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| Hilary Joffe The study finds that while African cities are crowded with people, they are not dense with investment, said World Bank lead economist Somik Lall... read |
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| Cooperation is needed at strategic and practical levels to help member States in Central Africa get round major macroeconomic challenges… read |
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| Africa Travel Week will be held in Cape Town from 19-23 April 2017... read |
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| The drought that the northern regions have struggled with for the last year has now spread throughout Somalia, threatening an already fragile population battered by decades of conflict… read |
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| The continuous growth of the gig economy and Freelancer.com's rapidly scaling global community of over 22 million users reflect an ever-increasing demand for freelancers. The site analyses the top ten service businesses... read |
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| Facebook on Wednesday, 15 February, began letting businesses in the US or Canada post jobs and take applications from jobseekers, posing a challenge to Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. read |
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| Weber Shandwick has launched a report, The Company behind the Brand II: In Goodness We Trust, a global thought leadership study. A key finding is the degree to which products and services make individuals feel good or healthy, surpasses their interest in specific corporate responsibility initiatives, sometimes by wide margins. read |
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| Lisa Griffin Blogger and freelance writer for yen.com.gh Lisa Griffin discusses eight marketing strategies that always work for her. read |
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| Nigerian contemporary lifestyle retail group, The Style Group is offering fashion, accessories and design services via modern social media commerce. In the booming social media and e-commerce market of Nigeria, its model is a hit and is reaching thousands of Nigerians eager to shop online. read |
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| Africa's newest pay TV network Kwesé TV will broadcast premium movie and series channel AMC, owned by AMC Networks International… read |
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| Bamba, a boutique African data collection agency, raises $1.1 million USD in first seed round… read |
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| Sponsored by Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists, the fellowship program is open to journalists who are native to one of the developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America/the Caribbean… read |
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| A brochure campaign for the Lesotho Land Administration Authority… read |
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| Strengthening the adaptation and resilience of rural communities facing climate change in Madagascar… read |
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| Four days ahead of the commemoration of the World Radio Day on 13 February 2017, the government of Lesotho cut the broadcasting signals of two local radio stations… read |
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| Mastercard commits to financially including over 150,000 Kenyan merchants with simple and secure digital payment solution… read |
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| The UK and Zambia have signed an Energy Africa Partnership Agreement, announcing their commitment to accelerate the expansion of the household solar market across Zambia… read |
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| The African Corridor Management Alliance is expected to coordinate the sharing of best practices and other strategies… read |
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| The CashlessAfrica 2017 awards honor the best across all sectors and segments covering financial technology providers, mobile network operators, financial institutions, mobile money providers... read |
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| Failure to make our food systems more resilient to climate change will "seriously compromise" food production in many regions and could doom international efforts to end hunger and poverty... read |
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| Vera Romano A dwindling database has more to do with people changing jobs (and with it email addresses), or neglecting their personal email accounts, and on rare occasions, opting out of a mailing list. But, according to Vera Romano, marketing manager at Everlytic, there are ways of not only enhancing your database, but ensuring longevity of interest, and continued subscription... read |
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| THE HAGUE - Brandishing a gun, his face contorted with rage, the shocking image of an off-duty Turkish policeman assassinating the Russian envoy to Turkey on Monday won the prestigious World Press Photo Award... read |
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| Wynand Smit Business has always been built around the customer, and recent developments are forcing companies to examine their business processes... read |
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| Copenhagen, Denmark – Snaplytics, the SaaS company offering Snapchat marketing insights, has released a comprehensive survey of Snapchat data to better understand how brands are using the site to communicate with their followers... read |
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| You can create lists of places, share your lists and follow other lists, all without ever leaving the Google Maps app... read |
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| Leigh Andrews First came Marketing2020, then came Insights2020. In their latest industry shakeup, Kantar Vermeer has put the wheel in motion for the formation of a local South African CMO Council. Frank van den Driest, Kantar Vermeer's chief client officer, shares how this will strengthen the local marketing industry... read |
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| By end of 2017, Dangote Rice will have 25,000 ha under rice cultivation across three sites in Northern Nigeria… read |
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| In crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo, people in the capital increasingly turn to street hawkers to feed themselves and their families cheaply… read |
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| The Convergence of Nations is a compilation of essays from 30 authors and underlines Africa's potential to profit from globalisation and secure long-term strategic growth… read |
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| Gabriella Mulligan Projects to support entrepreneurship and job creation in the Gambia over the next four years, have been launched… read |
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| Facebook is challenging developers across the Middle East and Africa to create innovative bots in the Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge... read |
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| IBM has launched its $70 million (approximately R945 million) digital education initiative, “IBM Digital - Nation Africa”, aimed at building much-needed digital, cloud, and cognitive IT skills on the continent... read |
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| The UN Special Rapporteur will continue to monitor developments in Cameroon closely, and is at the disposal of the authorities to provide assistance or advice as required… read |
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| The Africa CEO Forum and McKinsey & Company are pooling their expertise to launch the African Women in Business initiative at the 2017 Africa CEO Forum, 20-21 March 2017 in Geneva… read |
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| Gabriella Mulligan IBM has announced a US$70 million initiative to provide free digital skills training for 25 million African youth over five years... read |
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| Prolonged and worsening drought conditions across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya means that more than 11 million people are facing severe hunger and are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance... read |
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| The 6th Connect Nigeria e-Business Fair promises to be the biggest yet… read |
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| NEW YORK - The New York Times said on Wednesday it had teamed up with the online service Spotify in bid to lure subscribers with a "news and music experience"... read |
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| Design Indaba has announced its collaboration with global homeware giant IKEA to create IKEA's first-ever exclusive, all-African collection... read |
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| Warc has released its trend report Effectiveness in the Digital Age, indicating that marketing effectiveness in the digital age requires striking the right balance between close targeting and mass reach... read |
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| Researchers have developed a new way to print on paper using light. The invention uses the colour-changing chemistry of nanoparticles, which can be applied via a thin coating on a variety of surfaces - including ordinary paper... read |
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| As we launch into 2017, it is clear that data will be one of the prevalent assets which a business or a corporation can possess... read |
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| John Little February is the month of love, with Valentine's Day providing countless marketing communications opportunities to express those ‘loving feelings' – an appropriate time to reflect on the state of marketer–agency relationships... read |
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| Ryan Kh When was the last time you spent an entire day without thinking about your business? If you're still working on an answer to that question, chances are you're an entrepreneur. Or a rare breed of hyper-focused, success-driven, results producing go-getters... read |
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Paramahansa Yogananda "The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success." Tony Robbins "Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible." David Hockney "Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it." |
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