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 | Ethiopian police have arrested without charge two editors of the independent Amharic weekly Ethio-Mihdar, according to local journalists. Read more >>
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 | marcusbrewster will be working with designer fashion jewellery line, Bullets4Peace, to launch its range in South Africa as well as raise social consciousness about violence and the effects of guns and bullets in the country. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Everlytic Kenya FirstRand's Vumela Enterprise Development Fund has made its sixth investment in online software company, Prefix Technologies, a move which could create over 120 new jobs and enable Prefix to expand in South Africa and other emerging markets. Read more >>
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 | In partnership with Airtel, Wikipedia and Praekelt Foundation will make Wikipedia Zero available on mobile in Kenya. Read more >>
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 | TechZim reports that the use of Opera Mini in Zimbabwe has been increasing while the use of other mobile browsers have been declining over the past two months. Read more >>
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 | The refreshed CNBCAfrica.com is an amalgamation of CNBC Africa's website and the group's digital publishing arm, ABNDigial.com. Read more >>
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 | US tech giant, IBM, has opened its 12th global laboratory and the first commercial technology research facility on the continent conducting both applied and far-reaching exploratory research in Nairobi, Kenya. (video) Read more >>
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 | Zeenat Moorad Woolworths said on Tuesday, 5 November, that it had signed agreements to purchase its franchise businesses in Botswana‚ Namibia‚ Swaziland and Ghana. Read more >>
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 | MILAN, ITALY: Heavily-indebted Telecom Italia held a crucial board meeting on Thursday to try and come up with a plan to rescue the company amid tensions over its main shareholder, Spain's Telefonica. Read more >>
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 | LISBON, PORTUGAL: Lions Festivals has announced the appointment of Louise Benson as Festival Director of the newly launched Lions Health festival, celebrating creative communications in healthcare and wellness. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: Sales of the latest edition in the "Call of Duty" video game franchise topped US$1bn in the first day, Activision Publishing said on Wednesday, 6 November. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: Twitter was on the verge of revealing the price of its stock offering giving the popular messaging platform a value of around US$15bn, media reports said. Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK: D&AD has released a Black Pencil Judging Film from the 2013 Awards, showing behind-the-scenes footage of the rigorous judging process employed by the awards. (Video) Read more >>
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 | Eric Levenstein A new Companies Act became operative in our law on 1 May 2011. This Act introduced some novel provisions into our law - among them business rescue. Read more >>
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 | Transnet has issued a global R5bn bond registered with the London Stock Exchange at a yield of 9.5% - the first African local-currency issuance on international capital markets. Read more >>
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 | Transnet intends investing R26bn on expanding infrastructure in the Eastern Cape over the next seven years, according to President Jacob Zuma. Read more >>
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 | Evan Pickworth The eight-member Davis Tax Committee‚ headed by Judge Dennis Davis‚ says its top priority is to address ways in which the tax system can be improved to help grow small business. Read more >>
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 | The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has set a target of getting two million new registrations by the time the voters' roll closes before next year's general elections. Read more >>
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 | Flight Centre is redefining its entire portfolio of travel products in South Africa with the aim of offering effective and cost-effective delivery for customers in the leisure and corporate sectors. Read more >>
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