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SINDY PETERS
In the face of an immensely challenging digital skills gap on the continent, Mojolaoluwa Aderemi-Makinde, head of brand and reputation at Google Africa, remains optimistic... read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
We are honoured to announce the following speakers who will share their vision of the trends shaping our region, from culture to connectivity and fintech to fashion at BizTrendsLIVE!2020, in association with Ster Kinekor, at the Mall of Africa IMAX theatre on Thursday, 30 January 2020...read
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EGYPT
African Development Bank launches digital tool to help African youth learn to code...read
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AFRICA
Business leaders dominate New African magazine's list of 100 Most Influential Africans...read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The Competition Commission has found that there's no compelling justification for major supermarkets to have exclusive lease agreements with shopping malls... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Pick n Pay is piloting a new 'pick and weigh' packaging-free zone that allows customers to purchase a wide range of products without any packaging... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ANGELO TZAREVSKI, RYAN MCKERROW AND KIRSTY GIBSON
On Monday, 25 November 2019, the Competition Commission published the final report in relation to its Grocery Retail Market Inquiry. The inquiry sought to elucidate features of the grocery retail market that have resulted in reduced competition... Read
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AFRICA
Lux Afrique Boutique offers high-net-worth consumers in Africa the opportunity to purchase luxury products online from the region and the rest of the world... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DOV GIRNUN
Every night, as part of the ritual of putting my two little sons to bed, I have to tell them a story... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
What's in the box? Hint, prepare for some seriously dark matter, like 50% or more off promo hampers of Biz top-story exposure products that will put your competition in the shade... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JESSICA TENNANT
Full-service media agency UM recently appointed Kevin Ndinguri, who has spent the last year as client managing partner at UM Africa, as MD of the local team... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
GARETH HAWKEY
To keep up with the lightning-fast pace of change in global retail, most of which is technology-driven, SA's retail decision-makers have to embrace a new mindset that is less risk-averse... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MIKE BROOM
Mike Broom lists some of the key requirements of having necessary, up-to-date knowledge to be able to control the company's marketing destiny with success... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Two researchers from the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment and the College of Business and Economics at the University of Johannesburg have been awarded Research and Innovation Chairs in their respective fields by the Education, Training and Development and Practices SETA... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
GOSI LEGOALE
With the silly season upon us, what plan do you and your community managers have in place for an inevitable crisis?... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Empower yourself as a business owner with the minimum know-how of what the current design trends are... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Makro has launched a WhatsApp service allowing customers to instantly engage with the retailer's customer care team... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
As part of its efforts to further expand its presence in the United States of America, South African handcrafted gin brand, Inverroche, has been hosting a series of exclusive events in New York City... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JUANITA PIENAAR
Kinya Tagawa, a Japanese award-winning design engineer who runs international design agency Takram, with studios in Tokyo and London, has been selected as one of the speakers for next year's Design Indaba Conference... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Shell's loyalty partnership with Clicks came to an abrupt end this November, just before the health and beauty retailer announced that it has entered into an agreement with Engen instead... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JESSICA TENNANT
Sanlam Reality, the Sanlam Group's loyalty programme, was awarded Best Use of Data Analytics/CRM Application at the inaugural Loyalty Awards South Africa recently held in Cape Town... Read
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KENYA
MERCY MUENDO
Kenya will start levying new tax on digital markets under a new law signed by the president early in November... Read
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EGYPT
More than 350 stakeholders are converging on Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, to participate in the 2019 African Economic Conference (AEC), with this year's focus on jobs, skills and capacity development for Africa's youth... Read
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AFRICA
Afridocs Anytime presents Migrant Stories, documentaries about the reality of migration from an African perspective... Read
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KENYA
Allan Namu signed a television agreement with Maisha Magic to produce a police program... Read
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NIGERIA
MultiChoice Nigeria has unveiled five new packages for its DStv and GOtv platforms to provide more quality content at great value for customers this holiday season and beyond... Read
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AFRICA
KASI consumer confidence (KASI CCI) moved slightly in October; the index dropped 1 point to +3. There was minor movement in individual index scores. Tanzania's consumer sentiment experienced the most significant movement dropping 17 points from +2 to -15. Consumer sentiment in Nigeria is still the highest and most upbeat; while Ghana continues to underperform with the lowest CCI at -33. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY KANTAR
Join us for a trip down memory lane as we celebrate 35 years of South Africa's favourite TV commercials... Read
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AFRICA
The new Nilesat-301 geostationary communications satellite will help extend communications and direct digital broadcasting services in two new large regions of Africa, while also providing broadband Ka-band connectivity over all of Egypt... Read
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NIGERIA
MTN Nigeria unveiled a platform for streaming music, MusicTime! This allows music enthusiasts to choose from millions of songs available around the world... Read
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COTE D'IVOIRE
In Ivory Coast, the New Ivory Coast Channels (NCI) will launch its programs on December 12. Read
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TOGO
Former CNN anchors launch Rouse, a live event platform for women of African descent... Read
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EGYPT
Bring us to the table to unlock youth jobs and power growth, say young African entrepreneurs... Read
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NIGERIA
Entertainment and content distribution in Nigeria are expected to undergo a major transformation following the official launch of Nvivo TV as part of the activities of the last 9th International Film Festival of Africa, which was held at the Landmark Event Center in Lagos... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Black Friday online trading volumes spiked by 400% on 29 November, compared to an average trading day... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Predicting positive growth in 2020, analysts say there is good news for South African SMEs, whose bargaining power they see rising with the market's size and spend... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
EUGENE YIGA
According to financial services company UBS, millennials could be worth $24tn by 2020. To capitalise on how this growing market will impact the hotel industry, Radisson RED plans to expand its offering and further develop its brand... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The benefits of digitisation have already seen a vast improvement in operational efficiencies within the logistics market. Going forward, digital solutions will play an even greater role as an absolute business essential... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Many entrepreneurs find it difficult to take their foot off the gas at the end of the year, so to speak... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
New environmental guidelines from the International Maritime Organisation for global shipping traffic will take effect in January 2020, which are set to improve the industry's environmental impact... Read
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KENYA
PATIENCE AFULANI
Maternal and neonatal mortality has remained high in low-resource settings despite progress in recent years. The estimated maternal mortality ratio in Kenya is 342 per 100,000 live births, a startling 18 times the rate in the United States... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Five Social Tech Startup finalists: Foonda, Jonga, iSpani, SkillShift and BallTalent, will be pitching for their share of R5 million at the Social Tech Startup Challenge Pitch Event... Read
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SENEGAL
GE Steam Power, alongside its longstanding nonprofit organisation, buildOn, announced the groundbreaking of a new school in Kaolack, Senegal. This marks the fourth of five schools to be built in Nepal and Senegal, bringing the total to 47 schools worldwide... Read
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AFRICA
Africa's energy sector is a catalyst for growth and development across the continent. Industry and investors need to stay abreast of the high-speed advances in the energy landscape... Read
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GLOBAL
The Government of Italy, with support from the FAO, recently held an event highlighting Mediterranean and other traditional healthy diets as fundamental to... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
EVAN-LEE COURIE
Portia Mavhungo understands the loss of independence and dignity people face when they are permanently wheelchair-bound... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
EVAN-LEE COURIE
In an effort to prepare the youth for the needs of a changing global economy, Dieudonne Allo developed a program that equips learners with future-fit skills such as coding, entrepreneurship and design thinking... Read
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AFRICA
ROBERT MUSUNDIRE
There is a wealth of indigenous knowledge about capturing and eating insects in Sub-Saharan Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MICHELLE MOORHOUSE & WILLEM DANIEL FRANCOIS VENTER
A new antiretroviral drug regimen has been given the go-ahead by the World Health Organisation. This follows the preliminary results from studies that include an ongoing trial in South Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act which constitutes the nation's unprecedented statutory recognition of the Khoi-San communities, leaders and structures... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
With the world on the verge of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) that is set to fundamentally change how people engage and interact with each other and business, the focus now is on what the job market of the future will look like... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
There has been a string of negative conversations headlining in the US press, blaming private equity (PE) for massive job losses and calling for tougher regulations... Read
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NIGERIA
The African Development Bank Group has approved a $210m financing package for the Nigeria Transmission Expansion Project... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
There is a notable opportunity for large farming operations to significantly reduce their energy spend and further ease strain on the national electricity grid... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JEROME TOUZE
In his 2006 book "The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More," Chris Anderson wrote about how the future of commerce and culture isn't in "hits", the high-volume head of a traditional demand curve, but in what used to be regarded as misses, or the infinitely long tail of that same curve... Read
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