Nerima Kinyua opens up on launching Pango Wine Cellar and the future of hospitality communications
When launching a campaign, every comms professional knows this feeling: months of planning, a launch night that goes exactly as it should, and then the slow realisation that the campaign has nowhere left to go. The event was the plan. Nerima Kinyua thinks that is the wrong way to build a campaign, and the Pango […]
New Arrests in Ghana and Mali Highlight Tightening Media Environments Across Africa
A rise in speech-related arrests in Ghana and the detention of journalists in Mali are the latest signs of growing pressure on media and public expression across parts of the continent, creating new considerations for communicators, campaign teams and public affairs professionals. Ghana has recorded 14 arrests linked to false news and offensive speech in […]
Africa’s first agentic PR intelligence platform launched out of Lagos
On 27 May 2026, Dr Celestine Achi of Cihan Media Group launched AGENTPR, described as Africa’s first agent-driven media intelligence framework for public relations professionals. The platform runs eight structured intelligence sweeps across online news, social media, forums, Nigerian broadcast media, dark social platforms, international press, and WhatsApp echo channels. It is available as both […]
CIPR publishes new best practice guide on Responsible AI Use in PR
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has today published a new Best Practice Guide on the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) in PR. The new guide – The Responsible Use of AI in PR – is available to both CIPR members and non-members, and translates the Global Alliance’s Venice Pledge into practical guidance, taking each of […]