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 | Identifying trends before they reach critical mass enables brands to tap into unlimited potential growth... read |
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 | Tom Jackson E-commerce startup Made in Rwanda Online is proving the demand for locally produced goods and produce with its online marketplace for local sellers... read |
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 | Ndama Nakashole Enterprising Namibian students roll out door-to-door courier service, developing a new business model for their country... read |
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 | With half a million young Africans engaged over the past two years, 15 Governments and over 100 partners on board already, Africa Code Week launched in Tanzania this past week... read |
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 | Thomas Sepheka Never has it been so evident to acknowledge and value the power of consumer insights in 2017... read |
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 | The top 20 shortlisted finalists for the AfricaCom 2017 Awards have been announced... read | | |
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 | Global market intelligence company, Euromonitor International, has just released the latest results of the 2017 Global Consumer Trends survey... read |
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 | Coinciding with International Day of the Girl Child, Mastercard recently launched the African leg of its Girls4Tech programme... read |
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 | Triggerfish is hosting a free webinar to help animators and storytellers across Africa to develop TV series for worldwide distribution... read |
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 | Innovation is key to supporting Africa's transformation, as trade, ICT and climate smart industrialisation, were a few areas that represent Africa's efforts to leapfrog through innovation... read |
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 | Africa holds the key to feeding 9 billion people by 2050, Dr Akinwumi Adesina says during Norman Borlaug Lecture... read |
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 | Jordan Major With the rise of e-commerce and demise of physical brick-and-mortar retail, consumers are continually hungry for experiences that engage and excite them... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Big brands shared the role of design in their business at Business of Design, with Adrian Morris, partner and MD at Design Partnership speaking of current the physical reboot trend responding to a changing landscape, while Brian Mtongana, head of design at Woolworths, honed in on the role of packaging in sales... read |
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 | We have to produce more food with less. This can only be done through innovation and technology in food production, but for many consumers and retailers, innovation and technology are misunderstood... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Just when you thought the Loeries buzz was over, the Loeries' rankings are in! I chatted to some of this year's top-ranked creatives post-celebrations. We kick off with the ever-disruptive TBWA\Raad team, based in Dubai in the UAE... read | |
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 | Kicking off Africa Week, UN chief says women and youth can unleash continent's potential... read |
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 | Orange has launched its brand in Sierra Leone, building on its strong presence in Sub Saharan Africa with 50 million customers in 16 countries... read |
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 | Cameroon is continuing its oppression of press freedom by charging three Cameroonian journalists with criminal defamation... read |
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 | Centrespread Grey has been awarded as Nigeria's iconic brand agency of the decade... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg Chris Weylandt, founder and CEO of furniture and decor retailer Weylandts, forms part of the impressive line-up at this year's Business of Design conference... read |
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 | Gabriella Mulligan Kenyan coding academy Moringa School is to host a female only edition of its "Moringa Prep" introduction to coding course, with the aim of graduating more women developers... read |
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 | Kenya must lift protest ban and end pattern of police brutality ahead of poll, UN experts warn... read |
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 | Online food delivery company, Jumia Food, has appointed Shreenal Ruparelia as its new managing director... read |
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 | The 44th Session of the Committee on World Food Security endorsed new recommendations centred on the need for an integrated policy approach to forestry, agriculture, water and food security and nutrition... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Kenyan startup Lori Systems has been crowned the winner of the inaugural TechCrunch Battlefield Africa in Nairobi, winning $25,000 in equity-free funding... read |
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 | MISA Zimbabwe's new-look website promotes the right to information and free speech... read |
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 | Alan Knott-Craig Us humans have a heuristic bias to sell our winners and hold onto our losers. That's not the way to build wealth. Better to hang onto your winners and cut your losers loose... read | | |
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 | Tom Jackson Duncan Goldie-Scot does not have the profile of a typical investor in African tech startups... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Cameroonian startup Rata-grab is testing its online food ordering and delivery platform with five restaurants in Douala ahead of a full launch.... read |
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 | Africa Week kicked off on the margins of the UN General Assembly Debate on Africa's development to showcase the continent's continuous advancements and achievements... read |
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 | A new digital format in the African out of home market has been introduced by JCDecaux Sub-Saharan Africa: digital video walls... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg Cross-border e-commerce is on the rise. An estimated 1.4 million South Africans shopped internationally in 2016, spending an estimated R8.8 billion... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Nigerian assisted shopping startup VoomNow has started exporting local produce to the United States (US), making local food stuffs such as catfish, egusi and noodles available... read |
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 | Springster, NGO Girl Effect's global mobile-first platform for vulnerable young women, has partnered with Creative Media Works (operating as BBM Messenger) to launch Girl Talk... read |
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 | Issued by Nielsen The Nielsen Shopper World Conference held in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, has found that the country's modern trade arena has seen the greatest evolution in the last two years and holds the most potential for growth... read |
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 | A new report reveals discrepancies in how manufacturers and retailers view and approach post-purchase revenue, profit and relationship-building opportunities in the aftermarket service sector... read |
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 | RABAT - Russia and Morocco hope to cooperate more closely in the energy sector, Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev said during a visit to Rabat... read |
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 | Iddy Mwema Air Tanzania Company Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ethiopian Aviation Academy, aimed at helping Tanzanian pilots and engineers undergo capacity building training in Ethiopia... read |
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 | Marriott International has announced further expansion plans in African with seven new hotel signings. Reinforcing is continued expansion in Africa, the global chain is targeting... read |
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 | Millie Phiri, Sonia Naidoo, Nadia Ibraimo Various agricultural research institutions in Africa are currently carrying out research on orphan crops mainly to improve yields and controlling and lowering disease tolerance.... read |
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 | Planting more trees, farming more sustainably and conserving wetlands could significantly slash the amount of carbon emissions that humanity spews into the atmosphere... read |
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 | Eight out of 18 tourism projects excluded from a moratorium on large hotels in Seychelles could be reallocated if the project backers don't begin construction within a year... read |
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 | As part of Airbnb's vision to empower communities through home sharing and to promote people-to-people tourism that benefits local families and their communities, it will invest $1m to... read |
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 | Dangote Rice Limited has launched a multi-million naira Youth Farming Initiative set to engage unemployed Nigerian students in rice farming... read |
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 | Asit K. Biswas and Kris Hartley The United States is retreating from the global community under a president who rejected the Paris Climate Accords and denigrates NAFTA and NATO. This provides an opportunity for China to play a greater role in global affairs... read |
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 | Zimbabwe has banned the importation of fruit and vegetables to save scarce foreign currency in the face of a worsening economic crisis... read |
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 | Catherine Howell, Jennifer Drake and Liat Margolis One in three bites of food that we eat relies on bee pollination... read |
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 | Elias Aad Over the last eight years, travel and tourism has grown by 17.3% in the top 10 fastest-growing global destinations read |
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 | Josephine Wawira News of the revocation of economic sanctions against Sudan by the United States government is music to the ears of businesses and investors interested in Africa's third largest country... read |
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 | The study shows that Airbnb has helped to spread tourism benefits beyond hotels and tourist attractions... read |
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 | Colin Logan It is critical that the energy mix is carefully blended by policymakers to ensure a sustainable economy... read |
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 | Constant Munda Nairobi's proposed smart traffic control system will go live in just over two years, officials said of the plan that seeks to ease congestion on key city roads at an estimated cost of Sh1.88 billion... read |
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 | Ilse van den Berg NEWSWATCH: After a database of more than 30 million South Africans had been leaked online, including estimated incomes‚ addresses, and cellphone numbers, one of the country's top real estate companies has admitted to being the unwitting source... read |
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