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Source: © 123rf In 2024, 258,000 apps for iOS and Android operating systems were downloaded per minute for all types of publishers, with in-app purchase revenue up 12.5% to $150bn

2024 in-app purchase revenue up to $150bn, but app downloads decrease

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The 2025 Tabbie Awards competition for B2B online and print publications is open (Image supplied)

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Jennifer Thomas is an assistant professor in the department of media, journalism, and film at Howard University. © .

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#FairnessFirst: Why investigative journalism and media freedom matters

#FairnessFirst: Why investigative journalism and media freedom matters

Leigh Andrews 12 Nov 2018

Muthoki Mumo and Angela Quintal, Committee to Protect Journalists' Africa team.

Detained CPJ staffers released in Tanzania

9 Nov 2018

Media activist Angela Quintal reported to be safe

Media activist Angela Quintal reported to be safe

Louise Marsland 8 Nov 2018

Telcos are the real media giants in Africa

Telcos are the real media giants in Africa

Emeka Enwere 8 Nov 2018

Brands can, and should, ensure that their ads don't appear on fake news sites

Brands can, and should, ensure that their ads don't appear on fake news sites

Neil Pursey 26 Oct 2018

6 African startups among TIME's Genius Companies for 2018

6 African startups among TIME's Genius Companies for 2018

Tom Jackson 15 Oct 2018

#FairnessFirst: How sending girls to school changes the economy

#FairnessFirst: How sending girls to school changes the economy

Leigh Andrews 15 Oct 2018

Vincent F. Hendricks, Professor of Formal Philosophy at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Research data needs to be used with purpose

12 Oct 2018

APO Group selected as official newswire of Web Summit 2018

APO Group selected as official newswire of Web Summit 2018

APO Group 12 Oct 2018

How can Africa's digital revolution be transformational?

How can Africa's digital revolution be transformational?

Edwin Macharia and Zarina Nteta 11 Oct 2018

Ghana to host 5th AFRIMA

10 Oct 2018

AI Summit launches at AfricaCom 2018

AI Summit launches at AfricaCom 2018

10 Oct 2018

Facebook Africa launches third-party fact-checking w/ Africa Check, AFP

4 Oct 2018

Digital Media Africa conference set to gather African publishers

Digital Media Africa conference set to gather African publishers

3 Oct 2018

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Africa Science Desk calls journalists to pitch science stories

3 Oct 2018

BBC World News Komla Dumor Award announced

BBC World News Komla Dumor Award announced

26 Sep 2018

Reuters rolls out its news video service in Africa

Reuters rolls out its news video service in Africa

Yuveshen Darmalingum 21 Sep 2018

Call for entries for African Digital Media Awards

Call for entries for African Digital Media Awards

19 Sep 2018

Vicki Myburgh, entertainment and media leader for PwC SA and

#PwCOutlook: Africa's entertainment, media industry experiencing Convergence 3.0

19 Sep 2018

The winning Eric Njiru photograph.

Top rugby photographer awarded

18 Sep 2018

Ringier Africa expands into French-speaking African countries

Ringier Africa expands into French-speaking African countries

17 Sep 2018

Free course: Working towards a free, independent African media

Free course: Working towards a free, independent African media

17 Sep 2018

How digital is driving media growth in Africa

How digital is driving media growth in Africa

14 Sep 2018

AfricaCom 2018 takes place in Cape Town, 13-15 November 2018.

Celebrating Africa's digital heroes in 2018

14 Sep 2018

CPJ produces safety kit for journalists

CPJ produces safety kit for journalists

13 Sep 2018

Michael Wokorach races towards the try line. Credit: APO.

Writing the story of the rise of African rugby

13 Sep 2018

In-app programmatic exchange for Africa launched

In-app programmatic exchange for Africa launched

12 Sep 2018

The Future of Media in Africa

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All the 2018 AfricaCom Awards winners

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15 Nov 2018

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The best of times and the worst of times for journalism

Juanita Pienaar 14 Nov 2018

#FairnessFirst: Why investigative journalism and media freedom matters

#FairnessFirst: Why investigative journalism and media freedom matters

Leigh Andrews 12 Nov 2018

Muthoki Mumo and Angela Quintal, Committee to Protect Journalists' Africa team.

Detained CPJ staffers released in Tanzania

9 Nov 2018

Media activist Angela Quintal reported to be safe

Media activist Angela Quintal reported to be safe

Louise Marsland 8 Nov 2018

Telcos are the real media giants in Africa

Telcos are the real media giants in Africa

Emeka Enwere 8 Nov 2018

Brands can, and should, ensure that their ads don't appear on fake news sites

Brands can, and should, ensure that their ads don't appear on fake news sites

Neil Pursey 26 Oct 2018

6 African startups among TIME's Genius Companies for 2018

6 African startups among TIME's Genius Companies for 2018

Tom Jackson 15 Oct 2018

#FairnessFirst: How sending girls to school changes the economy

#FairnessFirst: How sending girls to school changes the economy

Leigh Andrews 15 Oct 2018

Vincent F. Hendricks, Professor of Formal Philosophy at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Research data needs to be used with purpose

12 Oct 2018

APO Group selected as official newswire of Web Summit 2018

APO Group selected as official newswire of Web Summit 2018

APO Group 12 Oct 2018

How can Africa's digital revolution be transformational?

How can Africa's digital revolution be transformational?

Edwin Macharia and Zarina Nteta 11 Oct 2018

Ghana to host 5th AFRIMA

10 Oct 2018

AI Summit launches at AfricaCom 2018

AI Summit launches at AfricaCom 2018

10 Oct 2018

Facebook Africa launches third-party fact-checking w/ Africa Check, AFP

4 Oct 2018

Digital Media Africa conference set to gather African publishers

Digital Media Africa conference set to gather African publishers

3 Oct 2018

(c) Alistair Cotton -

Africa Science Desk calls journalists to pitch science stories

3 Oct 2018

BBC World News Komla Dumor Award announced

BBC World News Komla Dumor Award announced

26 Sep 2018

Reuters rolls out its news video service in Africa

Reuters rolls out its news video service in Africa

Yuveshen Darmalingum 21 Sep 2018

Call for entries for African Digital Media Awards

Call for entries for African Digital Media Awards

19 Sep 2018

Vicki Myburgh, entertainment and media leader for PwC SA and

#PwCOutlook: Africa's entertainment, media industry experiencing Convergence 3.0

19 Sep 2018

The winning Eric Njiru photograph.

Top rugby photographer awarded

18 Sep 2018

Ringier Africa expands into French-speaking African countries

Ringier Africa expands into French-speaking African countries

17 Sep 2018

Free course: Working towards a free, independent African media

Free course: Working towards a free, independent African media

17 Sep 2018

How digital is driving media growth in Africa

How digital is driving media growth in Africa

14 Sep 2018

AfricaCom 2018 takes place in Cape Town, 13-15 November 2018.

Celebrating Africa's digital heroes in 2018

14 Sep 2018

CPJ produces safety kit for journalists

CPJ produces safety kit for journalists

13 Sep 2018

Michael Wokorach races towards the try line. Credit: APO.

Writing the story of the rise of African rugby

13 Sep 2018

In-app programmatic exchange for Africa launched

In-app programmatic exchange for Africa launched

12 Sep 2018

Detailed 'PR value' media monitoring service for Africa

Detailed 'PR value' media monitoring service for Africa

10 Sep 2018

Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan, looks on behind bars in his trial on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, on May 31, 2016. Shawkan was sentenced to five years in prison on September 8, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/CPJ.

Egypt sentences photojournalist Shawkan to five years

10 Sep 2018

The Future of Media in Africa

The Future of Media in Africa

Meltwater 10 Sep 2018

Investigative journalism is evolving as newsrooms continue to shrink

Investigative journalism is evolving as newsrooms continue to shrink

6 Sep 2018

Africa's insurance journalism awards open

Africa's insurance journalism awards open

5 Sep 2018

A newsstand in Ghana's capital, Accra, in 2016. Attackers abducted and beat a reporter for the Ghana News Agency on August 27 over his critical coverage of an opposition politician in Bawku. Credit: AP/Sunday Alamba/CPJ.

Ghanaian journalist abducted and beaten

3 Sep 2018

Africacom, Cape Town.

The spread of digital connectivity in Africa

3 Sep 2018

#Loeries2018: Welcome to the hypermarket

#Loeries2018: Welcome to the hypermarket

Angie White 17 Aug 2018

Media deal to increase brand exposure for African rugby

15 Aug 2018

Toussaint Alain, African Daily Voice CEO.

New pan-African news agency launched

14 Aug 2018

Analysis of Zimbabwe's "online propaganda war"

Analysis of Zimbabwe's "online propaganda war"

Dumisani Moyo 2 Aug 2018

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