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Disruptors and innovative businesses are using technology, among other innovations, to expand into territories previously fraught with countless barriers to entry.... read
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AFRICA
LOUISE MARSLAND
JustPalm.com, Africa's fastest growing mobile marketing agency, has been ranked among the top five EMEA Digital/Specialist Agencies at the annual Smarties awards...read
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AFRICA
Opera has released its State of Mobile Web 2019, giving a detailed insight into the African digital landscape...read
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AFRICA
DEE CHETTY
Laying the foundation for a future where personalisation platforms can architect previously unimagined customer experiences...read
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CAMEROON
ISSUED BY PROVANTAGE MEDIA GROUP
Global Out of Home Media has launched a number of initiatives in its drive toward reducing its carbon footprint and supporting its environmentally-responsible stance... Read
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AFRICA
"To integrate Africa, bring down the walls," African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina urged at the 2019 AfDB Annual Meetings Open in Malabo... Read
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NIGERIA
Unilever has launched its online store on Jumia dubbed the 'Everyday Essentials Store'... Read
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AFRICA
ANDREW SKIPPER
Africa can take advantage of the modern 'Scramble for Africa' as Brexit and the ratification of AfCFTA come into play... Read
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COTE D'IVOIRE
MTN Group has announced the launch of Africa's first Mobile Money artificial intelligence service or "chatbot"... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
To mark World Environment Day, Emirates gave its old advertising billboards in South Africa a new lease on life, transforming the PVC Flex material into hundreds of reusable bags... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
RYAN FALKENBERG
Have you been the victim of chatbot incompetence recently? It typically starts with a specific query that you need help with... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MARC WACHSBERGER
Marc Wachsberger, MD of The Capital Hotels and Apartments unpacks five reasons why he believes that the hotel industry should do away with loyalty programmes... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
VAUGHAN ALEXANDER
Africa is still home to a large unbanked population. Eighty percent of adults in sub-Saharan Africa don't use any formal or informal banking facilities, and only 5% of adults have a credit card... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 kicks off next week, with winners announced at nightly awards from 17 to 21 June. We caught up with this year's SA contingent of judges for a preview of what to expect. Next up, Nikki Taylor-Garrett... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SAMANTHA CHOLES
"If everyone said no to a receipt just for one month, we would save 45 trees." This is a classic example of greenwashing: making unsubstantiated or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of a product, service, technology or company practice... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY KANTAR
With little sign of a slowdown in growth, Amazon has become the world's most valuable brand, according to the 2019 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking released today... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JUANITA PIENAAR
Regine le Roux of Reputation Matters sums up some of the insights that stood out to her from Apra's recent ethics and reputation research study and elaborates on how we can change the narrative and positively influence the stories that are told about Africa... Read
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AFRICA
The African Channel has partnered with Nigerian, Kenyan, South African and Egyptian production companies to produce four TV series in Africa... Read
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CENTRAL AFRICA
Central Africa's real income could increase by as much as 7% in one of the scenarios that researchers describe in the 2019 African Economic Outlook... Read
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GHANA
Chef Elijah Amoo Addo to address EurAfrican Forum on how food can foster stronger relations between Europe and Africa... Read
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AFRICA
African Media Agency partners with African Leadership (UK) Limited's 3rd Africa Summit in London... Read
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AFRICA
The World Bank estimates that 66% of people living in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have bank accounts... Read
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ETHIOPIA
Ethio Telecom and Awtar Multimedia to roll out music streaming app in Ethiopia... Read
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GHANA
Apprise Music becomes the first Ghanaian Music distributor to partner with leading music streaming platform, Boomplay. Read
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AFRICA
Canal + International launches Canal + University to provide professional training to audiovisual actors in Africa... Read
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ERITREA
The Committee to Protect Journalists and 29 other civil society organisations yesterday sent a letter to the UN HRC, urging them to scrutinise the human rights situation in Eritrea... Read
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AFRICA
Call for entries: APO Group African Women in Media Award to recognise support of female journalists for women's entrepreneurship in Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DANETTE BREITENBACH
Brands like to think that everyone loves their brand, but the harsh reality is that while they use your brand, they also use everyone else's brands... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 kicks off next week, with winners announced at nightly awards from 17 to 21 June. We caught up with this year's SA contingent of judges for a preview of what to expect. Next up, Claudi Potter... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The historic shipment of 5,200 tonnes of citrus in a breakbulk vessel has arrived at Shanghai Port in the People's Republic of China... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 kicks off next week, with winners announced at nightly awards from 17 to 21 June. We caught up with this year's SA contingent of judges for a preview of what to expect. Next up, Neo Mashigo... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Woolworths has snapped up two prestigious international awards in emerging categories in digital, tech, experiential and data-driven marketing... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DANIEL DERCKSEN
Daniel Dercksen chats to filmmaker Karen van Schalkwyk about new film; The Adventures Of Supermama... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ZUBEIDA GOOLAM
With the continued increase of the prosumer, many brands are struggling to control messaging around who they are and what they offer. By having a savvy social media strategy, a brand is able to better communicate with and understand who their audience is, what it is they want and how to engage with them positively, while still building resonance. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The Manufacturing Indaba will host esteemed economists, policymakers, academics and industrialists who together, can carve out a regional and international strategy to explore Africa's untapped potential in its manufacturing sector... Read
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AFRICA
The African Development Bank Annual Meetings concluded with consensus on ways to fast-track regional integration... Read
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UGANDA
Authorities in Uganda should end the criminal proceedings against Pidson Kareire, managing editor of privately-owned news website, The Drone Media... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
D&AD has released the final results for the 57th D&AD Awards which sees DDB Worldwide recognised as D&AD Network of the Year 2019... Read
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GLOBAL
According to the Ericsson Mobility Report for June 2019, 5G subscriptions are now expected to reach 1.9 billion in 2024... Read
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BOTSWANA
On 11 June 2019, the Botswana High Court ruled in favour of the case of LM vs the Attorney General of Botswana that challenged the constitutionality of the Botswana Penal Code, which criminalised same-sex sexual conduct between consenting adults... Read
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AFRICA
Africa boasts some of the fastest growing regions, supported by strong population growth, technological innovation and infrastructure deficit... Read
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MAURITIUS
Flight schedules for the Mauritius-Seychelles service have been designed to optimise connecting possibilities for passengers... Read
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SEYCHELLES
Air Seychelles has launched a new daily service between the Seychelles and Johannesburg. Read
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AFRICA
The treaty adoption is a boom for global efforts to safeguard global marine resources and achieve food security... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
HELMUT RESISINGER
In today's digital economy, data is a highly valuable asset. Unlocking the insights that data holds is crucial to innovation... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY SAFARIBOOKINGS
A detailed analysis of almost 2,400 reviews from safari-goers and African travel experts was carried out to determine the 50 best safari parks on the continent. And the winner? Serengeti National Park... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
According to Andrew Howard, head of sustainable research at Schroders, a sharp rise in electric car sales and an increase in public concern towards climate change have helped in further slowing the pace of global warming... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
It is crucial for African organisations and governments to understand the dynamic and significant role that information and communication technologies play in enhancing competitiveness... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
By 2030, the proportion of total global deaths due to chronic lifestyle diseases - such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity - is expected to increase to 70% and the global burden of disease to 56%... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Artificial Intelligence can potentially transform the fundamentals of education and how people think in the future... Read
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KENYA
According to the Knight Frank Prime Global Cities Index (PGCI), prime residential prices in Nairobi, Kenya slid in the first quarter by 6.5% in the 12 months to March 2019... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
TRISTAN DENNIS
The Accenture 2015 US Innovation Survey reported that 84% of executives considered their future success to be extremely dependent on innovation... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The transformation of the world's energy markets continues to gain momentum. Renewable energy projects, which have seen a rapid decline in cost over the last decade, are increasingly powering the world's large economies... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Colonialism's influence is everywhere from board rooms in Geneva, Switzerland, to Ebola treatment wards in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
John Deere and Corteva Agriscience have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at accelerating Africa's agricultural sector and enriching the lives of farmers across the continent... Read
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NIGERIA
Gokada, the Lagos-based on-demand motorcycle taxi app, has secured a Series A fund raise of $5.3m... Read
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NIGERIA
SHOBANA SHANKAR
To consider that Nigeria, infamous for anti-vaxx campaigns leading to polio outbreaks, has any lessons for Americans may be shocking... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DOROS HADJIZENONOS
New protection for consumers provide consumers with added protection to ensure their privacy and prevent issues related to data theft or misuse... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DEAN PORTER
As people look to travel more and visit destinations further from home, airports and airlines alike must act swiftly to lessen the risk of baggage loss, ultimately enhancing their customers' overall experience... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
University of Cape Town's Professor Valerie Mizrahi, will use her R1.5m Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award to develop two new areas of tuberculosis (TB) research... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
It's time to relook at how energy is supplied in South Africa and to evolve and adapt the country's outdated system... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
This June, a historic aviation challenge will take place as 20 South African teenagers embark on a Cape to Cairo - and back - excursion in a self-assembled Sling-4 aircraft that uses ordinary motor fuel and was built in only three weeks. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
An ongoing partnership between Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) and local non-profit organisation Wilderness Foundation Africa (WFA) has proved invaluable to the development and upliftment of youth... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
When asking millennials about where they see themselves career-wise, many will reveal their dream of owning their own businesses... Read
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DR CONGO
The best defence against Ebola outbreaks is early detection. If detected early enough, an outbreak can be prevented with targeted, low-tech interventions, such as isolating infected people and their contacts... Read
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