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The eighth edition of DISCOP Johannesburg wrapped up last week with a lower attendance in comparison to last year - leading to some key changes in the 2020 edition... read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ANDRIES BRINK
The leapfrog theory is attractive. In the words of the Financial Times, it's "a quick jump in economic development by harnessing technological innovation."...read
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AFRICA
CPJ gala recognises courageous journalists from developing democracies, celebrates press freedom...read
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AFRICA
While foreign direct investment (FDI) is falling in other global markets, it is on the rise in Africa, with approximately $46bn in FDI flowing into the continent in 2018 - an 11% increase compared to the previous year...read
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AFRICA
Adesina, Masisi, nominated for the African Leadership Persons of The Year 2019... Read
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AFRICA
Showmax launched new products for Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa... Read
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AFRICA
MICHAEL E ODIJIE
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development argues that the phase of transition to the free trade area alone could boost intra-African trade by 33% and increase manufacturing in Africa... Read
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NIGERIA
Arewa24, the northern Nigerian language channel, is launching Arewa24On Demand, a new global subscription video-on-demand and OTT streaming service... Read
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AFRICA
The 4th Annual Meeting of the African Economic Zones, organised by the Africa Free Zones Organisation (AFZO) at the African Union Headquarter in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, focused on industrialisation... Read
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KENYA
StarTimes and Beijing Municipal sealed deal for joint local content production Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Design Indaba has announced its dates for the 2020 conference and its yearly lineup as it gears up for the 25th edition of the event... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Tetra Pak, together with its supplier Braskem, has become the first company in the food and beverage industry to responsibly source plant-based polymers using the Bonsucro standards... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
"Customers benefit from quicker response times and by interacting with the company with the channels that are most convenient to them. "The deployment of MCT is a great step towards our goal of continuously improving our customers' experience." Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DANETTE BREITENBACH
The first collaboration between an international content creator, a local animation studio and creators from across Africa has seen three uniquely African stories being brought to life in the form of three-minute shorts... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LAUREN HARTZENBERG
The winners of this year's IPSA Gold Pack Awards, the premier showcase for the South African packaging industry, was announced at Inanda Club in Sandton on 30 October... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
A new report by Inma (the International News Media Association) looks at the essential functions of a readers-first newsroom, why trust is key in reader revenue, what readers will pay for, and how news media leadership can guide this transition... Read
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GLOBAL
Hosted by Craig Robinson, the Clio Entertainment Awards recognised the best entertainment marketing campaigns for 2019... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ANDREW DAWSON
The simplest way of optimising route to market is through pre-sales, which then creates a predictable order and allows for the best delivery routes to be calculated... Read
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AFRICA
MUNYARADZI MAKONI
Scientists are calling on African policymakers to act urgently to control the use of pesticides called neonicotinoids, which threaten the wider ecosystem and food security, and have been banned by the European Union. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
In response to customers' growing desire for hyper-convenience, Checkers has introduced an exclusive one-hour grocery delivery service... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
EVAN-LEE COURIE
Mielie Mailer is a lifestyle-driven enterprise that seeks to help humans make better choices for themselves and for the planet... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
With the ever-growing influence of, well, influencers on consumers, retailers are increasingly looking for ways to tap into their power... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The Loeries has released its annual Official Rankings which provide a comprehensive overview of the performance across the advertising and brand communications industry throughout Africa and the Middle East based on performance at the 2019 Loerie Awards, held in Durban in August... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SHEREESA MOODLEY
Google has launched a new platform called My Storytime, which aims to keep families in touch with pre-recorded audio via Google Assistant... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JASON LIEBENBERG
Two-hundred-and-eighty-one-billion. That's a lot of emails being sent every day by some 4 billion email users around the world. And while many of us feel like we're on the receiving end of about 1 million a day, at least, email isn't going anywhere. Particularly not for marketers and advertisers... Read
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AFRICA
At the recent inaugural session of the Global Gender Summit, hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the organisation's president, Akinwumi Adesina, called for greater access to finance for African women... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
REGINE LE ROUX
It is so important that the whole business sings from the same reputation hymn sheet to build a strong and positive reputation. Here are 14 compelling reasons why reputation research matters... Read
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ZIMBABWE
DSTV is currently evaluating a Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) 24-hour news channel... Read
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AFRICA
Subscription video on demand (SVoD) service, Showmax announced on Friday, 22 November 2019, that is hoping to address the challenges faced by many African's when it comes to streaming platforms... Read
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AFRICA
TERENCE CHINYANGARE
Is brand storytelling just another marketing term that requires more effort and business's resources...? Read
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AFRICA
ISSUED BY NEXT GENERATION
"Social investors need to start actively reconfiguring how they approach development initiatives in Africa and elsewhere," says Reana Rossouw of Next Generation Consultants, a specialist management consultancy that focuses on impactful social innovation... Read
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NIGERIA
Third season of 'The Fastest Shedder' reality TV show available in Nigeria... Read
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AFRICA
Mobile games built on the continent playing an increasingly significant role in the global market... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
In a new report released by Warc it is revealed that search now accounts for 22 cents in every ad dollar, but growth is the slowest since 2015 and its share of internet advertising has flatlined... Read
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GLOBAL
A total of 25 Clios were awarded - 10 golds, four silvers and 11 bronzes at the first-ever Clio Cannabis Awards on Wednesday night in Los Angeles, in partnership with High Times magazine... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LVMH has reached an agreement to purchase luxury jeweller Tiffany & Co. for approximately $16.2 billion, making this LVMH's most expensive luxury acquisition... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Warc has today released the Effective Channel Integration shortlist for the Warc Media Awards 2019... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
According to a new study by Juniper Research, blockchain will enable $31 billion in food fraud savings globally by 2024 by immutably tracking food across the supply chain... Read
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GLOBAL
CLAUDIA VICKERS
Synthetic biology lets us explore places where evolution has never gone, to help meet humanity's food needs in a future shaped by climate change... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
An ongoing clinical trial is underway to further evaluate a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate MTBVAC in an adult endemic population... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Only ethical leadership, ethics and compliance with the country's existing legislation and regulations can arrest South Africa from its economic malaise, create jobs and address poverty and inequality... Read
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AFRICA
Hotel investors across the growing sub-Sahara African market are moving towards greater control of their portfolios through outright and majority ownership... Read
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AFRICA
Tree-Nation, a global reforestation platform, is tackling climate change in four African countries, with tree plantation projects in Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar and Burkina Faso... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
PREMESHIN NAIDOO
Innovative solutions such as active network sharing, tax incentives and new technology deployment can be the solution to achieving feasible rural connectivity in South Africa... Read
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AFRICA
TAKREEM EL TOHAMY
The fourth industrial revolution is underway and it is shaping up some of the most significant opportunities and challenges of our lifetime... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
TIM WHITE
From the Cape's Harbour Arch to Cairo's The Gate, mixed-use projects in Africa are revitalising urban nodes and mirroring the international upward trend of creating multifunctional precincts in urban areas... Read
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AFRICA
Research conducted by the Sabre Corporation has revealed that spend among African travellers could increase by 27% over the next year if they were able to move more freely within the continent, and if travel pain-points were addressed... Read
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AFRICA
This year's Conference on Land Policy in Africa, 25-29 November, is themed 'Winning the fight against corruption in the land sector in Africa'... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ROBIN FREDERICKS
It's not always easy to know what wine to pair or purchase when you're planning an occasion with friends or when you're in a store having to make a selection. Ask-jean, a voluntary data hub has come along to simplify the decision-making process, with the wine consumer in mind... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
RICHARD GRAY
Analysing property trends in South Africa based on recent barometers and research documents, there are varied reasons and opinions explaining why certain markets are under pressure and others are thriving. .. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MERVYN GEORGE
The City of Cape Town recently publicly announced its intention to pilot a fleet of drones for crime prevention... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LOYISO PULUMANI
In the later stages of the 21st Century, illiteracy as we have come to know may be completely eliminated and digitalisation will be infused into all human activity. This rapid evolution is changing the essential knowledge that people in future societies will need to possess in order to survive. The change is sweeping through the Eastern Cape already... Read
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AFRICA
Speaking at the 2019 Conference on Land Policy in Africa on Monday, 25 November, African Development Bank senior vice president Charles Boamah urged African countries to act faster in purging corruption in the land sector... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JOÃO MARQUES
For the better part of the last half century, oil and gas has been portrayed over and over again as the source of all evil across Africa, responsible for instability, power struggles, poverty, death, pollution and corruption... Read
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AFRICA
SINDY PETERS
$95bn - this is the average annual loss in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2010 due to pervasive gender inequality in the continent's economic activities... Read
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MOZAMBIQUE
The African Development Bank Group has approved a long-term senior loan of $400m for an integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, including a liquification facility in Mozambique... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
According to findings from the latest edition of the Trialogue Business in Society Handbook, companies spent an estimated R10.2bn on CSI in South Africa in 2019... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JANE NJOKU
Have you thought about where you will be or what you would likely be doing in five years time? Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
During the national 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign, 1st for Women aims to shine a light on women abuse by projecting 15 haunting tributes... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
This year, to encourage and reward good monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practice in the non-profit sector, MTN Foundation, in partnership with Trialogue, launched the MTN Awards for Social Change... Read
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