Africa: how social media influences political choices

Algorithms, bots and elections in Africa: how social media influences political choices

Martin N Ndlela 5 Apr 2022

Cast members of the locally produced Netflix series Blood & Water

Why Netflix believes Africa is a good investment

Danette Breitenbach 30 Mar 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Meta's Moon Baz on the rise of Facebook Reels

EXCLUSIVE: Meta's Moon Baz on the rise of Facebook Reels

Evan-Lee Courie 24 Mar 2022

Choose the right media partner to reach Africa

Choose the right media partner to reach Africa

23 Mar 2022

Business Insider Africa Awards launches to honour influential entrepreneurs

Business Insider Africa Awards launches to honour influential entrepreneurs

18 Mar 2022

Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

CPG giants Nestlé, Mars and Mondelez scale back business in Russia

11 Mar 2022

Growing list of retail brands suspend business in Russia [updated]

Lauren Hartzenberg 11 Mar 2022

Major food companies curb business activity in Russia

Major food companies curb business activity in Russia

9 Mar 2022

TFG to buy Coricraft and Volpes owner in R2.35bn deal

TFG to buy Coricraft and Volpes owner in R2.35bn deal

7 Mar 2022

Prism Awards entries deadline draws near

3 Mar 2022

Zimpapers and APO Group enter content partnership

23 Feb 2022

Entries open for Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge

Entries open for Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge

23 Feb 2022

What is YouTube doing for the creator economy in Africa in 2022?

What is YouTube doing for the creator economy in Africa in 2022?

21 Feb 2022

Wish rolls out shoppable video feature Wish Clips

Wish rolls out shoppable video feature Wish Clips

18 Feb 2022

Outlook for Africa's snack foods industry in 2022 and beyond

Outlook for Africa's snack foods industry in 2022 and beyond

Francois Robertson 15 Feb 2022

5 ways Africa can prepare for COP27

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Jean-Paul Adam 15 Feb 2022

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Biometric facial-recognition technology takes off at German airports

Tourism & Travel

Biometric facial-recognition technology takes off at German airports

29 Apr 2022

Birame Sock, Kwely founder and CEO. Source: Kwely

Retail

African B2B marketplace Kwely raises nearly $1m in seed funding

29 Apr 2022

The information age is starting to transform fishing worldwide

Agriculture

The information age is starting to transform fishing worldwide

Nicholas P. Sullivan 19 Apr 2022

Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says

Finance

Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says

Rachel Savage 14 Apr 2022

Source: Supplied

Lifestyle

Zeitz Mocaa and Gucci launch Art & Opulence fundraiser gala

13 Apr 2022

Ghanian artist melts glass waste into wonders

ESG & Sustainability

Ghanian artist melts glass waste into wonders

Cooper Inveen and Francis Kokoroko 11 Apr 2022

Congolese city turns its plastic problem into profit

ESG & Sustainability

Congolese city turns its plastic problem into profit

Crispin Kyalangalilwa 8 Apr 2022

Kirk Perry, president and CEO of IRI, will become CEO of the combined company. Source: Business Wire

Retail

IRI and NPD to merge, offering view of total retail purchasing and consumption trends

8 Apr 2022

European, Asian coal users scramble for new sources ahead of EU Russia ban

Energy & Mining

European, Asian coal users scramble for new sources ahead of EU Russia ban

Nelson Banya and Sonali Paul 8 Apr 2022

Agri companies withdrawing from Russia

Agriculture

Agri companies withdrawing from Russia

7 Apr 2022

Farfetch to invest up to $200m in Neiman Marcus Group in strategic luxury tie-up

Retail

Farfetch to invest up to $200m in Neiman Marcus Group in strategic luxury tie-up

5 Apr 2022

Finance

IFC invests $50m in the first gender bond issued by Banco Pichincha

5 Apr 2022

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Energy & Mining

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Laurie Goering 5 Apr 2022

Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

ESG & Sustainability

Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

Nafisa Eltahir and Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah 4 Apr 2022

Retail

Cross-border e-commerce to surpass $2.1tn in 2023, new research reveals

4 Apr 2022

Africa's rural communities will be the hardest hit by plastic pollution

ESG & Sustainability

Africa's rural communities will be the hardest hit by plastic pollution

Joshua Amponsem 1 Apr 2022

Tharisa acquires Karo platinum project in Zimbabwe

Energy & Mining

Tharisa acquires Karo platinum project in Zimbabwe

Helen Reid 31 Mar 2022

$5.7tn investment in energy transition needed per year until 2030 - Irena outlook

Energy & Mining

$5.7tn investment in energy transition needed per year until 2030 - Irena outlook

29 Mar 2022

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Energy & Mining

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Callum Russell 29 Mar 2022

Bertina Engelbrecht, Clicks Group CEO (centre) at the opening of Clicks 800th store at Somerset Crossing Shopping Centre with (left to right) Vikash Singh (Clicks managing executive), Gift Jeffrey (Clicks area manager), Dhevan Pillay (Clicks chief store operations officer) and Musa Mkhwanazi (Clicks regional manager). Photo credit: Jaco Cilliers Photography.

Retail

Clicks sets goal to have 900 stores in South Africa by 2026

29 Mar 2022

Global smart building deployments to see growth of over 150% by 2026

Construction & Engineering

Global smart building deployments to see growth of over 150% by 2026

28 Mar 2022

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

ESG & Sustainability

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Sindy Peters 25 Mar 2022

Retail

Boycotting Russian products might feel right, but can individual consumers really make a difference?

Mike Lee 24 Mar 2022

The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted the world's biggest prize

Construction & Engineering

The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted the world's biggest prize

Paulo Moreira 23 Mar 2022

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

Entrepreneurship

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

23 Mar 2022

African Development Bank secures $32.8bn for projects in Africa

Construction & Engineering

African Development Bank secures $32.8bn for projects in Africa

Bate Felix 22 Mar 2022

Business Insider Africa Awards launches to honour influential entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship

Business Insider Africa Awards launches to honour influential entrepreneurs

18 Mar 2022

Recycling grows in Africa, creating job and business opportunities

ESG & Sustainability

Recycling grows in Africa, creating job and business opportunities

18 Mar 2022

Anglo American reduces emissions by 10% in sea trial using biofuel, VLSFO blend

Energy & Mining

Anglo American reduces emissions by 10% in sea trial using biofuel, VLSFO blend

17 Mar 2022

How Africa can ride the green wave and lift itself out of energy poverty

Energy & Mining

How Africa can ride the green wave and lift itself out of energy poverty

Sindy Peters 16 Mar 2022

How Africa can adopt renewable energy on a massive scale and save billions along the way

Energy & Mining

How Africa can adopt renewable energy on a massive scale and save billions along the way

Kenneth Engblom 15 Mar 2022

Telecel Group names 10 African startups for "prestigious" acceleration programme

Entrepreneurship

Telecel Group names 10 African startups for "prestigious" acceleration programme

14 Mar 2022

Healthcare

Digital therapeutics revenue from health insurers to reach $8bn globally by 2026

14 Mar 2022

Finance

Multi-national investment banks announce exodus from Russia

Katja Hamilton 11 Mar 2022

Healthcare

Attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, ambulances increasing rapidly

11 Mar 2022

Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

Retail

CPG giants Nestlé, Mars and Mondelez scale back business in Russia

11 Mar 2022

Retail

Growing list of retail brands suspend business in Russia [updated]

Lauren Hartzenberg 11 Mar 2022

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