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MOROCCO
Global SABRE PR awards launched for Africa
Holmes Report and African Public Relations Association (APRA) launch first Africa SABRE competition... read
Importance of formulating business-aligned CSI initiatives
SOUTH AFRICA
Importance of formulating business-aligned CSI initiatives

Mbali Sekautu

For CSI initiatives to have an optimal effect, they need to align to a business' vision... read
Chain Reactions Nigeria signs exclusive affiliate deal with Edelman
NIGERIA
Chain Reactions Nigeria signs exclusive affiliate deal with Edelman
Edelman has announced Chain Reactions Nigeria has been signed on as its exclusive affiliate in the country, following a one-year strategic partnership... read
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EGYPT
Egypt blocks encrypted messaging app: company
Egypt has blocked the encrypted messaging service Signal used by many activists and journalists in the country, the company that owns the app said... read
Orange signs on as official CAF competition sponsor for eight years
AFRICA
Orange signs on as official CAF competition sponsor for eight years
From the year 2017 to 2024, Orange will sponsor five major Confédération Africaine de Football or CAF competitions as part of a new partnership deal... read
African Factbook project aims to publish info on Africa
AFRICA
African Factbook project aims to publish info on Africa
AUC signs MOU with Book of African Records for The African Factbook project - containing useful facts about Africa and the African peoples ... read
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TANZANIA
Tanzania charges editor of whistle-blowing website
Tanzanian authorities have charged the editor of a whistle-blowing website for failing to reveal the identity of contributors to the site, court documents revealed... read
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RWANDA
Rwandans can now buy fuel using MTN Mobile Money
Engen customers in Rwanda can now purchase fuel, lubricants and other goods using MTN Mobile Money in a new partnership deal announced last week... read
UNESCO-MARS 2016 Award winners: (L-R) front row- 'Best African Woman Researchers Award' 4th place winner Maria Nabaggala, from Infectious Diseases Institute, Uganda; 5th place winner, Martha Zewdie, from Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopia; 2nd place Best Young African Researchers winner, Constantine Asahngwa, Cameroon Centre for Evidence Based Health Care; Best Young African Researchers 1st place winner Patricia Rantshabeng from University of Botswana; Best African Women Researchers 2nd place winner, Rogomenoma Ouedraogo, Laboratory of Biology and Molecular Genetics University, Burkina Faso; 'Best Young Researcher Award' 3rd place winner, Lamin Cham from National Aids Control Program, Gambia; 2nd row: 2nd place Best Young Researchers Award winner, Tinashe Nyazika, University of Zimbabwe; Best African Woman Researchers Award' 1st place winner, Beatrice Nyagol from Kenya Medical Research Institute, together with Prof. Yifru Berhane, Minister of Health, Ethiopia; Prof. Dr Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman, Executive Board and Family Board of E.Merck KG; Prof. Afework Kassu Gizaw, Minister of Science and Technology, Ethiopia; Ahmed Fahmi, Program Director, UNESCO and Rasha Kelej, Chief Social Officer, Merck Healthcare.
AFRICA
'Best African Women Researchers' announced
Merck has followed up the success of its Cancer Access Program, which empowers women in the field of oncology, where they were underrepresented, with another initiative that empowers African women - this time in the field of research, to offer better health care to women... read
Data prices respond to market economies
SOUTH AFRICA
Data prices respond to market economies

Luke Muller

Compared to other technologies, smartphone usage is still in relative infancy, but growing as network access increases and real data prices fall. However, some feel that the rate of progress is not rapid enough... read
IoT Forum Africa 2017 set for Johannesburg
SOUTH AFRICA
IoT Forum Africa 2017 set for Johannesburg
Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg will play host to a dedicated Internet of Things conference from 29 to 30 March 2017... read
Four solutions to common mobile network issues in Nigeria
AFRICA
Four solutions to common mobile network issues in Nigeria

Nkem Ndem V

Problems with mobile phone reception in Nigeria is quite recurrent, and while mobile networks are continuously spreading coverage... read
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NIGERIA
Crowding the private sector into Africa's climate action

Chinedu Moghalu

It is in the enlightened self-interest of the African private sector to begin to mobilise investment capital for Africa's climate action, says Chinedu Moghalu... read
Tanzania to hold agricultural show in January
AFRICA
Tanzania to hold agricultural show in January
The upcoming outdoor agricultural show, Agritech Expo Tanzania, is taking place in Arusha from 26-27 January 2017... read
Steering committee selected for WAIPEC
AFRICA
Steering committee selected for WAIPEC
The West African International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (WAIPEC) has announced its steering committee, which will guide the content of over 25 business... read
Business
Ghana tackles Ponzi schemes
SOUTH AFRICA
Ghana tackles Ponzi schemes

Isaac Kaledzi

Ghana's financial sector is still struggling to recover from a financial crisis triggered by Ponzi schemes... read
New appointments
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The biggest media trend of 2016? Abject humiliation of the media https://t.co/SNvxaS2HGv
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Illuminating the hidden creative talent in Eastern Africa: https://t.co/nyJwxDuXIf #AfricaNow https://t.co/LHdCTQ0l0v
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The best inventions of 2016, according to TIME magazine https://t.co/S6M4gI8EcS https://t.co/raJhOsqT4r
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French workers have won the "right to disconnect" from business emails and other electronic leashes after hours... https://t.co/dhgeWxURyx
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RT @GambiaDecided: Artists all in #GambiaHasDecided shirts to support the cause. Truly a proud moment for all #Gambia-ns. CHANGE IS HERE......
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RT @hootsuite: Why search will be a focus for Facebook in 2017 (& how it will impact marketers): https://t.co/GJthulCZon on @socialmedia2da...
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RT @CatoInstitute: Industrialization, and subsequent enrichment, saved European forests, and it can do so in Africa as well. https://t.co/y...
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Photographers captured our hearts in 2016: https://t.co/vck8IWvKqD https://t.co/28C2V2svvL
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RT @abenezer_a: #UPDATE: Journalist Getachew Shiferaw to be released on bail Tomorrow after more than year in Jail via @Belay_Ma #Ethiopia...
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