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Facebook expands fact-checking to further countries in Africa

8 Oct 2019

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Digital citizenship: Bringing digital activism home

Grace Cooper 4 Oct 2019

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Facebook support for SME advertisers in Africa

4 Oct 2019

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Africa's startups invited to London accelerator

27 Sep 2019

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WhatsApp revolutionising business communication

25 Sep 2019

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The don'ts of social media marketing

Jessica Barrella 18 Sep 2019

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Of foxes and paradoxes in the media henhouse

Derek Abdinor 17 Sep 2019

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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

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5 ways to make your event pay with social media

Talitha Spykerman 21 Aug 2019

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'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

19 Aug 2019

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Facebook can now fact-check news in African languages

Shereesa Moodley 16 Aug 2019

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Africa's digital potential

Ime Archibong 14 Aug 2019

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African Digital Media Awards 2019 finalists

13 Aug 2019

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

Sharon Adetutu Omotoso 8 Aug 2019

Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed Mkhaitir.

Mauritanian blogger freed after being held for nearly six years

5 Aug 2019

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

Nic Cheeseman 29 Jul 2019

Yash Deb, managing director and chief creative officer at Isobar, Kenya and this year's Loeries integrated campaign, film & radio, and radio craft juror.

#Loeries2019: "Strength of a creative campaign lies in how rapidly others can build on it" - Yash Deb

Leigh Andrews 26 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

#FB@15: Inside Facebook's 4 Cs for innovation

#FB@15: Inside Facebook's 4 Cs for innovation

Elouise Kelly 23 Jul 2019

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AFCON 2019 gets Africa talking on social media

22 Jul 2019

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Social media has made brands less relevant, not more

Estelle Nagel 15 Jul 2019

#AfricaLeads: Africa poised for substantial growth

Louise Marsland 10 Jul 2019

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Two days left to enter African Digital Media Awards 2019

10 Jul 2019

Internet advertising set to account for more than 50% of global adspend by 2021

Internet advertising set to account for more than 50% of global adspend by 2021

8 Jul 2019

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