African Marketing Confederation News Team

Maureen Omi Ifada appointed Marketing Director at dairy company

Experienced marketer promoted to senior role serving sub-Saharan Africa at FrieslandCampina Wamco in Nigeria.

Euromonitor unpacks emerging trends in digital consumers’ evolving values and how their behaviour is redefining their shopping motivations.

Day-to-day products like bread, milk, cooking oil and mealie meal exempt from 1 February as consumers struggle with food inflation.

French TV company Canal+ aims to buy African broadcaster, saying greater scale and more local stories will see off global streaming giants.

Automaker Fiat plans to sell its funky 500e electric car in North America using ‘shock drop’ marketing tactics similar to Nike.

Anne Joy Michira to become Marketing and Innovations Director for new business unit covering South, West and Central Africa.

Well-known ad industry figure announced as Interim Executive Director of ACA following departure of its CEO.

An import-export gateway for Malawi and Zambia, the revamped port is one of the supply chain alternatives to Durban and Richards Bay.

Items such as meat, bread, eggs, vegetables, cooking oil and powdered milk now taxed at 5%, rather the standard 14%.

Foreign direct investment into the world’s developing economies dropped overall last year, says UN agency. But Africa stood its ground.