Most connected African consumers browse for products online through search engines, retailer websites, or social media platforms. Social media now rivals traditional word-of-mouth as top purchase driver, and is shaping African consumers’ buying decisions. This is according to the Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG’s) “119 million reasons for optimism: How young consumers are reshaping Africa’s retail…
Carlos Barria/Reuters Google has committed R688-million to support South Africa’s under-pressure media industry, alongside a separate initiative aimed at fostering its long-term growth. This follows the release of the media and digital platforms market inquiry final report by the Competition Commission on Thursday. It marks an about-turn from earlier this year, when the US search…
Social media platforms have enormous power to direct traffic based on their algorithms. South Africa’s Competition Commission has ordered social media platforms YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X to significantly invest in supporting South Africa’s media sector, to restore fairness, transparency and sustainability in the media ecosystem. This is one of several key remedies proposed by…
A digital news platform, CBI News has stated it is poised to uplift Africa’s digital media transformation. The platform launched in Lagos was designed with the mission to restore truth, credibility, and innovation to African journalism. The platform — the brainchild of Emperor Chris Baywood Ibe, Founder and Group Chief Executive of the Baywood Group…
The Competition Commission found that Google and YouTube reproduce South African news content, but provide no remuneration to local publishers. Google and YouTube have agreed to establish a combined R688 million media support package to fund national, community and vernacular media in SA. This is one of the key recommended remedies in the Competition Commission’s…
According to local media reports, the EMA sent a letter to Germany’s international broadcaster on 23 October, claiming that the broadcaster and its local correspondents had “violated Ethiopian law and regulations, and failed to respect professional ethics”. The country’s media authority did not seem to have specified when this suspension would be lifted. Responding to…
Two suspects have been arrested over the theft of precious crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre museum, French media say. According to Le Parisien newspaper, the men were originally from the Parisian suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis, and one was preparing to board a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport. Items of inestimable value were taken from the…
South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria’s entertainment and media (E&M) industries are surpassing some global growth trends, with digital innovation, mobile-first audiences and the rapid integration of generative AI seen as driving the future of media in the countries. According to PwC’s latest Africa Entertainment and Media Outlook – Perspectives Report 2025–2029 – growth in E&M…
Time’s running out. The Climate Media Awards close on Monday, 27 October 2025 with R130,000 in prizes for Africa’s top climate stories. If you’ve created content about how climate change is hitting your community, or what people are doing about it, this is your moment to enter. Here’s the thing: loads of people across Africa…
The State Department says the US has ‘no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans’ after revoking visas over critical social media posts. The US Department of State says it has revoked the visas of six foreigners over remarks they made on social media about Charlie Kirk, the conservative political activist who was…
