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 | DANETTE BREITENBACH In this exclusive #BizTrends2023 interview CEO and co-founder of The Culture Foundry Company, Dali Tembo discusses the shifting African narrative... read |
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 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Iconic South African photojournalist, Dr Peter Magubane has passed away.. Read |
 | In 2024, the APHRC and Wellcome will launch the Mental Health Data Prize – Africa to address mental-health gaps through data-driven innovation. The initiative includes multidisciplinary teams, a capacity-building programme, and awards valued at £200,000... Read |
 | DStv, the satellite service of MultiChoice, has experienced its first downturn in its most dynamic market, South Africa... Read |
 | Hill & Knowlton Nigeria leadership has bought the agency following a business and asset transfer agreement with the agency... Read |
 | DORCAS NHLAPO As the global energy landscape undergoes a transformative shift towards sustainability, copper is emerging as a linchpin in the transition... Read |
 | Bookish is a podcast that tells the story of a young Nigerian who broke the Guinness World Record for reading out loud... Read |
 | DUNCAN MIRIRI Kenya's competition authority said on Tuesday it has penalised the local Carrefour franchise holder, UAE-based Majid al Futtaim, 1.1 billion Kenyan shillings ($7.15m) for abusing its ability to set terms to suppliers... Read |
 | Spotify's Afrobeats site, dedicated to celebrating the genre’s global impact and African roots, just got fresh updates... Read |
 | ASHLIN PERUMALL, JANINE HOWARD AND TANYA SEITZ Despite a global funding winter, there was a 28% increase in venture capital raised in sub-Saharan Africa in the third quarter of 2023, compared to Q3 2022. Increased investment has largely been driven by technological innovation, changing consumer demands and an increased focus on ESG initiatives... Read |
 | More than half (56%) of chief economists expect the global economy to weaken in 2024, with seven in 10 saying pace of geoeconomic fragmentation will accelerate, according to the latest Chief Economists Outlook... Read |
 | Spencer Chen CEO of Rectron South Africa highlights 3 trends shaping the 2024 ICT landscape... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA Managing executive of Dotsure, Glen Anderson has defended an advertisement that has been ruled as innapropriate for children by the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB)... Read |
 | LINDSEY SCHUTTERS Illegal miners perish as climate change grips Africa and pushes the continent to the brink... Read |
 | Wan-Ifra's report, Best Practice in Innovation features two media groups from Africa, one from Nigeria and one from South Africa... Read |
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 | Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team disclosed iPhone hardware feature vital in Operation Triangulation case... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON The World Economic Forum's Davos meeting addressed global challenges, emphasized inclusivity, and saw key initiatives, including climate action, clean energy, AI governance, and gender parity commitments. Collaboration and progress were highlighted... Read |
 | An extension has been granted to allow the public to submit their comments on the review of Coastal Waters Discharge Permits issued to fish processing facilities operating within St Helena Bay in the Western Cape... Read |
 | A four-year decline in poultry imports into South Africa has come to an end. Imports for the first 11 months of 2023 were higher than the total for 2022. Chicken imports in 2023 thus comfortably exceeded the previous year for the first time since 2018... Read |
 | LOUISE BREUSCH RASMUSSEN AND JACOB GRONHOLT-PEDERSEN Maersk is temporarily suspending bookings to Djibouti from Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, East Africa and South Africa on its Blue Nile Express service... Read |
 | Infrastructure South Africa and the Association of African Exhibition Organisers have partnered for The Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium 2024... Read |
 | "Across the Western Cape, and especially in Cape Town, our expectations of a record-breaking summer season have been realised. This is excellent news for our provincial economy and for the hundreds of thousands of jobs supported by tourism in the province." Read |
 | RIKUS BLOMERUS The coming months present an opportune time to purchase a used vehicle, here's why... Read |
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 | LINDSEY SCHUTTERS Astronomers discovered an exotic binary pulsar in globular cluster that could be a leap in understanding Einstein’s General Relativity… Read |
 | IMRAN SALIE A total of 897,775 candidates, both full-time and part-time, enrolled for the NSC examinations in 2023... Read |
 | South Africans have come together to make KFC's Add Hope Festive campaign a resounding success... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON In the face of the ongoing South African rand manipulation case, Investec remains steadfast in defending itself against the allegations that its currency traders were involved in a co-ordinated scheme to manipulate the dollar-rand pairing over a decade ago... Read |
 | This was announced by Umalusi council chairperson Professor Yunus Ballim at a media briefing on Monday, 15 January... Read |
 | Black Sash predicts “devastating” effect on grant recipients in rural areas... Read |
 | RICHARD FIRTH Parliament's decision not to extend the two-pot retirement system's implementation date to 2025 raises industry concerns. Challenges include incomplete legislation, technical details, and readiness for the significant overhaul required by the new system... Read |
 | Engie successfully acquires BTE Renewables in South Africa, adding 340MW net of renewable assets and over 3GW in development projects... Read |
 | RAYMOND PARSONS Despite challenges to SA's economy, potential exists for lower inflation, interest rates, and improved energy security, with a projected 1% GDP growth in 2024... Read |
 | GENEVIEVE KOOLEN Our collective professional lives are set for a fundamental shake-up in the year ahead as the unprecedented impact of artificial intelligence (AI) is felt across job functions and in every industry... Read |
 | KYLIE SLAMBERT Business disputes are becoming more frequent and costly, as organisations grapple with rapidly evolving risks such as digital transformation, increasing accountability around sustainability requirements, supply chain challenges and heightened cybersecurity incidents... Read |
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