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| Former Liberian president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will chair a new panel to drive the transformation of Africa's economies, it was announced at a major financial summit in Accra...read |
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Transforming Africa through innovation, youth and technology at the Responsible Business Forum...read | 
Several African countries have reported a rise in their GDP despite fears over increased debt according to ICAEW's latest report...read | 
For businesses around the world, including Africa, the implementation of the European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is particularly pertinent...read |
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 | Leigh Andrews A stand-out factor of Cannes Lions 2018 was the introduction of the Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) Lions to this year's Festival of Creativity. Here's how we can make the world a better place through creativity... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant As part of the 2017 Cannes Lions Branded Entertainment jury, Jason Xenopoulos, VML global chief vision officer and EMEA CCO, collaborated with the jury to write a book called The Art of Branded Entertainment, which was launched just one year later at Cannes Lions 2018 on Tuesday, 19 June... read |
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 | The 65th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity continued on 21 June, with the 2018 Innovation and Product Design winners announced during the Innovation award ceremony... read |
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 | mamahlatse marokane As marketers, we have long championed cause marketing programs as an impactful way for brands and companies to get involved, but our programs can go further by evolving them from "nice-to-dos" to "must-dos." Fundamentally, we should strive to create long-term, purpose-driven programs that allow brands and companies to do well while doing good... read |
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 | The 65th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity continued on 21 June, with the 2018 Creative Data, Direct, Media, PR and Social & Influencer winners announced during the Reach award ceremony... read |
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 | Bronwyn Williams The future of retail, and indeed any business, is about selling solutions rather than products; creating an experience over an above an economic transaction... read |
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 | MIPAD unveils media and culture class of 2018 finalists, recognising excellence in people of African descent from over 50 countries worldwide... read |
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 | The 65th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity continued on 20 June with the 2018 Cannes Film Craft, Digital Craft and Industry Craft Lions announced during the Craft award ceremony, with SA bringing home a Bronze Lion... read |
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 | The 65th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity continued on 20 June with the 2018 Cannes Entertainment and Entertainment for Music Lions winners announced during the Entertainment award ceremony, with SA bringing home a Gold, Silver and Bronze Lion from this track... read |
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 | The 65th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity continued on 20 June with the 2018 Cannes Brand Experience & Activation and Creative eCommerce winners announced during the Experience award ceremony... read |
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 | Bronwyn Williams In the wake of the recent Facebook scandal that revealed how Cambridge Analytical had gained improper access to the sensitive, personal information of up to 87 million Facebook users, consumers around the world are waking up to the value of personal privacy... read |
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 | Ann Nurock Ann Nurock interviews James Hunt, vice president of CNN Create, who talks to her about why CNN is increasing its presence at Cannes, elaborates on what type of clients CNN produces content for and what the importance of Africa is to CNN... read |
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 | CaribbeanTales and Durban FilmMart Partnership 2.0 encourages African women filmmakers to think co-production... read |
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 | BBM signs Eskimi as exclusive mobile advertising partner in Nigeria... read |
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 | Jedd Cokayne More and more brands are finding it difficult to trade in this ever-changing and difficult market we find ourselves in. The biggest challenge is remaining relevant to a core target market... read |
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 | Ronel De Kock Influencer marketing is a form of communication which identifies individuals that have influence over potential buyers, then focuses marketing activities around these influencers - mainly online... read |
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 | Juanita Vorster Gone are the days of customer service consisting of treating buyers with common courtesy. Customer service has been disrupted by an expectation of a total customer experience that is dictated by the customer, not company policies... read |
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 | The 65th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity continued on 19 June with the 2018 Cannes Design Lions announced during the Communication award ceremony, with SA bringing home a Bronze Lion... read |
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 | The 65th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity continued on 19 June with the 2018 Cannes Print & Publishing Lions announced during the Communication award ceremony, with SA bringing home two silver wins... read |
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 | The 65th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity continued on 19 June with the 2018 Cannes Print & Publishing Lions announced during the Communication award ceremony, with SA once again bringing home the Grand Prix and roaring with metal... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Investments in African startups are on the up year-on-year, with funding flooding into a variety of countries and a large selection of sectors... read |
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 | Ann Nurock Ann Nurock interviews Julian Boulding, president and founder of thenetworkone at Cannes Lions 2018... read |
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 | Issued By Kantar Millward Brown Recent analysis of the BrandZ global database shows many brands aren't seizing opportunities to disrupt with fewer than one in 10 brands growing between 2014 and 2017... read |
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 | Tanzania forces forums, blogs, and streaming websites to comply with draconian regulations... read |
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 | Sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest growing mobile market, by 2020 the region will have more than half a billion mobile subscribers to date... read |
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 | The Solution Space is calling for 10 digital ventures on the African continent to participate in the upcoming Winter School Venture Incubation Programme (VIP)... read |
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 | The 65th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity kicked off on 18 June with the Cannes Pharma and Cannes Health & Wellness Lions award ceremonies... read |
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 | Wynand Smit In business, your company needs to get as deep into the minds and interaction habits of your customers as possible. Too often, however, the single view of the customer is viewed as unattainable, a marketing smokescreen that can obscure business strategy and confuse communication efforts... read |
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 | Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce commits to reciprocal Trade Mission to the Cape in 2018... read |
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 | Jumia is building tomorrow's African e-commerce infrastructure with online and mobile marketplaces, providing services to consumers... read |
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 | Kwesé Iflix and 9mobile have launched a mobile video service in Nigeria which enables consumers to stream or download content... read |
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 | There is no doubt that renewable energy is the future for Africa. Already, several countries on the continent have taken the lead in promoting investment in renewable energy... read |
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 | The Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce has committed itself to a joint trade mission to Cape Town and the Western Cape aimed at increasing the region's presence in the country and generating export and partnership opportunities in key sectors of the province's economy... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg Inside a warehouse located in the small town of Andover, England, more than 1,000 robots seamlessly navigate around a three-storey-high aluminium grid packing groceries for online shoppers... read |
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 | At the recent Sapics Conference which took place in Cape Town, the organisation launched Africa's first professional body for supply chain management... read |
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 | When no less than three blood tests failed to diagnose his malaria, Brian Gitta decided to come up with a better option... read |
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 | Olatunbosun Olaniyan You may have noticed something different in the 2018 World Cup. For the first time ever, the Virtual Assistant Referee (VAR) system is being used to help make decisions during games. And already we are seeing it cause controversy... read |
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 | Tom Jackson The Africa Early Stage Investor Summit is looking for eight innovative, high-growth scale-ups to pitch at the annual event in Cape Town in November... read |
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 | "In the African continent, tourism supports about 21 million jobs translating to one in 14 jobs; this is how important tourism is. That is why we are making sure it takes its due place." read |
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 | Broll Property Group has released a new report, SADC Market Snippet 2018, providing the latest property market research on certain SADC countries... read |
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 | Jean-Benoit Falisse and Serena Masino Conflicts do not spare health systems. From Afghanistanto the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the effects that wars and state fragility have on healthcare provision are all too visible... read |
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 | Kazungu Samuel The launch of the Sh240m European Union-funded cashew nut and sesame value chain project early in the week has revived hopes for 15,000 farmers in Kilifi, Kwale and Lamu counties... read |
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 | "We welcome the Council of the European Union's reaffirmation of its strong support for FAO and are eager to further our work in the areas emphasised. Our food systems must be made sustainable or, eventually, they won't feed the world." read |
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 | Airbus and the government of Côte d'Ivoire will together support the development of the country's aerospace industry after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)... read |
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 | Ntswaki Motaung The UN has officially declared 2019 to 2028 as the decade of family farming - aiming to reposition family farming at the centre of agricultural, environmental and social policies in the national agendas by identifying gaps and opportunities to promote a shift towards a more equal and balanced development... read |
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 | Farmers and herders face mounting challenges as water becomes scarcer, land more degraded and eroded, and soils more fragile. Yet, there is still too much focus on recovering from drought rather than being less susceptible to it... read |
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 | Somwrita Sarkar We live in an urban world. By 2030, 66% of the world's population will live in cities... read |
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 | Aida Cuní Sanchez Baobab trees keep soil conditions humid, favour nutrient recycling and avoid soil erosion. They also act as an important source of food, water and shelter for a wide range of animals... read |
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 | Gil Sperling A powerful lesson in how to turn vision into reality... read |
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 | JAA TO, a leading organisation for aviation regulatory training in Europe, and the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)... read |
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 | Sherif Mamdouh Hospitality isn't about serving tea and making beds. It's big business, with immense impact on a country's overall welfare. And it is in need of a new breed of leaders that can bring together the genius of innovation, undivided attention to the client experience and outstanding business savviness... read |
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 | Paul Pereira Just doing business - creating jobs, pouring taxes into the fiscus and pulling in foreign earnings - is the primary contribution corporates make to South Africa... read |
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 | FAO and its Global Soil Partnership has launched a new programme with the aim of increasing soil productivity in 47 African countries by 30% and reduce soil degradation by 25% in the next 10 years... read |
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 | From automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to flexible work hours, mood-matched workspaces and fast-paced learning to bridge skill gaps, the workplace of 2030 will emphasise ingenuity and idea generation - plus empathy and doing good... read |
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George Orwell "Happiness can exist only in acceptance." Meryl Streep "Don't give up or give in in the face of patronising ridicule, amused disdain, or being ignored." John Steinbeck "The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true." |
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