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Source: © WPP Despite third-quarter results showing a strong performance from GroupM and WPP's winning of the Amazon media account, the network's expectations for the full year remain unchanged

Strong Q3 performance for WPP; full year expectations remain unchanged

Suhana Gordhan of LoveSong to lead Radio & Audio at The One Show 2025

Suhana Gordhan of LoveSong to lead Radio & Audio at The One Show 2025

23 Oct 2024

Source: © Avid Following a settlement, the details of which have not been disclosed, Unilever has been dropped from the lawsuit by X

Is Elon Musk winning the legal war or losing the ad battle as Unilever and X settle

By Danette Breitenbach 16 Oct 2024

#BizTrends2019: Africa's consumers - connected, in control, and hungry for convenience

#BizTrends2019: Africa's consumers - connected, in control, and hungry for convenience

Ailsa Wingfield 14 Jan 2019

Pernod Ricard bets on Africa with Jumia investment

Pernod Ricard bets on Africa with Jumia investment

19 Dec 2018

#AEC2018: Accelerating AfCFTA to create growth for Africa

#AEC2018: Accelerating AfCFTA to create growth for Africa

7 Dec 2018

Africa's mobile money ecosystem connects to China

Africa's mobile money ecosystem connects to China

5 Dec 2018

New doll Hunadi speaks English, Sesotho, isiXhosa and isiZulu

New doll Hunadi speaks English, Sesotho, isiXhosa and isiZulu

29 Nov 2018

Africa's first AR experience on Facebook Messenger

Africa's first AR experience on Facebook Messenger

20 Nov 2018

Customer expectations outpace brand experiences

Hans Zachar 12 Nov 2018

#GoogleRetail: No room for silos in omnichannel retail

#GoogleRetail: No room for silos in omnichannel retail

Lauren Hartzenberg 6 Nov 2018

Reaching Africa's most valuable consumer markets

Reaching Africa's most valuable consumer markets

23 Oct 2018

AI Summit launches at AfricaCom 2018

AI Summit launches at AfricaCom 2018

10 Oct 2018

AfCFTA will spur industrialisation

AfCFTA will spur industrialisation

24 Sep 2018

WorldRemit launches digital money transfers within Africa

WorldRemit launches digital money transfers within Africa

19 Sep 2018

Challenges in the rapid digitisation of Africa

Challenges in the rapid digitisation of Africa

18 Sep 2018

Dr Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General.

Africa has phenomenal potential for intra-continental trade

Zipporah Musau 30 Aug 2018

Nielsen Smartstore: Keeping up with shoppers today and tomorrow

Nielsen Smartstore: Keeping up with shoppers today and tomorrow

Danette Breitenbach 29 Aug 2018

#Loeries2018: Welcome to the hypermarket

#Loeries2018: Welcome to the hypermarket

Angie White 17 Aug 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping, BRICS Summit, South Africa.

The next decade of BRICS

30 Jul 2018

Screengrab from .

Budweiser most talked about brand on Twitter during Fifa World Cup

25 Jul 2018

(L-R): Allen Semboze, Regional Head Africa of Unimoni, and Promoth Manghat, Executive Director of Finablr.

Unimoni rebrand targets 14 African markets

23 Jul 2018

5 expectations of the African millennial consumer

5 expectations of the African millennial consumer

19 Jul 2018

AGOA must support AfCFTA

AGOA must support AfCFTA

16 Jul 2018

The future of retail: Clicks, bricks and data-driven insights

The future of retail: Clicks, bricks and data-driven insights

Sarah Quinlan 13 Jul 2018

Visa partners Ivorian government to bring e-payment solutions

Visa partners Ivorian government to bring e-payment solutions

5 Jul 2018

Implement GDPR or organisations risk losing business

Implement GDPR or organisations risk losing business

21 Jun 2018

Juliet Anammah, Jumia Nigeria CEO.

Building tomorrow's African e-commerce infrastructure

21 Jun 2018

Investing in your customers yields returns

Investing in your customers yields returns

14 Jun 2018

#AfricaMonth: Brands and cultural diversity across Africa

#AfricaMonth: Brands and cultural diversity across Africa

Trevor Chueu 25 May 2018

#AfricaMonth: Beware - Africa's brand growth comes with counterfeiting challenges

Vanessa Ferguson 25 May 2018

'Africa Rising' is a global megatrend - Euromonitor

'Africa Rising' is a global megatrend - Euromonitor

Louise Marsland 24 Apr 2018

Empathy - a two-way street in customer service

Empathy - a two-way street in customer service

Wynand Smit 18 Apr 2018

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#GoogleRetail: No room for silos in omnichannel retail

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AI Summit launches at AfricaCom 2018

AI Summit launches at AfricaCom 2018

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AfCFTA will spur industrialisation

AfCFTA will spur industrialisation

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WorldRemit launches digital money transfers within Africa

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Nielsen Smartstore: Keeping up with shoppers today and tomorrow

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#Loeries2018: Welcome to the hypermarket

#Loeries2018: Welcome to the hypermarket

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, BRICS Summit, South Africa.

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Budweiser most talked about brand on Twitter during Fifa World Cup

25 Jul 2018

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19 Jul 2018

AGOA must support AfCFTA

AGOA must support AfCFTA

16 Jul 2018

The future of retail: Clicks, bricks and data-driven insights

The future of retail: Clicks, bricks and data-driven insights

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Visa partners Ivorian government to bring e-payment solutions

Visa partners Ivorian government to bring e-payment solutions

5 Jul 2018

Implement GDPR or organisations risk losing business

Implement GDPR or organisations risk losing business

21 Jun 2018

Juliet Anammah, Jumia Nigeria CEO.

Building tomorrow's African e-commerce infrastructure

21 Jun 2018

Investing in your customers yields returns

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14 Jun 2018

#AfricaMonth: Brands and cultural diversity across Africa

#AfricaMonth: Brands and cultural diversity across Africa

Trevor Chueu 25 May 2018

#AfricaMonth: Beware - Africa's brand growth comes with counterfeiting challenges

Vanessa Ferguson 25 May 2018

'Africa Rising' is a global megatrend - Euromonitor

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Caroline Kende-Robb 27 Mar 2018

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#ECMA18: It's not an apocalypse, it's a retail revolution

Lauren Hartzenberg 26 Mar 2018

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A new dawn for Africa as 44 countries sign CFTA deal

Collins Mwai 22 Mar 2018

Sharpening African manufacturers' competitive edge with technology

Sharpening African manufacturers' competitive edge with technology

Matthew Kibby 20 Mar 2018

#ECMA18: Cracking e-commerce conversion

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Lauren Hartzenberg 16 Mar 2018

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#SeamlessAfrica: An Afrocentric approach to store design

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Lauren Hartzenberg 9 Mar 2018

Nomfundo Dlamini, Tank Research founder.

Marketing is key in medicines distribution in Africa

Nomfundo Dlamini 8 Mar 2018

Amna Elshandaweely's latest fashion collection launched at Design Indaba 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa.

#DesignIndaba2018: Fashion with a social conscience

Louise Marsland 22 Feb 2018

Unilever threatens to pull ads from 'divisive platforms'

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13 Feb 2018

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