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Inaugural Africa-focused Massmart Growth Summit set for April 2025

Inaugural Africa-focused Massmart Growth Summit set for April 2025

SA red meat producers target Algeria to expand exports

SA red meat producers target Algeria to expand exports

2 Jan 2025

Source: © Bizcommunity The inaugural SSA MMA Smarties Awards awarded 51 Awards, with 19 Gold, 19 Silver and 13 Bronze Awards

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#FoodNextAfrica: Braai goods online and on-demand

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French hardware giant Leroy Merlin readies to open in SA

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26 Sep 2018

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Growing need for agile super vendors in Africa's apparel industry

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Smart checkout tech to exceed $45bn transactions by 2023

Smart checkout tech to exceed $45bn transactions by 2023

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Franchising sector shows resilience despite challenging conditions

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AfCFTA will spur industrialisation

AfCFTA will spur industrialisation

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Gartner reveals customer experience myths

Gartner reveals customer experience myths

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Fresh produce trade in Africa continues to be a market leader

Fresh produce trade in Africa continues to be a market leader

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Could Zambia stimulate fresh produce trade in Africa?

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Uganda's 2ambale targets millennials with speedy e-commerce platform

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Massmart rolls out its sixth solar plant

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Sustainable packaging solutions needed to reduce food waste, scale up trade in Africa

Sustainable packaging solutions needed to reduce food waste, scale up trade in Africa

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SA's growing appetite for convenience an opportunity for retailers, manufacturers

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12 Sep 2018

Nespresso's plans to boost coffee production in Zimbabwe

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10 Sep 2018

SA payments startup Yoco raises $16m in funding

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7 Sep 2018

Recognising, rewarding and retaining your 'high value' customers

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How to use tech to drive innovation in traditional retail

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Nike's courageous new ad campaign mixing racial politics with sport will be vindicated

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Toys R Us SA expands into Botswana

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Dr Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General.

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African Union chairperson and president of Rwanda Paul Kagame (from left); president of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou and African Union Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat at the launch of AfCFTA in Kigali in March 2018. Credit: Office of President Paul Kagame.

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