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![Understanding the brands of the future in Africa](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415622-120x120.jpg) | Identifying trends before they reach critical mass enables brands to tap into unlimited potential growth... read |
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![Made in Rwanda.](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415509-120x120.jpg) | Tom Jackson E-commerce startup Made in Rwanda Online is proving the demand for locally produced goods and produce with its online marketplace for local sellers... read |
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![EasiPost Couriers. Credit: The Namibian/All Africa.](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415508-120x120.jpg) | Ndama Nakashole Enterprising Namibian students roll out door-to-door courier service, developing a new business model for their country... read |
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![Africa Code Week 2017.](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415494-120x120.jpg) | With half a million young Africans engaged over the past two years, 15 Governments and over 100 partners on board already, Africa Code Week launched in Tanzania this past week... read |
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![The power of consumer insights (combined with woke strategy and creative)](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415467-120x120.jpg?2) | Thomas Sepheka Never has it been so evident to acknowledge and value the power of consumer insights in 2017... read |
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![AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414965-120x120.jpg?2) | The top 20 shortlisted finalists for the AfricaCom 2017 Awards have been announced... read | | |
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![Top five South African consumer trends - Euromonitor](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414909-120x120.jpg?2) | Global market intelligence company, Euromonitor International, has just released the latest results of the 2017 Global Consumer Trends survey... read |
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![Girls4Tech looks to empower the next generation of problem-solvers](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415234-120x120.jpg?2) | Coinciding with International Day of the Girl Child, Mastercard recently launched the African leg of its Girls4Tech programme... read |
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![Learn how to develop animated TV series for global distribution](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415435-120x120.png) | Triggerfish is hosting a free webinar to help animators and storytellers across Africa to develop TV series for worldwide distribution... read |
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![Leapfrogging to innovation in Africa requires leadership, persistence](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415376-120x120.jpg) | Innovation is key to supporting Africa's transformation, as trade, ICT and climate smart industrialisation, were a few areas that represent Africa's efforts to leapfrog through innovation... read |
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![#WorldFoodDay: Africa holds the key to feeding the world's population](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415370-120x120.jpg) | Africa holds the key to feeding 9 billion people by 2050, Dr Akinwumi Adesina says during Norman Borlaug Lecture... read |
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![Experiential retail - a new way to shop](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415286-120x120.jpg?2) | Jordan Major With the rise of e-commerce and demise of physical brick-and-mortar retail, consumers are continually hungry for experiences that engage and excite them... read |
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![Morris and Mtongana.](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414583-120x120.jpg?2) | Leigh Andrews Big brands shared the role of design in their business at Business of Design, with Adrian Morris, partner and MD at Design Partnership speaking of current the physical reboot trend responding to a changing landscape, while Brian Mtongana, head of design at Woolworths, honed in on the role of packaging in sales... read |
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![Separating myths from facts: Understanding food labels and innovation in food production](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415240-120x120.jpg?2) | We have to produce more food with less. This can only be done through innovation and technology in food production, but for many consumers and retailers, innovation and technology are misunderstood... read |
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![The TBWA/Raad team with their 2017 Loeries flock.](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415287-120x120.jpg?2) | Leigh Andrews Just when you thought the Loeries buzz was over, the Loeries' rankings are in! I chatted to some of this year's top-ranked creatives post-celebrations. We kick off with the ever-disruptive TBWA\Raad team, based in Dubai in the UAE... read | |
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![Africa Week: Unleashing the continent's potential](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415208-120x120.jpg) | Kicking off Africa Week, UN chief says women and youth can unleash continent's potential... read |
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![Airtel Sierra Leone rebranded Orange](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415207-120x120.jpg) | Orange has launched its brand in Sierra Leone, building on its strong presence in Sub Saharan Africa with 50 million customers in 16 countries... read |
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![Three Cameroonian journalists charged with criminal defamation](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415206-120x120.jpg) | Cameroon is continuing its oppression of press freedom by charging three Cameroonian journalists with criminal defamation... read |
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![Centrespread Grey receives award.](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415199-120x120.jpg) | Centrespread Grey has been awarded as Nigeria's iconic brand agency of the decade... read |
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![#EntrepreneurMonth: Chris Weylandt on the business of contemporary home decor design](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414974-120x120.jpg?2) | Lauren Hartzenberg Chris Weylandt, founder and CEO of furniture and decor retailer Weylandts, forms part of the impressive line-up at this year's Business of Design conference... read |
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![Moringa School to host women's coding course](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415141-120x120.jpg?2) | Gabriella Mulligan Kenyan coding academy Moringa School is to host a female only edition of its "Moringa Prep" introduction to coding course, with the aim of graduating more women developers... read |
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![Freedom of expression urged in Kenya](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415182-120x120.jpg) | Kenya must lift protest ban and end pattern of police brutality ahead of poll, UN experts warn... read |
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![Shreenal Ruparelia appointed new MD of Jumia Food](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414999-120x120.jpg?2) | Online food delivery company, Jumia Food, has appointed Shreenal Ruparelia as its new managing director... read |
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![Integrated policy approach needed to ensure sustainable food systems](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414895-120x120.jpg?1) | The 44th Session of the Committee on World Food Security endorsed new recommendations centred on the need for an integrated policy approach to forestry, agriculture, water and food security and nutrition... read |
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![Image via](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414970-120x120.jpg?2) | Tom Jackson Kenyan startup Lori Systems has been crowned the winner of the inaugural TechCrunch Battlefield Africa in Nairobi, winning $25,000 in equity-free funding... read |
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![Promoting free speech in Zimbabwe](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414993-120x120.jpg) | MISA Zimbabwe's new-look website promotes the right to information and free speech... read |
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![Alan Knott-Craig](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414990-120x120.jpg?2) | Alan Knott-Craig Us humans have a heuristic bias to sell our winners and hold onto our losers. That's not the way to build wealth. Better to hang onto your winners and cut your losers loose... read | | |
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![#MeetTheInvestor: Duncan Goldie-Scot](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414796-120x120.jpg?2) | Tom Jackson Duncan Goldie-Scot does not have the profile of a typical investor in African tech startups... read |
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![Rata-grab testing on-demand food delivery platform in Cameroon](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414773-120x120.jpg) | Tom Jackson Cameroonian startup Rata-grab is testing its online food ordering and delivery platform with five restaurants in Douala ahead of a full launch.... read |
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![Africa Week supports continent's advancements](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414772-120x120.jpg) | Africa Week kicked off on the margins of the UN General Assembly Debate on Africa's development to showcase the continent's continuous advancements and achievements... read |
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![JCDecaux digital wall.](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414668-120x120.jpg) | A new digital format in the African out of home market has been introduced by JCDecaux Sub-Saharan Africa: digital video walls... read |
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![Aramex Global Shopper growth mirrors rise in cross-border e-commerce](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414524-120x120.jpg?2) | Lauren Hartzenberg Cross-border e-commerce is on the rise. An estimated 1.4 million South Africans shopped internationally in 2016, spending an estimated R8.8 billion... read |
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![Nigeria's VoomNow starts exporting local produce](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414367-120x120.jpg?2) | Tom Jackson Nigerian assisted shopping startup VoomNow has started exporting local produce to the United States (US), making local food stuffs such as catfish, egusi and noodles available... read |
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![Springster, BBM Messenger launch Girl Talk in SA, Nigeria](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414482-120x120.jpg?2) | Springster, NGO Girl Effect's global mobile-first platform for vulnerable young women, has partnered with Creative Media Works (operating as BBM Messenger) to launch Girl Talk... read |
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![Supermarket surge on the cards for Cote d'Ivoire](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415035.jpg) | Issued by Nielsen The Nielsen Shopper World Conference held in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, has found that the country's modern trade arena has seen the greatest evolution in the last two years and holds the most potential for growth... read |
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![Report reveals customer aftermarket is afterthought for manufacturers](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414244-120x120.jpg) | A new report reveals discrepancies in how manufacturers and retailers view and approach post-purchase revenue, profit and relationship-building opportunities in the aftermarket service sector... read |
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![Russian PM talks up Morocco gas projects](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414440-120x120.jpg?2) | RABAT - Russia and Morocco hope to cooperate more closely in the energy sector, Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev said during a visit to Rabat... read |
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![Air Tanzania signs MoU with Ethiopia on pilot training](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414406-120x120.jpg?2) | Iddy Mwema Air Tanzania Company Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ethiopian Aviation Academy, aimed at helping Tanzanian pilots and engineers undergo capacity building training in Ethiopia... read |
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![St. Regis Cairo (Image Supplied)](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414260-120x120.jpg?2) | Marriott International has announced further expansion plans in African with seven new hotel signings. Reinforcing is continued expansion in Africa, the global chain is targeting... read |
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![auntmasako via](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414957-120x120.jpg?2) | Millie Phiri, Sonia Naidoo, Nadia Ibraimo Various agricultural research institutions in Africa are currently carrying out research on orphan crops mainly to improve yields and controlling and lowering disease tolerance.... read |
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![More trees, better farming could slash carbon emissions: study](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414946-120x120.jpg?2) | Planting more trees, farming more sustainably and conserving wetlands could significantly slash the amount of carbon emissions that humanity spews into the atmosphere... read |
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![SCAPIN via](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414913-120x120.jpg?2) | Eight out of 18 tourism projects excluded from a moratorium on large hotels in Seychelles could be reallocated if the project backers don't begin construction within a year... read |
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![Airbnb announces $1m investment in community-led tourism projects in Africa](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414882-120x120.jpg?1) | As part of Airbnb's vision to empower communities through home sharing and to promote people-to-people tourism that benefits local families and their communities, it will invest $1m to... read |
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![abhisheklyrics via](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414814-120x120.jpg?2) | Dangote Rice Limited has launched a multi-million naira Youth Farming Initiative set to engage unemployed Nigerian students in rice farming... read |
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![China's green planning for the world starts with infrastructure](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415268-120x120.png?2) | Asit K. Biswas and Kris Hartley The United States is retreating from the global community under a president who rejected the Paris Climate Accords and denigrates NAFTA and NATO. This provides an opportunity for China to play a greater role in global affairs... read |
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![prasanna_devadas via](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415144-120x120.jpg?2) | Zimbabwe has banned the importation of fruit and vegetables to save scarce foreign currency in the face of a worsening economic crisis... read |
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![Image source:](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415010-120x120.jpg?2) | Catherine Howell, Jennifer Drake and Liat Margolis One in three bites of food that we eat relies on bee pollination... read |
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![African tourism trends in the age of developing smart cities](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415333-120x120.jpg?2) | Elias Aad Over the last eight years, travel and tourism has grown by 17.3% in the top 10 fastest-growing global destinations read |
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![Image by Eviled](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415011-120x120.jpg?2) | Josephine Wawira News of the revocation of economic sanctions against Sudan by the United States government is music to the ears of businesses and investors interested in Africa's third largest country... read |
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![Chris Lehane and Herman Mashaba at the announcement (Image Supplied)](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/414997-120x120.jpg?2) | The study shows that Airbnb has helped to spread tourism benefits beyond hotels and tourist attractions... read |
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![Colin Logan, technical executive for GIBB's dams, hydropower and underground works services sector](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415003-120x120.jpg?3) | Colin Logan It is critical that the energy mix is carefully blended by policymakers to ensure a sustainable economy... read |
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![Photo by John O'Nolan on Unsplash](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415303-120x120.jpg?2) | Constant Munda Nairobi's proposed smart traffic control system will go live in just over two years, officials said of the plan that seeks to ease congestion on key city roads at an estimated cost of Sh1.88 billion... read |
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![Database of 30 million+ South Africans leaked online, property group is culprit](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/415205-120x120.jpg?2) | Ilse van den Berg NEWSWATCH: After a database of more than 30 million South Africans had been leaked online, including estimated incomes‚ addresses, and cellphone numbers, one of the country's top real estate companies has admitted to being the unwitting source... read |
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