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 | Ann Nurock Ann Nurock at Cannes spoke with Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook VP of Europe, Middle East and Africa, about the need for creative collaboration, especially in the mobile world... read |
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 | There's more to the youth's product choices than meets the eye and one industry that has the most tell-tale signs about the youth market is the mobile industry... read | | |
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 | Colleen Goko The top 100 grocery retail companies in the world chose to focus their expansion efforts on Africa and the Middle East in 2015, even as countries in this region struggled with adverse economic conditions... read |
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 | The multimillion dollar question here is: does the introduction of international hotel chains bring collapse or competition for the local hotel businesses? read |
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 | Issued by Spintelligent Kigali, Lusaka and Dar es Salaam are open for business and are showcasing their future land and development plans at the African Real Estate Summit in Cape Town from 2-3 November... read |
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 | Three African renewable energy projects announced as winners of the US$7million Access Co-development Facility prize out of 96 entries spanning 25 countries across Africa... read |
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 | Sulaiman Philip Mobile technology is allowing tech-savvy Africans to leapfrog western developers, developing African solutions to African problems... read |
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 | Ground-breaking healthcare solutions grab the Innovation Prize for Africa 2016 - total cash awards of US$150 000, showcasing African ingenuity... read |
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![[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 178: Short course - Building and maintaining a sustainable business](https://biz-file.com/c/1606/348570-120x120.jpg?2) | On the latest episode of Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show host Warren Harding spoke to Wendy van Schalkwyk... read |
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 | Marketing in Africa: getting around uniquely African hurdles... read |
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 | Two major investors in African power projects announced a joint venture to help boost electricity output across the continent... read |
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 | Africa's average rate of productivity growth falls to 1.7%... read |
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 | Leslie Pascaud If the best innovation is designed to meet real needs, nowhere are the opportunities more pressing than in humanitarian aid. Here's how the type and amplitude of innovation can have implications well beyond philanthropy... read |
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 | Lee Naik An internet of finance. The renaissance of money. If the previous decade was the age of mobile banking, the next looks set to be the era of blockchain. No other technology has more potential... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Egyptian drone startup Drofie has beaten off competition from 865 other applicants to win a place in the Switzerland-based Kickstart Accelerator... read |
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 | Dandemutande has appointed Nhena Nyagura as CEO to lead the business, following its merger in 2015 with iWayAfrica Zimbabwe and Africa Online... read |
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 | GE recently welcomed 30 high school girls to its office in Lagos, Nigeria, for the fourth annual 'Girls in Technology Day'... read |
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 | Michael Lundberg Know the top best practices for direct mail marketing... read |
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 | The African Audiovisual and Cinema Commission (AACC) will be responsible for the promotion of the rapid development of the African audiovisual and cinema industry... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Launched in May, Tunisian startup YallaRead has gained quick traction by allowing users to share books for free... read |
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 | Orange has bought Airtel, the 2nd largest mobile operator in Burkina Faso, with close to 4.6 million customers... read |
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 | Ghada Bassioni et al A woman's place is in the home. Her "job" is to marry and to raise children. This thinking still prevails in most parts of the world - and it is one of the major reasons that only about 30% of women in sub-Saharan Africa are working in research and development... read |
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 | ABIDJAN - Swiss company Nestlé will offer on-the-job training for 300,000 African youths to offset high unemployment that poses "severe economic and social challenges" for the continent, the company announced on Tuesday... read |
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 | If projections hold, Africa will have over 1.1bn consumers by 2020 - more than the populations of Europe and North America combined... read |
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 | While the marketing role has shifted and changed dramatically, it is the sales role that is most underestimated... read |
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 | Issued by Joe Public United Joe Public United has announced their recent partnerships with two new agencies in Africa - Joe Public Zambia and Joe Public Zimbabwe... read |
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 | Novartis expands partnership with Medicines for Malaria Venture to develop next-generation antimalarial treatments... read |
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 | Kudzai Danha Waste is the eternal burden of civilisation. Across Africa, implementation is very hard due to explosive population growth... read |
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 | Kerushan Govender There is both good news and bad about the future of the youth in Africa, says new Africa columnist, Kerushan Govender... read |
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 | James de Villiers This year non-military use of drones is believed to double as new companies and organisations rapidly come up with innovative ways to improve efficiency with drones... read |
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 | Xikombiso Mbhenyane and Irene Labuschagne The richer and more developed countries become, the less likely they are to be food insecure. Governments in rapidly growing economies have more resources to dedicate to improving food security and nutrition... read |
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 | Euromonitor International has published a new report entitled Apparel and Footwear in 2016: Trends, Developments and Prospects... read |
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 | Issued by Atmosphere PR Participants at the Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit in Cape Town have been given a taste of some of the disruption that is changing the consumer goods manufacturing and retail industry... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Kenya's iHub innovation space plots the next chapter of its future... read |
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 | Youth-led research shows young Africans still face many obstacles when entering the labour market... read |
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 | Tuyeimo Haidula The Namibian agriculture ministry has suspended the import of live pigs and raw pork from South Africa due to an outbreak of African swine fever... read |
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 | Kate Walker Architecture firm LEVS architecten champions non-fired bricks for the design and development of Dogon, Mali... read |
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 | Daniel Munslow The IABC World Conference took place in New Orleans this month. One of the challenges for communicators is securing a seat at the top... read |
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 | Technological innovation will act as a catalyst in boosting productivity and growth in Africa's agribusiness sector, in particular - PwC Agribusiness report... read |
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 | Superbalist.com presents a unique winter campaign shot in Dakar, Senegal, breaking new ground for SA retail... read |
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William James "Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact." Lao Tzu "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." Oliver Wendell Holmes "The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving." Walt Whitman "Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you." Sir William Osler "The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well." |
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