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	SOUTH AFRICA Three essential tips you don't get from a marketing degree [Antoinette Pombo] Market conditions are becoming ever more challenging for youth marketers. The economy is straining under political pressure, technology has enabled one of the most powerful youth generations in history... read

Alfred Taban, founder and editor of The Juba Monitor

AFRICA
Nominees for RSF's press freedom prize

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released the names of the 22 nominees for the 2016 Reporters Without Borders-TV5 Monde Prize for Press Freedom... read

TANZANIA
Tanzania's Ubongo launches learning app for kids

Tom Jackson

Tanzanian edutainment startup Ubongo has launched its Math Rats app, which aims to teach children mathematics skills... read

GHANA
Female business innovation lab launched in Ghana

Tom Jackson

The African Women Innovators Network has partnered Women in Tech Africa to launch the Business Innovation Lab in Ghana... read

TANZANIA
Tanzania has Africa's lowest mobile data cost

Henry Lyimo

Tanzania has the lowest mobile data cost in Africa as it reaps the benefits of the rollout of 4G LTE network by state-owned TTCL and intense competition from numerous operators... read

SOUTH AFRICA
African App Awards include South African finalists

The finalists for the African App Awards have been selected and winners will be announced at the AppsAfrica.com awards dinner to be held in Cape Town on 14 November 2016... read

SOUTH AFRICA
Reaching rich Millennials, research indicates this to be a narrow subset

Marketers have long considered Millennials the most influential generation, the arbiters of all things innovative, cool and current... read

SOUTH AFRICA
DHL discusses delivering healthcare to Africa

DHL's 6th annual Regional Life Sciences & Healthcare conference saw over 125 healthcare professionals and logistics experts come together to discuss 'Delivering Healthcare to Africa'... read

MOZAMBIQUE
Severe southern African drought to worsen - UN

The impact of the most severe drought to hit southern Africa in 35 years is expected to worsen in the coming months, a UN climate envoy warned on Friday. read

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SOUTH AFRICA
Mozambique signs first solar power deal

A newly-signed power purchase agreement marks the first step in Mozambique's plans to add renewable energy to its power mix... read

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	@socialmedia2day Pinterest Announces New Ad Options, Including One-Tap Pins https://t.co/tjHjEbHe4a #smm https://t.co/5BupmiYHVV
	@allafrica Worrying Times for Somalia https://t.co/hHB09ZyJ3c #Somalia https://t.co/8aJ9P5eBPz
	@TIME Get a sneak peek of TIME's 100 most influential photos of all time, coming Nov. 17th https://t.co/QoWuYCv9Vh https://t.co/Pnuw4yxUuQ
	@allafrica Govt Raises Subsidised Sugar Prices By 40% Amid Shortage: https://t.co/8sUI8902ec #Egypt
	@allafrica Rural Malawians About to Go Online: https://t.co/7CCD5Zz3QU #Malawi
	@wef We can recycle everything we use, including cigarette butts and toothbrushes. So why don't we?... https://t.co/Vu3t42VOUx
	@dailymaverick ICG: African Powers Must Support Democracy in DR Congo https://t.co/RWLhuOWf5m By INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP @CrisisGroup
	@Afrinnovator Vivo Energy Installs First Rapid Electric Charging Stations in Morocco https://t.co/1f9ZqgOCEN #Africa #business #news
	@bonchiachanza RT @Adweek: Digital advertising grew to a $32 billion industry in the first half of 2016: https://t.co/Y3JcTqzKLu https://t.co/KoGMIlPayF
	@allafrica State of Emergency - Both Sides Determined to Fight to the Finish: https://t.co/mNoZX1HApz #Ethiopia https://t.co/BoNLo5iXJR
	@Forbes 10 workplace trends to expect from 2017: https://t.co/WCcevs1Xf3 https://t.co/zSMZ53ZmPJ
	@allafrica Video: The Future of Democracy in Africa https://t.co/AhPLGKL4Zz #africa https://t.co/uLp1kY6gUx
	@Forbes Apple's new stores will do more than sell products-they'll serve as gathering places for surrounding communities... https://t.co/7BKbHK33cr
	@Forbes Entrepreneurs: Focus on being in the business of developing people, not of making money https://t.co/KkJveDhF65 https://t.co/WJECXP0JbD
	@designindaba The aesthetic of these garments are a pure result of the process of making them: https://t.co/4j4lphqe2n https://t.co/g3IKEyh5wT
	@Ramah_Nyang RT @AJEnglish: Al Jazeera turns 20. Happy birthday, @AlJazeera! #ALJazeera20 https://t.co/OCIH7INo7L https://t.co/SkFfE0cGp6
	@Afrinnovator Poor Sanitation and River Pollution, the Most Threatening Environmental Problems in Ghana https://t.co/p8ovzDQhCO #Africa #Business
	@socialmedia2day Facebook's new tools aim to boost word-or-mouth recommendations https://t.co/A7DpkcHDgZ https://t.co/7OcAcmtumG
	@pressfreedom RT @UNESCO: Where journalists can be attacked with impunity, #humanrights are deeply damaged. Join us in spreading the message via #EndImpu...

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