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The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday, 11 October, awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, one of Africa's youngest leaders... read
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AFRICA
ROBYN CURNOW
I've lost count of the number of times I've heard business leaders from outside Africa refer to the continent's enormous potential. It's a cliché, as well as a source of frustration for many Africans...read
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AFRICA
Facebook expands its third-party fact-checking programme to 10 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa...read
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AFRICA
Africa's economies are not immune to what is happening in the rest of the world, and this is reflected in the subdued growth rates across the region...read
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AFRICA
Aliko Dangote $20m transformative donation to The African Center focused on Accelerating Change in Global Narratives about Africa in policy, business and culture... Read
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NORTH AFRICA
Tooli will offer Arabsat's free-to-air channels and is in talks with pay-TV content owners and platforms to offer their content as well onto the platform with the objective of rolling out a paid service in the future... Read
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AFRICA
Over 200 entries were received from across the continent for the Discovery Real Stories partnership with the Jozi Film Festival and the winner was announced over the weekend... Read
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AFRICA
Video compression technologies company V-Nova announced a new partnership with OTT TV company Simpestream to launch new streaming service MVMO... Read
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CAMEROON
The US Embassy recently sent 10 media professionals from Cameroon to the United States for in-depth training on the business of media sustainability and ethics in journalism... Read
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ZIMBABWE
ECA and AUC provide technical support to assist Zimbabwe to develop a national strategy to benefit from AfCFTA... Read
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AFRICA
AI is already playing an increasing role in many existing and evolving technologies, from driverless cars to translation software, virtual assistance devices and monitoring agriculture and biodiversity... Read
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AFRICA
Influencers have been enlisted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to steer drive Africa's development agenda... Read
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NIGERIA
The two journalists said they were attacked after covering a protest in the Mbierebe Obio community of Akwa-Ibom State, that was demanding justice for a youth allegedly killed by police... Read
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GABON
A basketball reality television series filmed in Gabon, will hit the airwaves soon on Canal +... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
VUSA NYATHI
While technology certainly plays a role, transformation is the keyword. Transformation changes the way businesses work, both internally and externally... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
TRAVIS BUSSIAHN
A lot of people don't know where to begin with video in today's digital space... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
KELETSO NKABITI
I've curated four examples of experiences created using technology or a combination of technology and tactile, to give you ideas to use in your industry to capture the attention, or rather the adoration, of customers... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
GRACE COOPER
In light of the Cambridge Analytica data breach, we should all take a more active role in our online activities, writes digital content curator at Joe Public Connect, Grace Cooper... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEE NAIK
Now is the perfect time to get in on the super app game, establishing your company as a preferred partner or supplier early on... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DIANE AWERBUCK
"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." - Albert Einstein... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
Axel Schaefer, head of product and industry marketing for Adobe Analytics EMEA flew in from Germany to present the opening session of the Adobe CX Forum Cape Town 2019's exclusive morning briefing. He explained the importance of cross-channel optimisation, in particular, to offer the best possible experience to the coming 'consumer 2020'... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
CHRIS BISCHOFF
Where does the corporate world stand in the fight against global warming? Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
CRISTINA DE VIERNA
At least 47% of the success of a TV advertising campaign can be attributed to the creative used... Read
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AFRICA
NDEYE DIAGNE, ISSUED BY KANTAR
False. What you think is what you get... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ANDREW MACKENZIE
Over the last five years, there has been a lot of industry talk about the quality and standard of creativity delivered by brands and their creative partners... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
GREG CHEN
Smaller businesses face numerous obstacles when it comes to surviving. One of the biggest of those obstacles is brand recognition... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY BRAND SUMMIT SOUTH AFRICA
Brand Summit South Africa is excited to announce that 1-5 June 2020 has been dubbed "Brand Summit Week" in Cape Town, launching a pan-African theme in response to calls to expand the strategic reach of the event to embrace the entire African continent from 2020 onwards... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
'Evolve' is the theme of the 23rd South African Council of Shopping Centres' Annual Congress, to be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 16 to 18 October 2019... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
AMANDA RABINOWITZ
Creative shopping experiences are a prime example of how to increase foot traffic and keep shoppers in the mall... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
'Sneaker-head' Hayden Manuel broke the clichéd idea of "Cape Town creative" when he shared how creativity, grit and determination led him to become Puma's sports style marketing manager in the latest Red & Yellow lunchtime lecture... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DR MARIUS WAIT
Sales managers in South Africa currently have to deal with two very important factors that have a significant impact on the sales environment... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
CANDICE GOODMAN, ISSUED BY MOBITAINMENT
Top on the shopper's mind today is that she needs to save her money - and that includes when you ask her to use her mobile phone to enter a competition and engage with your brand. Here are our five top tech tips that South African marketers can use... Read
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TANZANIA
The host country for the African Public Relations Association annual conference has been changed from Ghana to Tanzania... Read
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AFRICA
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina receives Emeka Anyaoku lifetime achievement award... Read
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NIGERIA
'Administrative issues' and lack of funds blamed for delay in digital switch over in Nigeria... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ANTHONY DUKES
Forever 21's decision to file for bankruptcy and shutter hundreds of its stores has resurrected the notion that online retailing is killing brick and mortar... Read
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GLOBAL
The One Club for Creativity has revealed the creative leaders who will serve as jury chairs for 10 disciplines of the global ADC 99th Annual Awards... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Adidas by Stella McCartney has launched the brand's first Post-Mastectomy Sports Bra, a post-operative bra created to empower breast cancer survivors... Read
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AFRICA
With a population of more than one-billion people and a collective economy of around $1.5trn, Africa is a continent ripe for economic growth. Developing the capacity to satisfy its people's energy demands is key to unlocking that potential... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
BRETT CHRYSTAL
Following the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in 2015, a number of European countries have made commitments to move to a net zero emissions economy... Read
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RWANDA
AGNES BINAGWAHO
Seven countries around the world - three of them in Africa - have made faster than expected progress over the past 15 years in reducing deaths among children younger than five... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
A significant proportion of marine plastic comes from ships dumping their litter at sea in contravention of international law... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
According to the founders of the recently launched Proptech Africa association, the continent's fast-growing property sector is expected to benefit dramatically in years to come from the emergence of a vibrant proptech startup ecosystem... Read
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NAMIBIA
SELMA T. KARUAIHE
Informal settlements are increasingly emerging in cities in developing countries across the world, including Africa... Read
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NIGERIA
EVAN-LEE COURIE
Curacel is a Nigerian startup that aims to fast track claims processing and detects fraudulent claims for health insurance companies in Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa's limping economy is likely to be further crippled unless the price of electricity is brought down... Read
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TANZANIA
ABDHALAH ZIRABA
In the past few weeks there have been unofficial reports that some people in Tanzania, including one in Dar es Salaam, had died of what was suspected to be Ebola virus disease... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MICHAEL HARDMAN AND NICK DAVIES
Rooftops covered with grass, vegetable gardens and lush foliage are now a common sight in many cities around the world... Read
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MOZAMBIQUE
American oil giant, Exxon Mobil, is about to sign an initial investment decision for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project worth around $33bn with the government of Mozambique... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Twenty years ago with the release of 802.11b, Wi-Fi began its conquest of the world networking scene in earnest... Read
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DR CONGO
MATTHEW FERRARI
An outbreak of measles that began in early 2019 in the southeast corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has now spread to all 26 provinces. Over 180,000 cases and more than 3,000 deaths have been reported... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
It has been seven years since Microsoft first launched its 4Afrika Initiative - a continent-wide, multi-million dollar investment to accelerate digital transformation in Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
NICCI BOTHA
There will be certainty about the country's energy mix after the long-awaited Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) is presented to cabinet next week, Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DAWIE MAREE
The agricultural sector in KwaZulu-Natal is growing at around 12% per annum, compared to single digit growth in other provinces... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JOHAN VAN ZYL
Over the past decade, all around the world, corporations have been taking a long, hard look at their supply chains. Negative economic conditions, hyper-competition, rapidly changing consumer preferences and disruptive technologies have changed the business landscape... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SAMEERA MUNSHI
The welfare sector is facing an increasingly challenging time in terms of funding, which is unlikely to change in the current economic environment... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
NICCI BOTHA
The African narrative is very different to the global narrative, and it is one that cannot be ignored, said Guillaume Doane, CEO of Africa Oil and Power at the opening of the industry conference in Cape Town... Read
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ZAMBIA
Paratus Zambia has agreed to refurbish the computer lab at Musonda Community School in Kitwe, Zambia... Read
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AFRICA
A total knee replacement operation has been carried out using the state-of-the-art Mako robotic arm assisted surgery system for the first time in Africa... Read
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GHANA
MICHAEL E ODIJIE
The chocolate industry is worth more than $80bn a year. But some cocoa farmers in parts of West Africa are poorer now than they were in the 1970s or 1980s... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
NICCI BOTHA
African oil and gas champion, NJ Ayuk, is unabashed in his support of free market capitalism, saying it is the economic model that will work best for Africa. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
If you want to sell your ideas and works, you have to present them in a noticeable way. An online portfolio can be a helpful tool... Read
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