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Source: © 123rf The number of people living alone has grown steadily over the past few decades. Brands have a real opportunity to target this audience

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New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

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Angela Wamola, head of GSMA for sub-Saharan Africa presents the latest GSMA report.

GSMA report spotlights Africa’s ‘billion strong digital divide’

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Ex-Cannes Lions chairman Terry Savage appointed as LIA's new chairperson

Ex-Cannes Lions chairman Terry Savage appointed as LIA's new chairperson

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Dillon Khan, vice president of Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Viacom International Studios and Creative Service Africa at ViacomCBS

Dillon Khan speaks to celebrating African heritage with comedy and music

Emily Stander 11 Oct 2021

Google to invest $1bn in digital transformation in Africa

Google to invest $1bn in digital transformation in Africa

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Laduma Ngxokolo, Imane Ayissi named African Luxury Heritage Awards winners

Laduma Ngxokolo, Imane Ayissi named African Luxury Heritage Awards winners

6 Oct 2021

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Rocketseed 6 Oct 2021

Loeries partners with Facebook Africa to support diversity and inclusion initiatives

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EXCLUSIVE: Sid Wahi, director at Forbes Africa celebrates 10 years of growth

EXCLUSIVE: Sid Wahi, director at Forbes Africa celebrates 10 years of growth

Evan-Lee Courie 30 Sep 2021

First Africa Book and Design Festival to launch in November

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Register now: CEO Connect Forum on innovating for scale and equality

Register now: CEO Connect Forum on innovating for scale and equality

Shift Impact Africa 29 Sep 2021

Cementing mental shortcuts with your brand assets

Stina van Rooyen, Kantar 29 Sep 2021

Forbes Africa celebrates 10 years with NFT cover

Forbes Africa celebrates 10 years with NFT cover

29 Sep 2021

South Africa dominates Brand Finance Africa 150 2021 ranking

28 Sep 2021

EbonyLife and Sony Pictures Television launch Àló

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Ah, Africa! One step forward, two beats ahead with Africa Life by Kantar

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Ndeye Diagne, Kantar 16 Sep 2021

YouTube NextUp comes to South Africa and Nigeria

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How designers can maintain their individuality working at big fashion houses

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Marie-Agnes Parmentier 14 Sep 2021

Free Creative Africa Nexus conference to take place at Intra-African Trade Fair in Durban

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10 Sep 2021

Cape Town International Animation Festival returns as hybrid event in October

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Exxon reduces production at Chad oilfield following worker protests

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Exxon reduces production at Chad oilfield following worker protests

Aaron Ross 21 Oct 2021

Source: ©UNICEF/UN0493554/Msirikale Flight docked at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam ready to offload the initial delivery of 1,058,450 doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine donated by the United States government through the COVAX Facility

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21 Oct 2021

Water-poor Egypt eyes quadrupling desalination capacity in five years

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Patrick Werr 21 Oct 2021

Source: ©Ion Chiosea

Finance

Global pension systems study highlights gender pension gap

21 Oct 2021

What Covid-19 travel bans have done to conservation tourism in Africa

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What Covid-19 travel bans have done to conservation tourism in Africa

Alexander Richard Braczkowski and Duan Biggs 20 Oct 2021

V&A's festive campaign to spotlight African design and sustainability

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V&A's festive campaign to spotlight African design and sustainability

19 Oct 2021

Get ready for the invasion of smart building technologies following Covid-19

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Patrick Lecomte 19 Oct 2021

New real estate report: Industrial assets best performing across Africa

Property

New real estate report: Industrial assets best performing across Africa

19 Oct 2021

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Moscow's AI medical services rated

19 Oct 2021

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Partnership formed to improve food innovation, nutrition in West Africa

19 Oct 2021

Africa's glaciers to melt, millions of poor face drought, floods, UN says

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Africa's glaciers to melt, millions of poor face drought, floods, UN says

Tim Cocks 19 Oct 2021

Finalists for inaugural Äänit Prize announced

Entrepreneurship

Finalists for inaugural Äänit Prize announced

19 Oct 2021

Source: ©Sergey Skripnikov

Finance

Vodacom's superapp Vodapay launches with exclusive deals

19 Oct 2021

Sendbox raises $1.8m to digitise deliveries for African SMEs

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Sendbox raises $1.8m to digitise deliveries for African SMEs

19 Oct 2021

Nobel prize: Why climate modellers deserved the physics award - they've been proved right again and again

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Dr Pushp Raj Tiwari 18 Oct 2021

Cyprus and Egypt sign deal to pursue electricity hookup

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Cyprus and Egypt sign deal to pursue electricity hookup

Michele Kambas 18 Oct 2021

Coca-Cola's Bruno Pietracci talks African optimism and new ways of working

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Coca-Cola's Bruno Pietracci talks African optimism and new ways of working

Lauren Hartzenberg 15 Oct 2021

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Energy & Mining

Namdeb extends life of mine to 2042

15 Oct 2021

Zambia's state power firm Zesco has $3.5bn debt - energy minister

Energy & Mining

Zambia's state power firm Zesco has $3.5bn debt - energy minister

15 Oct 2021

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Healthcare

SA to re-emerge in strong position post-Covid

14 Oct 2021

A new type of black gold in Nigeria: used car tyres

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A new type of black gold in Nigeria: used car tyres

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Retail

Smart TV voice assistant transactions to hit nearly $500m in 2023

14 Oct 2021

Source: ©Tomas Griger

Finance

Covid-19 leads to rising global debt

13 Oct 2021

Construction on Africa's largest data centre commences in Gauteng

ICT

Construction on Africa's largest data centre commences in Gauteng

13 Oct 2021

How socioeconomic conditions shape renewable energy uptake in Zimbabwe

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How socioeconomic conditions shape renewable energy uptake in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 13 Oct 2021

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#EcomAfrica: Building a digital brand experience for winning customers

Danette Breitenbach 13 Oct 2021

Africa on the cusp of a new energy paradigm - Kearney paper

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Africa on the cusp of a new energy paradigm - Kearney paper

12 Oct 2021

Music streamers turn to telcos to make Africa pay

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Music streamers turn to telcos to make Africa pay

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Aecom launches 2021/22 Africa Property & Construction Cost Guide

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Aecom launches 2021/22 Africa Property & Construction Cost Guide

12 Oct 2021

Solar panels on half the world's roofs could meet its entire electricity demand - new research

Energy & Mining

Solar panels on half the world's roofs could meet its entire electricity demand - new research

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Resilience the key to unlocking successful independent power projects in Nigeria

Energy & Mining

Resilience the key to unlocking successful independent power projects in Nigeria

Nicolas Mathon 11 Oct 2021

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#EcomAfrica: How to build a successful e-commerce business

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Simon Bullock 11 Oct 2021

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