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![Zeinab Badaw](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/399744-120x120.jpg) | BBC World News is focussing on Africa's hidden history in a special eight-part television series... read |
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![Low growth in fixed broadband penetration in Africa](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/399729-120x120.jpg) | Sa Eva Nébié Dataxis predicts that 20 million households and businesses will have wired internet connection by 2022 in Africa, compared to 11 million in 2016... read |
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![Enter African Digital Media Awards](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/399721-120x120.png) | Registration for the WAN-IFRA African Digital Media Awards closes on 31 July 2017... read |
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![Building the right foundation for exceptional customer experiences](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399612-120x120.jpg) | Richard Mullins Richard Mullins, MD of MEA at Acceleration, on how important the foundation in a business is in leveraging excellent customer experience and being able to connect to your customers on all their various demanding channels... read |
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![App economy worth $6.3 trillion by 2021 - report](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399611-120x120.jpg) | Dean Workman App Annie, a world renowned app analytics company, has predicted that by 2021 the global app economy will be worth a staggering $6.3 trillion... read |
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![How Spree is transforming its customer experience through technology](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399355-120x120.jpg?2) | Kinetic Events interviews Sven Schoof, head of customer experience at Spree, on how the online retailer is transforming its customer experience... read |
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![New global ransomware attack disrupts thousands of companies](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399459-120x120.jpg) | Ilse van den Berg NEWSWATCH: This week saw another global ransomware attack spread across the globe affecting big companies such as multinational advertising and public relations company WPP, Danish shipping company, Maersk, and FedEx, among many others... read |
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![Top five highest cyber risk countries are in Africa](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399427-120x120.png?2) | According to Check Point's latest Threat Index, African nations continue to top the list of countries prone to cyber attacks... read |
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![Mami Wata cofounder Nick Dutton.](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399363-120x120.jpg?2) | Leigh Andrews SA's craft and production industry proved itself at the annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. Here, Nick Dutton of Mami Wata shares his views behind the scenes... read |
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![Kenyan payments solutions firm expands to SA](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399317-120x120.jpg) | Direct Pay Online continues Southern Africa expansion with acquisition of PayThru South Africa... read |
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![Kenya's Ngugi dumps Swedish book fair over far-right newspaper](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399316-120x120.jpg) | Kenyan literary icon Ngugi wa Thiong'o has pulled out of an annual Swedish book fair in protest at the presence of a right-wing extremist newspaper... read |
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![Packaging needs bold, agile, visionary thinking](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399105-120x120.jpg?2) | The packaging for the future requires bold, agile, visionary thinking beyond the aisle. It requires innovative designing for the experience and not just shelf impact... read |
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![(c) eireen -](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399166-120x120.jpg?2) | Stephen Sandmann The concept of innovation drives me. I love taking calculated risks. I enjoy doing the associated R&D. Most of all I like to watch it unfold as a campaign... read |
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![Self-taught, spurred on by love: Senegal's star food blogger](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399104-120x120.jpg) | This Senegal-based blogger has built up an adoring online audience of thousands by whipping up mouth-watering meals from all corners of the globe... read |
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![IoT/ © cheskyw via](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399032-120x120.jpg) | Inmarsat research has found that the internet of things has become the leading technology for digital transformation and a priority for 92% of organisations... read |
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![New Forbes Woman Africa show premieres this week](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399029-120x120.jpg) | “How can Nigeria continue to dance on the graves of our children?” - Oby Ezekwesili debuts in first episode of new Forbes Woman Africa show, ‘Against The Odds with Peace Hyde'... read |
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![#Newsmaker: Kojo Baffoe the Afropolitan](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398500-120x120.jpg?1) | Jessica Tennant The Afropolitan recently celebrated its 50th edition with a gala evening where publisher Sean Press announced philosopher, Kaya FM radio host and writer Kojo Baffoe the new editor of the magazine. read |
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![Could architainment lure consumers back to shopping centres?](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398556-120x120.jpg?2) | Developers, architects and shopping centres are under increasing pressure, due to the rise of ecommerce, to draw customers back to the physical retail environment... read |
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![OMG Digital Founders: Dominic Mensah, Prince Boakye Boampong and Jesse Arhin Ghansah.](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398962-120x120.jpg) | OMG Digital, a digital new media company focused on African millennials, have secured $1.1m seed funding from international investors... read |
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![Game City Mall, Botswana](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398960-120x120.jpg) | Primedia Outdoor is helping clients identify prime advertising spots across Botswana by combining technology and research... read |
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![TafelLite.com](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398956-120x120.jpg) | Namibia Breweries' Tafel Lite, launched in Namibia one year ago, has released a new TVC... read |
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![#StartupStory: KapitalWise](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398823-120x120.jpg?2) | Ilse van den Berg KapitalWise uses predictive analytics to analyse your accounts and move extra cash towards your investment goals. In a nutshell, it automates savings and investing... read |
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![(c) Kheng Ho Toh -](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398477-120x120.jpg?2) | Danette Breitenbach A brand is a symbol of the organisation, but reputation is the overall trust and appreciation that observers feel for the organisation. Marketers focus on the identity and brand of an organisation, but externally the image of the organisation is the perception of observers... read |
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![Leverage digital to accelerate growth of brand equity and value](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399118.jpg) | Doreen Wang, Issued by Kantar Millward Brown Brand is the most powerful intangible asset. Understanding a brand's worth to the business in financial terms is therefore an essential part of managing, protecting and measuring it... read |
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![The moment that... technology and snacking collided](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399065.jpg) | Issued by Kantar TNS The snack food industry is well versed in psychology. To be successful, a brand must know that we nibble not just to satisfy our basic hunger, but also our emotional needs... read |
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![Isobar and Gillette break a world record](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/399683.jpg) | Issued by Dentsu Aegis Network Isobar crafted a campaign for Gillette Kenya where Kenyans would come together to break the world record for the most people shaving in a single venue... read |
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![Mortimer Harvey wins Western Union social media account](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399463.jpg) | Issued by Mortimer Harvey Western Union, trusted by over 200 countries to send and receive money worldwide, has entrusted Mortimer Harvey with unifying the African segment of their global audience through one social media platform... read |
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![Africa gets generic version of most effective HIV drug](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399340-120x120.jpg?2) | The generic version of the most advanced drug against HIV has been introduced in Kenya, a first in Africa... read |
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![(c) Vitaliy Vodolazskyy -](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398858-120x120.jpg?3) | PARIS - "Fake news" has become a troubling phenomenon, allegedly used to manipulate voters and fuel a rise in global populism. In one case, it inspired a man to shoot up a Washington pizzeria... read |
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![(c) bloomua -](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398821-120x120.jpg?2) | NEW YORK - Facebook is starting production on high-quality television series and gaming shows to be broadcast on its platform, one of the social media giant's executives said on Monday... read |
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![Research reveals key drivers of sharing economy](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399150-120x120.jpg?2) | A new whitepaper reveals the key drivers of the ever growing sharing economy, outlining the challenges and future opportunities surrounding it... read |
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![Image supplied.](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399226-120x120.png?2) | There are two billion people coming together on Facebook every month and to celebrate Facebook is launching a new personalised video... read |
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![Silicon-on-Seine: world's biggest tech incubator opens in Paris](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399434-120x120.jpg?2) | PARIS, France: Paris has taken a step closer to fulfilling its ambition of becoming Europe's technology capital with president Emmanuel Macron having inaugurated Station F, the world's largest startup incubator... read |
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![Image source:](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398550-120x120.jpg?2) | The animals won't travel two-by-two, but thousands of safari stalwarts will soon begin their journeys from Zimbabwe to Mozambique in one of Africa's largest ever wildlife transfers... read |
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![Anger in Nigeria's south over oil spill clean-up delay](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398543-120x120.jpg?2) | Under a leaden sky in oil-rich southern Nigeria, young men hang around with nothing to do, covering their noses from the noxious fumes of the polluted swamp... read |
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![Image source:](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398733-120x120.jpg?2) | Dozens of city mayors from around the world - including Washington, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo and Sydney - on Monday, 26 June, called on G20 leaders to stick to their commitments on tackling climate change... read |
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![Image Source:](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/397794-120x120.jpg?2) | “Rapid urbanisation and economic development make sub-Saharan Africa a promising market for property, especially as countries like Kenya are starting to adopt international frameworks..." read |
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![BRICS countries have an important role to play in achieving SDGs](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/397446-120x120.jpg?2) | BRICS countries have an important role to play in achieving the international goals to eradicate hunger and poverty by 2030. They form an important economic block. Together they produce more than one-third of global cereal production... read |
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![#YouthMonth: Making agriculture a viable career choice for the African youth](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/397968-120x120.jpg?2) | Howard Blight The shortage of skilled people in the sector is growing, while the number of students enrolling in agriculture-related training continues to decrease... read |
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![IITA via](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398241-120x120.jpg?2) | "Investing in agricultural assistance today will provide food for tomorrow; and can ensure people have a source of food even when they are cut off from other forms of humanitarian aid." read |
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![Chad leader says Glencore oil contract was irresponsible](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398904-120x120.jpg?2) | PARIS - Chad President Idriss Deby said on Sunday his country had been "irresponsible" in striking oil for cash deals with Swiss commodities giant Glencore... read |
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![Demonstration farms showcase agricultural techniques and technologies to improve crops. Flickr/Remi Nono-Womdim, FAO (Source: The Conversation)](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398868-120x120.jpg?2) | Esther Ndumi Ngumbi Farms that are used to teach agricultural techniques and technologies - known as demonstration farms - are a smart investment that can help accelerate the adoption of game-changing innovations... read |
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![Artists impression of the reception at BON Hotel Apo](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398850-120x120.jpg?2) | BON Hotels has increased its footprint in West Africa with the signing of its 12th hotel in Nigeria - making the group the largest hotel management in the country. read |
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![Ugandan traders turn to Dar es Salaam port](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/398820-120x120.jpg?2) | With about six weeks left for Kenyans to go to the polls, the private sector in neighbouring states are now beginning to look at the Dar es Salaam port as an alternative route to import and export goods... read |
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![The internet of everything water](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399030-120x120.jpg?2) | Ihuoma Atanga Local communities boosting water monitoring systems using the internet... read |
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![Study reveals China commands almost 50% of Africa's international EPC market](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399070-120x120.jpg?2) | According to a new report by McKinsey Africa, China's involvement in Africa is bigger and more multifaceted than previous studies suggest... read |
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![nike159 via](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399163-120x120.jpg?2) | In a development likely to get conservationists worried, Zimbabwe has signed an agreement with Chinese investors to develop its 'Disneyland in Africa' concept near the prime resort of Victoria Falls... read |
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![PwC Hotels Outlook 2017-2021: Africa's hotel sector remains resilient](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399124-120x120.jpg?2) | Africa's hotel sector has remained resilient in the face of strong economic headwinds. South Africa's hospitality sector is poised for further growth in the next five years... read |
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![Left to Right: Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya Chairman Apollo Owuor welcomes newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer, Hosea Machuki to the association](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399111-120x120.jpg?2) | According to FPEAK Chairman, Apollo Owuor, Kenya's horticulture sector is set to undergo major changes as the country fights to consolidate its international markets... read |
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![Trent XWB engine](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399078-120x120.jpg?2) | Rolls-Royce has won a $1.5bn order from Ethiopian Airlines to provide Trent XWB engines for ten new Airbus A350-900 aircraft... read |
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![#YouthMonth: How Repurpose Schoolbags give a child choice, not charity](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399266-120x120.jpg?2) | Sindy Peters Since its launch in 2013, Rethaka has manufactured and distributed 10,000 Repurpose Schoolbags in six African countries, recycling 400,000 plastic bags in the process... read |
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![Humanitarian response eases famine in South Sudan](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399326.jpg) | South Sudan: humanitarian response eases famine, but food insecurity reaches unprecedented levels... read |
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![Getting the energy balance right](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399566-120x120.jpg?2) | With the very real challenge of keeping the lights on, African countries are pursuing diversified energy portfolios to deliver universal access to electricity... read |
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![How Cape firms secured R100m in halaal export deals](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399523-120x120.jpg?2) | Bekezela Phakathi Nine South African companies that participated in a trade mission to Senegal have clinched orders for halaal products totalling more than R100m over five years... read |
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![This is why middle managers hold the key to attaining the SDGs](https://biz-file.com/c/1706/399450-120x120.png?2) | Middle managers are left out of the loop when it comes to sustainability strategies, and this has stunted implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) worldwide... read |
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