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![Image source:](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401795-120x120.jpg) | Selina Sutton You can't deny the popularity of emoji, especially as 17 July is World Emoji Day... read |
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![How advertising's ugly duckling has turned into a swan](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401520-120x120.jpg?2) | Bronwyn Williams Despite the bad reputation, there is hardly a business on the planet today that has not adopted some form of direct marketing, writes Bronwyn Williams... read |
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![Media watchdog urges Algeria to free journalist](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401443-120x120.jpg?2) | ALGIERS - Press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday urged Algerian authorities to release a freelance journalist and fixer who was arrested and accused of spying... read |
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![Africa shows rising interest in green building design](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401286.jpg) | Alison Groves The UNEP Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative attributed 30% of annual carbon emissions to the global building sector... read |
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![How it all fits together - what comes out of Ad-Audit](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401325-120x120.jpg?3) | mike broom We move on to practical matters and implications, having already unpacked the fact that advertising should be evaluated in terms of predictive models of both strategic intent and executional efficiency... read |
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![Pan-African private higher education network launched](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401261.jpg) | Actis has launched Honoris United Universities, as the first pan-African private higher education network committed to preparing and educating the next generation of African leaders and professionals able to impact regionally in a globalised world... read |
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![UK punts measures to boost Africa prosperity, stability](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401131-120x120.jpg) | UK Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled an ambitious package of support to create new wealth in Africa... read |
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![Top 10 African countries committed to cyber security](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401130-120x120.jpg) | Fundisiwe Maseko The second edition of the Global Cybersecurity Index 2017, measured the commitment of ITU Member States to cyber security and highlighted a number of illustrative practices from around the world.... read |
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![WRLC delves into expansion of SA retailer's activities into Africa](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400698-120x120.jpg?2) | The Wholesale and Retail Leadership Chair has released a research study on ‘Expansion of South African Retailer's Activities into Africa'... read |
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![The future of manufacturing lies in IoT investment](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401004-120x120.jpg?2) | Mike Vincent Manufacturing today is no longer simply about making physical products but about finding new ways to create and capture value for the end user... read |
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![Austria's Alpla acquires SA's Boxmore Packaging in its biggest buy-out](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400952-120x120.jpg?1) | Austrian plastic packaging company, Alpla, has purchased 100% of South African headquartered Boxmore Packaging, which specialises in PET pre-forms... read |
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![Senegal leads in building a digital economy](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400994-120x120.jpg) | In 10 years, the digital economy will probably ‘weigh' 10% of African GDP... read |
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![R-L: Gerhard van der Westhuizen, project manager of Atterbury Property Development, and Tagir Carimo, mayor of the City of Pemba.](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400921-120x120.jpg?2) | Alistair Anderson Atterbury has completed the first-phase development of its $20m Pemba Shopping venture in Mozambique... read |
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![Mobile money boosts local economies](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400867-120x120.jpg) | Mobile cash reduces hunger, boosts local economies in Kenya - the money is primarily transferred using the M-Pesa mobile phone-based money transfer service... read |
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![Travis Kalanick, former CEO of Uber. Photo: Inc.](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400735-120x120.jpg?2) | Sometimes the entrepreneurial traits of a startup founder are not conducive to running a large-to-global business. Just ask Travis Kalanick... read |
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![Five factors successful e-commerce players have in common](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400685-120x120.jpg?2) | A new report from Forrester has identified five key success factors for e-commerce businesses as they plan, launch or expand their organisations... read |
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![(c) andrew grossman -](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400489-120x120.jpg?2) | Allon Raiz Does the construct of Millennials really exist or is it just hype based on the idealism of the era? read |
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![hpgruesen via](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400480-120x120.jpg?2) | Alana Mann The global food system has been operating in post-truth mode for decades. Having constructed food scarcity as a justification for a second Green Revolution, Big Agriculture now employs... read |
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![Ajay and Atul Gupta.
Image:](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400820-120x120.jpg?2) | Controversial London public relations firm Bell Pottinger seems to have side-stepped Wikipedia regulations and has been able to edit entries about the Gutpa family, leaked emails show... read |
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![US newsstands are increasingly rare as readers turn to online platforms for information |](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401101-120x120.jpg?2) | WASHINGTON - The US newspaper industry on Monday warned of a "duopoly" in online news by Google and Facebook, and called for legislation that would relax antitrust rules allowing collective negotiations with the internet giants... read |
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![New research indicates CMOs struggle to localise creative strategies](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400953-120x120.jpg?2) | CMO Council report reveals that 33% of marketing leaders and agencies are struggling to meet the needs of local audiences... read |
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![Joseph Clift, business analyst at Warc and author of 'Future of Strategy' report](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400927-120x120.jpg?2) | Warc releases report based on the results of a global survey of senior strategists highlighting the impact planning discipline is having on the ever-changing marketing landscape... read |
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![Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the F8 summit in San Francisco, California on 25 March 2015. Zuckerberg introduced the Messenger platform at the event. On Tuesday, 11 July 2017, Facebook announced that Messenger would soon be hosting ads on its home screen |](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401177-120x120.jpg?2) | SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook on Tuesday said that advertisements will begin popping up on Messenger home screens globally after promising tests with users in Australia and Thailand... read |
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![Journalists inside the G20 media centre in Hamburg.
Image:](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401449-120x120.jpg?2) | BERLIN - German media groups protested Wednesday after government authorities at last week's G20 summit suddenly withdrew the accreditations of 32 journalists on unspecified security grounds... read |
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![The CBS logo outside the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, the US.
Image:](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401549-120x120.jpg?2) | WASHINGTON - CBS News and the BBC on Thursday announced a new editorial and newsgathering partnership that aims to boost their global strength against rivals such as CNN... read |
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![Colin Thornton](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400581-120x120.jpg?2) | Colin Thornton With individuals and businesses becoming increasingly dependent on mobile devices for everything from email to banking, cyber criminals have turned their attention to mobile platforms... read |
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![Food economies at risk of distortion by formal sector grocery retail](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400434-120x120.jpg?2) | The Grocery Retail Sector Market Inquiry, initiated by the Competition Commission, has received input from the Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation... read |
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![Drones could offer multi-faceted support in disaster relief](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/399794-120x120.jpg?2) | According to specialist drone firm Airborne Drones South Africa, we can expect to see drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), taking on an increasingly important role in firefighting and disaster management... read |
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![SimoneD via](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400485-120x120.jpg?2) | Zelna Hengari Unlike other segments which have not been spared by the tough economic challenges the country is going through, the tourism industry has witnessed a tremendous boost over the past two years... read |
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![Austrian Airlines reintroduces Cape Town/Vienna service](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400727-120x120.jpg?2) | Austrian Airlines has announced it will be reintroducing two flights a week between Cape Town and Vienna on its winter schedule... read |
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![Food commodity prices to remain low over next decade - OECD, FAO](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400844-120x120.jpg?2) | Global food commodity prices are projected to remain low over the next decade... read |
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![Why the future of Africa's forests and savannas is under threat](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400924-120x120.jpg?2) | Julie C. Aleman Tropical Africa has two distinct features - rain forests which are dominated by trees and savannas which are dominated by grasses. Both depend on rainfall quantity and seasonality... read |
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![East Africa containerised trade volumes grow 1% Q1 2017](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/400855-120x120.jpg?2) | The 2017 First Quarter East Africa Trade Report issued by Maersk Line Eastern Africa reveals that aggregate trade levels in the region have improved slightly since 2016... read |
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![Jeremy Awori, CEO: Barclays Bank Kenya](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401197-120x120.jpg?2) | Kennedy Kangethe Barclays Bank of Kenya (BBK) is closing seven of its branches in the country... read |
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![Commercial vehicle market competition on the rise in Africa](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401183-120x120.jpg?2) | The regional market for commercial vehicles (CVs) like rigid trucks and flatbed trailers is being strengthened by rising urbanisation and infrastructural developments in Africa... read |
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![Matla a Metsi Joint Venture to supervise design and construction of Polihali Dam in Lesotho Highlands Water Project](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401288-120x120.jpg?2) | The Matla a Metsi Joint Venture was recently announced the successful bidder on the design and construction supervision of the Polihali Dam - one of the two main water transfer components of phase two of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project... read |
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![Cape Town named best city in Africa and Middle East](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401216-120x120.jpg?2) | Underscoring Cape Town consistent favour with travellers from around the world, the city has been named Best City in Africa and the Middle East in the Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards for 2017... read |
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![Online B2B marketplace for SMMEs goes live](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401307-120x120.jpg?2) | Launching to small, medium and micro-sized enterprises servicing the retail sector in SA, XAfricaMart offers sellers and their customers a trade secure payment platform... read |
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![ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa and former finance minister Pravin Gordhan at the 14th congress of the SACP held at Birchwood Hotel.
Picture:](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401309-120x120.jpg?2) | Natasha Marrian On Wednesday, former finance minister Pravin Gordhan said an apology was not enough from UK-based public relations company Bell Pottinger... read |
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![Photo: Namibian Sun](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401441-120x120.jpg?2) | The $13.6m Ombepo Wind Farm, near Lüderitz, is expected to add 5MW of renewable power to the Namibian grid by the end of July. read |
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![Geita gold mine. Photo: AngloGold Ashanti](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401775-120x120.jpg?2) | AngloGold Ashanti's subsidiaries in Tanzania have initiated arbitration to protect their interests in case the government changes the terms of their longstanding agreement... read |
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![WHO/G Tapper](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401661-120x120.jpg?2) | Approximately 62% of the under-five deaths in the DRC in 2013 were caused by malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea, all of which are treatable... read |
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![Kabelo Makwane](https://biz-file.com/c/1707/401790-120x120.jpg?2) | Ilse van den Berg At the recent Amazon Web Services summit, I had the chance to chat to Kabelo Makwane, managing director for Cloud First business at Accenture in sub-Saharan Africa about the Accenture Cloud Platform... read |
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