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Airport Ads awarded Lanseria Airport media rights tender

OOH

Airport Ads awarded Lanseria Airport media rights tender

Issued by Provantage 24 Feb 2025

Media Freedom

Trump’s foreign aid freeze disrupts global journalism

19 Feb 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Guardian Media Group taps into AI's potential with OpenAI collaboration

17 Feb 2025

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: 3 top creatives from continent named jury presidents

Danette Breitenbach 17 Jan 2025

Provantage CEO Jacques du Preez explains why OOH advertising poised for growth in SA in 2025 (Image supplied)

Media

#BizTrends2025: Provantage’s Jacques du Preez - OOH advertising poised for growth in SA

Jacques du Preez 15 Jan 2025

Source: The Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Finance

Mauritius' former central bank governor released on bail

Villen Anganan 6 Jan 2025

Source: The Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Banking

Mauritius arrests ex-governor of central bank, local media report

Villen Anganan 3 Jan 2025

OFM receives Radio Award for best Community Project

Radio & Audio

OFM receives Radio Award for best Community Project

Issued by OFM Radio 3 Dec 2024

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

Time Out is launching in South Africa on 1 December

Media

Time Out is launching in South Africa on 1 December

Issued by Kagiso Media Radio 29 Nov 2024

Radio still connects like no other

Radio & Audio

Radio still connects like no other

Elzette Boucher-Krüger, Issued by OFM Radio 25 Nov 2024

OFM receives 3 Telkom Radio Awards nominations

Radio & Audio

OFM receives 3 Telkom Radio Awards nominations

Issued by OFM Radio 18 Nov 2024

Media

Press Council expels Independent Media for failing to obey rulings

25 Oct 2024

Primedia Malls appoints Kirsten Mercer as new chief revenue officer

OOH

Primedia Malls appoints Kirsten Mercer as new chief revenue officer

Issued by Primedia Out-of-Home 15 Oct 2024

Source: © IMASA A coalition of African editor guilds and media owner organisations has partnered with Code for Africa’s (CfA) media research unit, CivicSignal, to build a database tracking title closures, staff losses and other market impacts

Media

Calling on African media to map the media meltdown

14 Oct 2024

Ishmet Davidson is retiring as Media 24 group CEO and will also step down as a board member (Image supplied)

Media

Media24 CEO Ishmet Davidson retires, Raj Lalbahadur, current group CFO, appointed interim CEO

6 Sep 2024

Beyond the Billboard podcast hits the 6-month mark!

Podcasts

Beyond the Billboard podcast hits the 6-month mark!

Issued by What3things 4 Sep 2024

Source: © Campaign Live Troy Ruhanen is the global CEO of the newly formed Omnicom Advertising Group (OAG)

Advertising

Omnicom forms OAG with Troy Ruhanen as global CEO

29 Aug 2024

Rukia Bulle is an influential young journalist in Kenya. Source: New Nation Media.

Media

Kenyan journalist Rukia Bulle wins BBC's Komla Dumor Award

15 Aug 2024

Advertising

Gaming's $184bn market undervalued by advertisers, Warc report finds

1 Aug 2024

Source: © Frenchly On the eve of the Paris Olympics, Neil Jankelowitz group CEO of Mohau Media Group (MMG) unpacks the role of sponsorships and innovative fan engagement

Sponsorship

#Paris2024: The Olympics - A unique sponsorship and innovative fan engagement opportunity

Neil Jankelowitz 25 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied.

Banking

AfCFTA Secretariat and Africa24 Media sign historic MoU

24 Jul 2024

Jacques du Preez appointed to the World Out of Home Organization board

OOH

Jacques du Preez appointed to the World Out of Home Organization board

Issued by Provantage 15 Jul 2024

Nkateko Mabaso has passed away. Source: MultiChoice.

Media

MultiChoice mourns the death of Nkateko Mabaso

Karabo Ledwaba 20 Jun 2024

Media

Canal+ offer for MultiChoice deemed 'fair and reasonable' by independent board

Echha Jain in Bengaluru and Michal Aleksandrowicz 4 Jun 2024

Courtney Williams is part of the cohort. Source: LinkedIN.

Cannes Lions

Lions announces 2024 scholarship recipients, SA on the list

30 May 2024

Omnicom Media Group Africa celebrates Africa Day 2024

Media

Omnicom Media Group Africa celebrates Africa Day 2024

Issued by Omnicom Media Group SA 28 May 2024

Ladina Heimgartner elected new President of WAN-IFRA on May 27. Source: Supplied.

Media

Ladina Heimgartner elected president at World News Media Congress in Copenhagen

28 May 2024

Mscsports renews 3 year contract with Engen

Marketing

Mscsports renews 3 year contract with Engen

Issued by Mscsports 22 May 2024

Was media planning really less precise before AI?

Media

Was media planning really less precise before AI?

Merissa Himraj, Issued by Advertising Media Forum 6 May 2024

NYF Awards for SA's The Animation School and Fastgro Investment Holdings

Marketing

NYF Awards for SA's The Animation School and Fastgro Investment Holdings

18 Apr 2024

The dynamic trends shaping Africa in 2024 and its impact on brands for the future

Marketing

The dynamic trends shaping Africa in 2024 and its impact on brands for the future

Roxanne Graber, Issued by Omnicom Media Group 16 Apr 2024

Zigzag relaunches with two print editions a year

Magazines

Zigzag relaunches with two print editions a year

12 Apr 2024

Media

Vivendi's Canal+ makes firm offer to buy rest of MultiChoice

Nqobile Dludla 8 Apr 2024

Warc Creative has released its top 100. Source: YouTube.

Advertising

Warc Media 100 unveils top global media campaigns and companies of 2023

20 Mar 2024

The power of many: How a multimedia approach enhances products and business

Marketing

The power of many: How a multimedia approach enhances products and business

Nick Efstathiou, Issued by OFM Radio 15 Mar 2024

Radio & Audio

HOT 102.7FM and Moneyweb launch new business show to boost on-air offerings

15 Mar 2024

TV

Canal+ raises bid for MultiChoice

Nqobile Dludla, Radhika Anilkumar, Varun H K 5 Mar 2024

Beyond the Billboard the first OOH podcast launching in South Africa March 2024

Podcasts

Beyond the Billboard the first OOH podcast launching in South Africa March 2024

Issued by What3things 4 Mar 2024

Source: © Careers Publicis Groupe in Paris, France. Publicis is putting AI at its core to become the industry’s first intelligent system

Marketing & Media

Publicis Groupe's €300m investment plan for AI transformation

9 Feb 2024

Media

Takeover panel reviewing Canal Plus' attempt to buyout MultiChoice

Prerna Bedi and Chandini Monnappa 7 Feb 2024

Warc Awards announces top industry and agency experts for Middle East & Africa 2024 juries

Marketing

Warc Awards announces top industry and agency experts for Middle East & Africa 2024 juries

6 Feb 2024

Albert Makoeng is the head of sales at theSALT. Source: Supplied.

Social Media

#BizTrends2024: The influencer gold rush - amping up budgets by 30%

Albert Makoeng 19 Jan 2024

Image supplied. The Wan-ifra's Best Practice in Innovation report features best practice case studies from Nigeria and South Africa

Media

Wan-Ifra's Best practice in digital innovation report includes Nigeria and SA case studies

28 Dec 2023

Nairobi sets the stage for premier 2024 Africa Shared Value Leadership Summit

CSI & Philanthropy

Nairobi sets the stage for premier 2024 Africa Shared Value Leadership Summit

Issued by Shift Impact Africa 30 Nov 2023

An open letter to Facebook from a very frustrated marketer

Social Media

An open letter to Facebook from a very frustrated marketer

Sarah Britten 6 Nov 2023

Media Xpose launches new travel magazine, InBound SA

Travel

Media Xpose launches new travel magazine, InBound SA

17 Oct 2023

Source: © 123rf The annual Africa Business Media Innovators (ABMI) Forum 2023 will take place from 30 October to 1 November in Cape Town

Media

Bloomberg's Annual Africa Business Media Innovators Forum 2023 set for Cape Town

16 Oct 2023

Source: © Gallo Images Khaled AlShehhi si the first recipient of the Loeries Marketing Leadership and Innovation Award from the Middle East region

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2023: Loeries Marketing Leadership and Innovation Award, Khaled AlShehhi first recipient from the Middle East

10 Oct 2023