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By our African Marketing Confederation News Team | 2024

Issue 2 2024 of Strategic Marketing for Africa, the magazine for deep-thinking industry professionals, provides in-depth insights.

The current issue of Strategic Marketing for Africa, the quarterly magazine of the African Marketing Confederation (AMC), is available online via the AMC website.  

 

Issue 2 2024 (and the 12th magazine since the revival of the AMC as the pan-African marketing body) is packed with marketing-related news, in-depth features, and thought-leadership content from across Africa. Here are some of the highlights of the current issue. 

 

Influencer marketing: It’s the Wild West! 

 

As the influencer industry grows in Africa and around the world, limited transparency and misleading claims have led to calls for stricter regulation. Now the ‘Sheriff’ is riding into town to bring law and order.

Issue 2 2024 of Strategic Marketing for Africa

Understanding Tanzania’s consumer trends 

 

As Tanzanian consumer behaviours continue to evolve under the influence of economic, technological and social changes, understanding these trends is crucial for marketers aiming to succeed in this vibrant market. 

 

Vodcasts are every marketer’s flexible friend 

 

Repurposing marketing and social media content is a smart way to maximise digital spend. This flexibility and bang-for-the-buck is why vodcasts are taking off in Africa. The editorial team examines the latest African vodcast trends. 

 

Realigning brand strategies for the youth audience 

 

Fundamental shifts in consumerism are being led by younger audiences who constantly question the status quo, don’t believe in the mentality of ‘doing things just because we have always done them like this’ and challenge brands to embrace their new world. 

 

Anatomy of a media landscape survey in the DRC 

 

Media research field work in Africa is, at the best of times, for the resourceful and resilient. But some research projects require an extra quantity of ingenuity and flexibility. The inside story of GeoPoll’s ‘Democratic Republic of Congo Media Landscape Survey 2023’. 

 

You will find these stories, and much more, in the latest Strategic Marketing for Africa – the voice of African marketing and the official publication of the African Marketing Confederation (AMC). Read it online or download it here.  

 

A Print Edition of the magazine is also available.

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