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LOUISE MARSLAND
It is important to tell the joyful African stories, not just those of pain and suffering... read
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RWANDA
LOUISE MARSLAND
Design can and should have a positive impact on communities, says architect and African Design Centre fellow, Tshepo Mokholo...read
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RWANDA
LOUISE MARSLAND
How an American and Rwandan partnership brought the mythical 'Wakanda' to life by harnessing drone technology to deliver life-saving medical supplies...read
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NIGER
LOUISE MARSLAND
Bizcommunity.Africa interviews Niger architect Mariam Kamara on how architects have an important role to play in designing "thinking spaces"...read
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AFRICA
LOUISE MARSLAND
Designers need to work together to solve crises in the world. This is the message from one of the first speakers at Design Indaba 2019 in Cape Town, 27 February to 1 March, Nicole Nomsa Moyo... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LAUREN HARTZENBERG
The anticipated launch of Ikea's Överallt homeware collection is described as a marriage between African rituals and Scandinavian design... Read
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AFRICA
JAMES HALL
African trade amongst African countries: with the groundwork laid, innovation and infrastructure investment are needed to unleash the continent's economic potential... Read
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AFRICA
Zee5 has announced its partnership with Apigate which will now deliver a larger range of content across different languages, targeting a wider audience... Read
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AFRICA
Simfy Africa has announced the appointment of Oyebowale Akideinde, as head of OTT Music Services... Read
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KENYA
The off-grid solar market is in the midst of a serious boom, already growing beyond the simple necessities of lighting and phone charging... Read
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CHAD
Chad publisher handed suspended jail term for critical reporting on president's brother... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ROBERT GENTLE
Even its practitioners don't seem to like it... Read
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SOMALIA
The Committee to Protect Journalists has expressed deep concern about a one-year suspension imposed by a Somaliland court on the privately owned Foore newspaper ... Read
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AFRICA
DEAL 2019 in Dubai to unleash robots, drones, virtual reality concepts aimed at African markets... Read
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MAURITIUS
10th Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum to Be Held in Mauritius... Read
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COTE D'IVOIRE
The government of Ivory Coast has opted for GatesAir technologies for turnkey equipment and services contract to support the country's national digital TV (DTV) network... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
For as long as we can remember, screen time has been widely regarded as a very bad thing... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LERATO SENNE
Lerato Senne, insights strategist at The MediaShop says that with the rise of technology and more advanced cellphones, human behaviour is becoming more anti-social than ever with a 'present yet absent' type of behaviour... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DANETTE BREITENBACH
The Out of Home Measurement Council (OMC) launched its biggest innovation to date, the enhanced Optimiser tool, which gives companies the ability to plan on both budget and criteria... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The South African Sponsorship Association (SASA) has been launched... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JUANITA PIENAAR
The IAB Insight Series held its second event on The Future of Work, where a panel of experts in the field shared insights on trends transforming the digital economy... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Day one of Meetings Africa 2019 saw regional and local speakers share knowledge during the aptly named BONDay, or Business Opportunity Networking Day, on a variety of topics affecting the business events industry... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
STEPHEN DOVER, DAN SEARLE, KATHERINE OWEN, MARY KI
To say that Amazon has shaken up US retailing is almost a cliché at this point. Looking globally, we see powerful tremors from seismic shifts in retailing driven by Alibaba in China and MercadoLibre in South America... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Although many business owners and CEOs have introduced big data into their operations, very few know how to use it effectively for a competitive edge... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Augmented analytics, continuous intelligence and explainable artificial intelligence (AI) are among the top trends in data and analytics technology... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Headlines keep telling us that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is coming. But, if you step away, you'll notice that AI is already here... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
KATE MOLLETT
The past year has been an important period in the timeline of the data economy... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
As we approach the third month of 2019, some interesting trends are being predicted and already seen, in the retail and online market segment. Considering that December was a tough one for SA retailers... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LARA UTIAN-PRESTON
Influencer marketing has gone beyond a trendy marketing fad, with both proponents and detractors often making unsubstantiated claims and counter-claims. It is clearly necessary to sort the fact from fiction... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JESSICA TENNANT
London-based design critic Alice Rawsthorn spoke all about bad design on Day 1 at Design Indaba 2019... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
TERRY LEVIN
In a world where many assume a font is accessed via a dropdown menu, it is a privilege to be exposed to real fontographers - those responsible for the actual creation of typefaces... Read
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NAMIBIA
ISSUED BY ALLIANCE MEDIA
Alliance Media Namibia has been awarded as the overall winner in the OOH (Out of Home) category at the PMR (Professional Management Review) awards... Read
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AFRICA
80 million young people will benefit from the rise of digital commerce in Africa by 2030, according to a new report released by the Mastercard Foundation in partnership with BFA... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Campaign Palau Pledge, agency BBDO New York, network BBDO Worldwide, holding company Omnicom Group, brand Burger King and advertiser Mars top the rankings and South Africa has placed ninth... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Samsung has opened three physical Experience Stores in major U.S. cities, where customers can to test out products, address repairs and receive one-on-one assistance... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
YouTube has removed money-generating advertisements from anti-vaccination conspiracy channels... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
A new WWF South Africa report, Agri-Food Systems: Facts and Futures, has called for a fundamental overhaul of our food system which, in its current form, it says, is a threat to the environment and human health... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
According to a new World Bank report, investments of 4.5% of GDP will allow developing countries to achieve their infrastructure-related Sustainable Development Goals... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Luxury train operator, Rovos Rail is introducing a 15-day expedition through Tanzania, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola in July... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Ten years after the global banking crisis, 2019 looks like it could be a year of tipping points in the evolution of the industry globally... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) has been awarded a grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with the aim at improving public health supply chains in Africa. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
OR Tambo International Airport was named African Airport of the Year for the fourth time at the Air Cargo Africa conference and exhibition... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The South African Meat Processors Association (SAMPA) has donated R1m to Stellenbosch University's Centre for Food Safety in support of its ongoing endeavours related to food safety research... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The ten-member expert Advisory Panel on Land Reform has its hands full with a looming deadline to submit a policy perspective to the Presidency that will drive land reform in the country... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme is making a significant impact on the economy, job creation, community upliftment... Read
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ETHIOPIA
A new model water supply, sanitation and waste management system was recently added to Ethiopia's water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in the town of Welenchiti, Oromia Region... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DHL Global Forwarding has been voted Africa's International Freight Forwarder of the Year for 2019, by readers of STAT Times... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
WANDILE SIHLOBO
Last month I painted a bleak picture of SA's grain and oilseed crop conditions due to the dryness of the central and western parts of the country. So it is only fair that I present an update after good rains in the first two weeks of February. Crop conditions have... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
"Events can cause a lot of waste and leave a large carbon footprint, so it is important that all event organisers try to increase their sustainability efforts where possible." Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JANINA SLAWSKI
Smart beta, alternative investments, risk management, sustainability, big data and technology, and China as a disruptor in international asset management are the most dominant themes impacting investors in 2019. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
CHARLES RICHARDS
After engrossing myself in the entrepreneurial world for so long, I know exactly what it takes to succeed... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ROSS HARVEY
Technology has made a tremendous difference in the world, in areas as diverse as health and education, and pretty much everything in between... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Nicholas Dicey, chairman of Hortgro, has been elected president of the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA)... Read
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MALAWI
KATHRYN DOVEL, MORNA CORNELL, SARA YEATMAN & STEPH
Policymakers, donors and international agencies have, for decades, the need to prioritise women's health services - for their own health as well as their children's... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa and Mozambique have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on economic cooperation which will provide a broad basis for cooperation between the two sister countries... Read
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KENYA
The new online service has been designed based on customer feedback and replaces the Visa4UK website... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
WYNAND SMIT
The hospitality industry is a complex one; it comes with high expectations for service excellence, whether that's from valuable conferences hosting hundreds to the intrepid single traveller looking forward to a relaxing break. Read
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AFRICA
There's been a data revolution around the world driven by advances in information technology and a need for research that responds to complex developmental issues... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
South African Tourism CEO, Sisa Ntshona, and Tourism Minister, Derek Hanekom meets 16 hosted journalists from around the world to discuss the health of South Africa's tourism industry and how the country intends to grow it... Read
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ETHIOPIA
SHIMELIS DESSU
Africa's longest river the Nile runs through 11 countries. One of them is Ethiopia which contributes about 85% of the Nile water flowing to Sudan and Egypt... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SEKETE MOKGEHLE
It's common knowledge that, while the African continent offers many exceptional economic opportunities for forward-thinking businesses and investors, doing business in Africa can be challenging... Read
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