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Dumisani Moyo, marketing director at SAP, envisions innovation in Africa
Karabo Ledwaba
Kenyan illustrator, Joy Richu shines spotlight on African creativity
Karabo Ledwaba

#AfricaMonth

Dumisani Moyo, marketing director at SAP, envisions innovation in Africa
Karabo Ledwaba
Kenyan illustrator, Joy Richu shines spotlight on African creativity
Karabo Ledwaba

#AfricaMonth

Dumisani Moyo, marketing director at SAP, envisions innovation in Africa
Karabo Ledwaba
Kenyan illustrator, Joy Richu shines spotlight on African creativity
Karabo Ledwaba

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Dr Carl Driesener, senior marketing scientist at the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute (EBI) of marketing science in Australia explaining the 5 steps to becoming a smarter target marketer at Spark Media's recent event.

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Bonang Matheba named African Influencer of the Year at 2019 E! People's Choice Awards

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Meet Facebook News: its new 'dedicated place' for news in the US

Meet Facebook News: its new 'dedicated place' for news in the US

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Four Iwacu journalists, from left, Térence Mpozenzi, Agnès Ndirubusa, Christine Kamikazi, Egide Harerimana, and their driver, Adolphe Masabarikiza, are detained in Burundi. Credit: CPJ/Iwacu Media.

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2019 Feathers Awards winners announced

2019 Feathers Awards winners announced

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Key findings from East-West Digital News' report on influencer marketing in Russia

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Facebook expands fact-checking to further countries in Africa

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Africa's startups invited to London accelerator

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WhatsApp revolutionising business communication

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'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

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Facebook can now fact-check news in African languages

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African Digital Media Awards 2019 finalists

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WhatsApp played a big role in the Nigerian election. Not all of it was bad

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Bonang Matheba named African Influencer of the Year at 2019 E! People's Choice Awards

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Meet Facebook News: its new 'dedicated place' for news in the US

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Shereesa Moodley 28 Oct 2019

Four Iwacu journalists, from left, Térence Mpozenzi, Agnès Ndirubusa, Christine Kamikazi, Egide Harerimana, and their driver, Adolphe Masabarikiza, are detained in Burundi. Credit: CPJ/Iwacu Media.

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28 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

The digital dash for Africa

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2019 Feathers Awards winners announced

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18 Oct 2019

Image credit: Charles DeLoye on Unsplash.

Key findings from East-West Digital News' report on influencer marketing in Russia

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Image credit: LUM3N on Unsplash.

The do's of social media marketing

Jessica Barrella 15 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Facebook expands fact-checking to further countries in Africa

8 Oct 2019

Image credit: Carl Heyerdahl on Unsplash.

Digital citizenship: Bringing digital activism home

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Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

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Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Africa's startups invited to London accelerator

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Image source: Gallo/Getty.

WhatsApp revolutionising business communication

25 Sep 2019

Image credit: DESIGNECOLOGIST on Unsplash.

The don'ts of social media marketing

Jessica Barrella 18 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty Images.

Of foxes and paradoxes in the media henhouse

Derek Abdinor 17 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

How Uganda is using old and new laws to block activists on social media

Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala 10 Sep 2019

Don't share everything on social media

Don't share everything on social media

4 Sep 2019

Empowering news organisations through technological innovation

Empowering news organisations through technological innovation

Louise Marsland 28 Aug 2019

A newspaper stand is seen in Mwanza, Tanzania, on September 19, 2015. Tanzania is currently considering legal amendments that could negatively affect press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Daniel Hayduk.

Onslaught against press freedoms in Tanzania

26 Aug 2019

Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, addressing the DStv Seminar of Creativity. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Check the stereotypes in your creativity

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

Sphelele Mjadu, Unilever Personal Care Senior Public Relations Manager for Africa and Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, in the UN Women-Dove masterclass panel at the Loeries. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Our responsibility of better representation in advertising, media

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

Image credit: Teemu Paananen on Unsplash.

5 ways to make your event pay with social media

Talitha Spykerman 21 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

19 Aug 2019

Image credit: Simon Steinberger from Pixabay.

Facebook can now fact-check news in African languages

Shereesa Moodley 16 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Africa's digital potential

Ime Archibong 14 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

African Digital Media Awards 2019 finalists

13 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

New media is misrepresenting women in Africa: what feminists can do

Sharon Adetutu Omotoso 8 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

WhatsApp played a big role in the Nigerian election. Not all of it was bad

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AFCON 2019 gets Africa talking on social media

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#AfricaLeads: Africa poised for substantial growth

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