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DEREK ABDINOR
Future historians may well scramble to understand what was going on at the Media Freedom Conference in London and the simultaneous Social Media summit at the White House (held earlier this year in July). They will surely be confounded by media policy in the post-broadcast era by looking at these two events. And they will struggle to reconcile what is claimed to be policy against what is actually practised on the ground... read
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AFRICA
HUGO BOURHIS
Promoting AI in Africa is a top priority for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DANETTE BREITENBACH
It was a night of consistency at the 21st Sunday Times Top Brands Awards held at The Venue, The Houghton Hotel last night. Koo won Overall Favourite Brand in the consumer section...read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Support for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement formed part of discussions at the 42nd General Assembly of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), currently underway in Cape Town...read
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AFRICA
A new report from JLL, an international professional services firm specialising in real estate, has revealed that people seeking to finance new hotel projects in Africa will be much more successful if their hotel is part of a mixed-use development... Read
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AFRICA
ISSUED BY ALLIANCE MEDIA
Traffic density on Lusaka's busy roads rivals that of all major African cities and a high OOH allocation is a definitive choice for all Zambian marketeers. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LYNETTE BOTHA
WGSN's 2019 report on brands and marketing touched on everything from the power of collaboration to meaningful content and the importance of authenticity - it also highlighted the rise of 'brave brands'... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SAM VETTESE AND IAN SINGLETON
Environmental action group Extinction Rebellion is disrupting London Fashion Week to highlight the harms of throwaway culture and the concurrent climate emergency that the clothing market contributes to... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DANETTE BREITENBACH
Artificial Intelligence and other technologies are changing the way organisations work. To be successful in this new way of work, requires more than just implementing new technologies... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
KATIE CHODOSH
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) isn't easy, but it's crucial for company growth... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LORRAINE GWEWERA
Two years ago, I was exposed to a course that completely blew my mind but also spoke to my heart... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Canal Walk Shopping Centre is welcoming a host of new flagship and concept stores this year. The shopping mall is now home to the largest iStore in Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Nearly every tech giant today boasts an innovation lab of their own, where ideas blossom and new products are born... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
RUSSELL JARVIS
From Zando in fashion to Faithful to Nature in natural foods, there are a bunch of local affiliate programmes with appealing prospects for budding entrepreneurs. Low start-up costs and an increasingly connected world are as good reasons as any to investigate the potential of affiliate marketing to build a viable income... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
A data science expert, mind science practitioner and advertising strategist walk into a bar... When that trio actually comprises Shavani Naidoo of Primedia, Anne Thistleton of Light Consultancy and 'everyone's favourite ad commentator' Andy Rice, it must be the bar at IMM Graduate School's second annual 'marketing the future' event... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNA MCDOWELL
Understanding client-agency relationships is just the tip of the iceberg, it's managing them that is the recipe for success, writes Johanna McDowell... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
PRINELLA PILLAY
The privilege I have had over my years within this industry - apart from continued learning - is observing and being exposed to new thinking, new attitudes and new generations of PR practitioners... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
Continuing the opening keynote from the first morning of Gartner Symposium 2019, Don Scheibenreif, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner, explained the concept of the 'everything consumer' and why we need to offer them the all-new multi-experience... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Young entrepreneur Sipamandla Manqele is using food to inspire pride in indigenous African ingredients, while uplifting the small-scale farmers and communities involved in their cultivation... Read
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TANZANIA
Vodacom Tanzania and Smart Lab have launched Vodacom Digital Accelerator... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JESSICA BARRELLA
Ah, social media marketing - the buzz words of today... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
WAYNE FLEMMING
Chat messaging has become an effective communication channel between customers and businesses... Read
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NIGERIA
ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA OUTDOOR
Primedia Outdoor has recently launched its new impactful 4.5m x 18m roadside LED along Oworonshoki Expressway, Nigeria... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JAMESON HLONGWANE
Experiential marketing starts from a narrative... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The results of the 2019 Sunday Times Top Brands Survey (now in its 21st year) was announced last night at an awards ceremony hosted at The Venue at the Houghton Hotel, Johannesburg... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
The opening keynote of Gartner Symposium 2019 was a comprehensive session on 'winning in the turns' through leadership in a digital society. See key outtakes from Gartner senior vice president Valentin Sribar on reaching 'techquilibrium' below... Read
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MOZAMBIQUE
Mozambican fashion designer Eliana Rodrigues Murargy's 'Basking in the Osun River' collection debuted on the runway at New York Fashion Week this month... Read
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SOUTHERN AFRICA
South Africa, together with other Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) member countries and Mozambique, has concluded a new trade agreement that will govern bilateral trade with the United Kingdom... Read
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AFRICA
African Media Agency to steer END FUND media and PR activities in Africa... Read
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AFRICA
Data, in huge numbers, can be used to grow an online business successfully... Read
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UGANDA
MultiChoice Uganda has announced a new partnership with PEP Stores, a multinational retail company to bring DStv and GOtv products and services closer to subscribers in Kampala... Read
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NIGERIA
Nigerian Film Corporation partners with French Agency for Development to provide film training in Nigeria... Read
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AFRICA
Increasing demand for high-quality streaming content across Africa - new service launches... Read
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BOTSWANA
Regional harmonisation is enhanced as South Africa and Botswana sign MoU on standards regulations... Read
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AFRICA
The Wendy Williams Show renewed for another two seasons for Sub-Saharan African viewers... Read
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AFRICA
Great content, innovative tech and commercial sustainability drive the new media space in Africa... Read
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RWANDA
Rwanda Broadcasting Corporation wants African authorities to invest in digital migration Read
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MOZAMBIQUE
Fenix Mozambique inaugurates Nampula branch in collaboration with FUNAE and DStv... Read
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AFRICA
MOLENGWA ROSE LUCKSCHEITER
The media are challenged to report the whole story when it comes to recent violence in South Africa - including the proactive and positive stories of communities which took steps to protect foreign nationals and say no to Xenophobia, for example... Read
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NORTH AFRICA
The addition of a new channel, MBC5, will bring an enriched cultural and historical heritage to North Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
New data from Juniper Research states that the total transaction value of remote payments for digital and physical goods will exceed $6 trillion by 2024, representing a growth of 53%... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
BRIGITTE MAJEWSKI
A giant in trouble: Revlon considers a sale... Read
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GLOBAL
The winners of the annual Pentawards, a prestigious packaging design competition, were recognised at a gala ceremony held on 12 September in London. Microsoft scooped the top Diamond prize... Read
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UNITED STATES
Nike has won the Emmy for Outstanding Commercial at the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards... Read
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GHANA
"Education is the cornerstone of every economy in Africa and GIG Logistics Ghana is committed to investing in this sector. We believe education is the bedrock of our society and a requisite for Ghana's development." Read
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KENYA
Aleph Hospitality has signed a franchise agreement with global hotelier Marriott International for a new Protea Hotels by Marriott hotel in Kisumu, Kenya... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The Eastern Cape Development Corporation recently concluded a two-week long trade promotion tour of Nigeria and China aimed at improving trade between the Eastern Cape and these two fast-growing economies... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
CHRIS DE BRUYN
Toy Story 2 almost didn't happen. Somewhere during the 3D animated movie's production, an administrator accidentally destroyed all of the movie's data assets... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Austrian Airlines has been testing a new technology for the purpose of carrying out technical inspections of its aircraft fleet... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JENNY RETIEF
Businesses founded by partners have a better chance of succeeding than new ventures where everything is dependent on one person... Read
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GHANA
ALISON STOWELL
Agbogbloshie in Ghana is a vast urban area that houses a massive e-waste recycling dump. Situated on the banks of the Korle Lagoon alongside the Old Fadama slum, it is home to around 80 000 people... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The eighth World Tourism Cities Federation Summit, which was recently held in Helsinki, Finland under the theme Smart Tourism - Road to City Innovation and Development, featured talks centred around smart tourism; it's influence on world travel and how it facilitates the promotion of service, management and marketing... Read
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SOMALIA
Somalia is breathing new life in its dormant oil and gas sector with anew Petroleum Law and Revenue Sharing Agreement and its first ever offshore licensing round (15 blocks covering 75,000km2... Read
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AFRICA
The ability of agricultural equipment to think, predict and even advise farmers presents Africa with an historic opportunity to meet the continent's own food requirements... Read
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NIGERIA
OLUDARA AKANMIDU
Nigeria has received a legal hiding after a UK court awarded a private company a $9.6bn judgement debt against the West African nation... Read
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NIGERIA
Nigeria's economy is showing some green shoots that point to improved growth in the coming quarters but the outlook has done little to bolster investor confidence in the local retail and office market sectors... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Developed by Forestry South Africa, the Fibre Processing and Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority and industry partners, the solution trains chainsaw operators in a safe, simulated environment before they test their skills in this high-risk activity in timber plantations... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The mining industry is feeling the heat from government, communities, investors, environmental organisations and even consumers to implement sustainable business practices and reduce the impact of mining on the environment... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Cova Advisory and Xnovos have announced a new partnership to produce a software system to help companies to cope with the demanding requirements of the new Carbon Tax... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Marches, protests and objections to plans to drill for gas and oil along the KwaZulu-Natal coastline over the past few years have come to naught... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
CHARLES BRASTED
As the United Kingdom's constitution continues to be tested, the Brexit fundamentals remain unchanged... Read
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KENYA
FREDERICK WEKESAH
There's a rise of cardiovascular diseases in developing countries which is linked to changes in diet, physical activity and obesity... Read
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CHAD
MICKAEL VOGEL,
Chad's rigs count has been surprisingly high for a year now, in a country that produces only about 100,000 bopd... Read
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NIGER
The Safehotels certificate allows Radisson Hotel Group to add external validation to their safety and security programme and to create additional value for the guests, staff and owners... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
GREG CHEN
It's a widely acknowledged truth that if South Africa is to escape the economic morass it finds itself in, it needs to provide as much support to SMEs as possible... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Perdekraal East Wind Farm's first wind turbine has been erected, using a dominantly South African team... Read
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BOTSWANA
The initiative, which began in June this year, is an example of the company's long-held commitment to using authentic ecotourism to realise its vision of conserving and restoring Africa's wilderness and wildlife... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
HELEN SCHNEIDER
The recent publication of the National Health Insurance Bill in South Africa has provoked vigorous debate... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital's oncology-haematology unit has undergone an upgrade which will enhance the services of this already world-class facility... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SIMON MCCULLOUGH
Simon McCullough, major channel account manager at F5 Networks, discusses the cybersecurity challenges facing a modern global sports showcase like the rugby world cup... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Lack of interoperability standards will prevent pervasive blockchain deployment across financial services ecosystems for at least three years... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) will today, Monday 16 September 2019, launch the Institute for Intelligent Systems (IIS), in what the university calls one of its most exciting developments as it consolidates its footprint in the fourth industrial revolution (4IR)... Read
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ETHIOPIA
EUNICE ANYANGO OWINO
Ethiopia's second largest city, Dire Dawa, is dealing with a chikungunya fever outbreak. Around 20,000 cases of the mosquito-borne viral infection have been reported since the outbreak started in March 2019... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The floating power unit Akademik Lomonosov has arrived at the port of its permanent location in Pevek, Chukotka, in Russia's Far East, where it is being docked to start operations by the end of this year... Read
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Joel Osteen "You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue." John Burroughs "To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life." Denis Waitley "Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." |
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