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Michael Pittelkow Building a digital continent: towards a new model for collaboration between Africa and its more developed peers...read |
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 | Inaugural United Kingdom-Morocco strategic dialogue held in London. Trade and investment was high on the agenda... read |
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 | Authorities in the breakaway state of Somaliland should immediately lift a ban on the operations of Waaberi newspaper, a privately owned daily, the Committee to Protect Journalists said... read |
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 | The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed the Ethiopian government's decision to allow access to 264 websites, including news outlets and blogs, that were blocked in the country... read |
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 | Andy Walker Congrats, KFC South Africa, you're now 9GAG famous... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg Whether you are a retailer, brand or manufacturer, the need to proactively manage social compliance issues in your supply chain has never been greater... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Learn why Sebastian Padilla, co-founder of Anagrama in Mexico, is this year's Loeries' design jury president... read |
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 | Gabriella Mulligan Twenty-nine (29) African entrepreneurs have completed the two-week eFounders Fellowship programme in China, an initiative run by Alibaba and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development... read |
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 | Issued By Primedia Outdoor As part of growing its digital footprint in sub-Saharan Africa, Primedia Outdoor has recently gone a step further to install new 4m x 8m and 3m x 6m LED screens in eSwatini and Lesotho respectively... read |
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 | The Ivorian government has signed MOU with Visa with an aim to digitise government services and ensure financial services are accessible to more Ivorians... read |
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 | Marking the centenary year of Nelson Mandela's birth, Woolworths has launched three cause-related products... read |
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 | Keshia Patchiappen Keshia Patchiappen states five reasons for why media training is essential when facing journalists in the firing line... read |
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 | Annelize van Rensburg Executive DNA is not immutable. Requirements shift. Profiles change. Business needs and economic conditions are obvious drivers, but societal factors, technology developments and the spirit of the times play a major role in how executives see themselves, their role and priorities... read |
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 | Intra-Africa trade received a boost with the launch of $1-billion South Africa-Africa Trade and Investment Promotion Programme (SATIPP)... read |
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 | Publiseer qualifies for finals of Africa's Young Entrepreneurs Program... read |
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 | Pick n Pay is experimenting with compostable bags as an environmentally friendly alternative to plastic bags. To mark International Plastic Bag Free Day today and as part of its efforts to reduce plastic waste... read |
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 | Dave Nemeth When mobile phones hit the market in South Africa around 1994, there was a sentiment by many that, having lived life quite effectively without these devices, they simply did not need one... read |
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 | Adela Belin Being a small business, public relations is one the most effective and inexpensive ways to draw attention to your business... read |
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 | The signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement by President Ramaphosa on 1 July, at the 31st African Union Summit in Mauritania, is considered a significant step towards increased intra-African trade... read |
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 | The United Nations stands with you, Guterres assures youth at Ife Model UN in Nigeria... read |
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 | The next-generation workforce is set to drive positive change for Africa's enterprises... read |
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 | Robyn Cooke While retailers need to be geared for mobile, it is only a part of the shopping journey in South Africa. Omnichannel is where it is at... read |
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 | Tom Jackson In all, the Food Connection Challenge received 88 applications from Benin and 228 from Nigeria, with an independent jury selecting those SMEs they considered the most promising and the best fit for the programme. read |
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 | Tom Jackson African startups have been invited to apply for the $50,000 MBA Impact Investing Network and Training (MIINT) challenge... read |
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 | Tim Allemann Issued By Fedgroup Coming up with your corporate identity is not as simple as briefing a designer and giving them free rein. There is a lot of ground work that you need to do in advance to understand where your brand is going, and how your identity will reflect this... read |
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 | The latest technological innovations shaking up the retail sector across the globe were revealed at the second RCS Retail Summit, held in Cape Town and Johannesburg this week... read |
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 | Youth for Africa and SDGs (YAS!), a Pan-African entrepreneurship ecosystem catalyser launches... read |
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 | Tom Jackson "Corporates will not be able to innovate in Africa without startups..." read |
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 | Remittance thought leaders to gather in Lagos, Nigeria, in October for Remittance Africa Expo 2018... read |
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 | Rilind Elezaj Radio advertising might be seen as old-fashioned especially with the rise of the internet and other types of media and that their audience has decreased. This is not the case, however... read |
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 | The announcement by Tesco and Carrefour that they will enter into a long-term, strategic alliance is the latest in a series of consolidation between the major grocery retailers in Western Europe... read |
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 | The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum's #Value4Her project launch took place in Nairobi, Kenya over two days and saw 15 southern Africa-based women agri-entrepreneurs attend stakeholder workshops and keynotes from key gender empowerment and agri-business drivers... read |
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 | Issa Yussuf While concerns about climate change are being actively addressed through different ways including pushing for enforcement of conventions and international protocols... read |
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 | Benediction Zubane Just imagine it, you arrive on time to catch a flight to your dream destination for a well-deserved holiday, only for that sickening feeling to take hold of your entire body when you realise you forgot your ID at home... read |
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 | Stéphanie Leyronas, Gwenael Prié, and Isabelle Lio Fab labs serve at the same time as production, creation and prototyping workshops, hands-on training spaces and facilitators of social ties... read |
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 | The hotel industry's potential for business growth has been reflected in the increase in the number of foreign and domestic travellers visiting the continent, as well as in the number of hotel chains established... read |
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 | Situated in the rugged and remote northwestern region, both camps opened in June 2018 and offer safari goers an in-depth experience far from the normal tourist track. read |
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 | Tom Jackson Zimbabwean startup YouFarm is providing collateral-free funding to farmers by allowing users to invest in crops and livestock, and share the profits with the farmer when the produce goes to market... read |
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 | Mohsen George Currently covering more than half of its 95.6m population, Egypt is considered a benchmark country in the Middle East when it comes to health insurance... read |
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 | "There's a consistently negative stigma around travelling in Africa which has been snowballing for years. We need to position ourselves correctly and draw attention to the positive experiences that can be had here." read |
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 | Kutlwano Ramaboa If 99.6% of businesses in a country like Nigeria employ fewer than 10 workers, does it make sense to teach Nigerian business students how to manage Fortune 500 companies in the US using Harvard Business School case studies...? read |
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 | "The new Radisson hotel will be a hospitality leader in Abidjan offering the largest conference centre in the city centre, stylish accommodation and the city's first rooftop bar and restaurant." read |
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 | Byron Clatterbuck With over half the world's population currently living in urban metropoles and an estimated three million people moving into cities every week, it's safe to say that the concept of smart cities is becoming more crucial than ever... read |
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 | Two years of navigating legal, governance and logistical challenges to obtain an operating licence to fly its own drones has paid off for Kumba Iron Ore... read |
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 | The City of Cape Town has launched its pilot Safe Space facility for street people... read |
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 | Eckart Zollner Local governments need to look at deploying sensors and making use of those that already exist in order to harness the data they require to take their cities into the future... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Egyptian startup ElBalto has launched a mobile application that provides users with easy, reliable, timely and affordable online video consultations via a network of customer-rated and licensed doctors... read |
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 | Ruckus Networks and World Wide Worx recently released its 2018 Wi-Fi in South Africa study. The study focuses on the usage, priorities, intentions, and attitudes regarding Wi-Fi technology and its deployment in smart cities... read |
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 | The levels of the dams supplying water to Cape Town have been rising consistently and significantly... read |
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 | STE(A)M educational specialist I-Innovate has partnered with US developers Curiosity Machine and local organisation Sakhikamva Foundation, to bring the AI Family Challenge concept to South Africa... read |
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 | A new international partnership has committed funding for the discovery of new drugs for diseases endemic to Africa over the next two years... read |
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Bessie Head "A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people." Nathaniel Hawthorne "Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not." Daniel J. Boorstin "The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge." |
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Small Business Expo - 6 Sep 2018 to 8 Sep 2018, Northriding Johannesburg The Small Business Expo is devoted to the development of small/medium-sized enterprises, providing a platform for small businesses to market their businesses and interact with prominent business leaders. Read more >> |
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