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Alistair Mokoena There has long been a need for the advertising industry to modernise. Now digital transformation is upon us and change is non-negotiable. At the same time, the industry is facing disruption from new entrants...read |
| | Louise Marsland Reporters Without Borders has recommended that media organisations and journalists around the world strengthen training in digital security in the face of increasing cyberviolence...read |
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Louise Marsland Media rights groups in Nigeria are condemning a bill that will regulate the practice of journalism in the West African country...read | 
Dumisani Moyo "A vicious online propaganda war that includes fake news" was being waged in Zimbabwe ahead of the elections on 30 July...read | 
The political alliance of BRICS nations has become a distinct global brand in its own right, research conducted by Brand South Africa shows...read |
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 | Kenyan parliamentarians harass journalists following corruption allegations... read |
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 | Africa Code Week (ACW) has introduced coding skills to over 1.8 million young Africans across 35 countries since its inception by SAP CSR EMEA in 2015. This week, another 1,000 participants at various communities across Botswana received hands-on training on the new ACW digital curriculum... read |
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 | South African shoppers, beset by a storm of rising prices, are making fewer trips to grocery stores and have dropped an unprecedented three grocery categories from their shopping basket... read |
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 | Kenya-based AfricanStockPhoto is a stock photography marketplace. Sitati Kituyi co-founder and CTO, talks about his entrepreneurial journey... read |
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 | Global customer engagement company Clickatell, together with several banks across Africa, are set to roll out their chat banking capabilities on WhatsApp across the African continent... read |
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 | To enable higher levels of financial inclusion across Africa, banks and payments companies must drive solutions allowing small and informal merchants to accept digital payments at a lower cost... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Johannesburg-based startup Picadoo is bidding to formalise Africa's haircare industry via its online marketplace that helps users find local salons and book appointments... read |
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 | Cecil Ungerer In the highly competitive environment of in-store advertising, brands are contesting limited market share. Consumers have become more discerning of what they buy, owning to the availability of product information online... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews In the first keynote session of the Customer Experience Management (CEM) Africa Summit 2018, Diane Magers of the CXPA explained how to build and execute a CX strategy in an ROI-driven world. Here's what you missed... read |
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 | The MTV Shuga drama series has launched three new 'edutainment' campaigns to target its audience and educate them regarding HIV prevention and self-testing... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Nigerian startup Festivilia has launched its film festival distribution platform, which enables filmmakers to submit to over 500 curated film festivals... read |
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 | The Perth Advertising and Design Club (PADC) has announced Cape Town as The Skulls 2018 judging city with King James CD Nkanyezi Masango as chair of judges... read |
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 | Wynand Smit Business-wide strategies are complex - each department operates with structured KPIs that may include boosting profitability, customer feedback ratings, or a host of other criteria - the trick is to ensure that all these departments operate in concert with each other... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Diane Magers is a CCXP and CEO of the global Customer Experience Professionals' Organisation (CXPA), based in the US. This #WomensMonth, she lets us in on what to expect from the Customer Experience Management (CEM) Africa 2018 Summit, kicking off at the CTICC today... read |
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 | Claire McCamley Rarely a week goes by without news of a household high street name shutting up shop or closing stores. The rise of online shopping is widely blamed for the demise of traditional retail... read |
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 | Grant Sithole has now taken on the full creative direction of Avatar Johannesburg and Cape Town as chief creative officer... read |
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 | Mmatlou Kalab and Wandile Sihlobo "Why do African countries consume what they don't produce, and produce what they don't consume." read |
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 | Tom Jackson Kenyan B2B e-commerce startup Sokowatch has closed a $2 million seed round to further expand its customer base across East Africa while also piloting additional value-added services for shops... read |
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 | Sherry Zameer A powerful digital identity verification solution that is automated and integrated into the business process brings a new dimension to customer identity management. Here are the four key benefits for mobile operators... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews As #WomensMonth gets underway, I chat to CCXP Julia Ahlfeldt for a sneak peek on what to expect from the Customer Experience Management (CEM) Africa 2018 Summit, kicking off today... read |
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 | Stephen Sandmann So, what's it like? Stephen Sandman shares a candid collection of experiences he's picked up along the way... read |
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 | The killing of three Russian investigative journalists in the Central African Republic must be probed, said CPJ... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Data science talent accelerator Blossom Academy has launched in Ghana, aiming to provide a talent pipeline for startups and equip university graduates with relevant skills... read |
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 | Warc has released the results of its analysis of the 169 campaigns entered into the Cannes Creative Effectiveness Lions this year... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg For a country not particularly known for success in the competitive sporting arena, Israel's high-tech prowess is helping to establish the nation as the Silicon Valley of sports tech... read |
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 | Contactless payments is expected to reach $2 trillion by 2020, representing 1 in 3 in-store transactions globally. The trend - driven by payment cards and mobile wallets.... read |
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 | The World Bank economist was in Uganda and spoke to Charles Mpagi on the prospects for the sector in the face of oil discoveries in Uganda, Kenya and South Sudan... read |
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 | Global crypto-marketplace Paxful, together with its implementation partner NPO Zam Zam Water, has launched #BuiltWithBitcoin... read |
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 | The UN Information Centre (UNIC) Lagos, in collaboration with the Nigerian Environmental Society (NES), recently held a dialogue session focused on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impact... read |
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 | Plant diseases significantly limit the ability of many countries to produce sufficient staple and cash crops. Research conducted by Connected focuses on addressing its spread by vector-insects that transmit a disease from one plant to another... read |
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 | Silicon Cape launches their new Africa-first strategic membership plan to enable the accelerated inclusion of tech startups... read |
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 | President of PAWO Assetou Koite says Africa must recognise and honour the contribution of women to the decolonisation of the continent... read |
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 | Africa urgently needs to develop its pharmaceutical sector to reduce its dependence on imported drugs and medical products... read |
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 | The global agriculture packaging market is estimated to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 5.3%, owing to numerous factors, about which Future Market Insights offers thorough insights and forecasts in its latest report... read |
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 | Wynand Smit Large tourism enterprises across the globe are snapping up apps, business solutions and more to ensure that they're part of the digital revolution, but are these emerging technologies translating to an excellent visitor experience? read |
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 | The ministers of environmental affairs for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Environmental Cooperation... read |
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 | The future of African power utilities and the challenges they face has highlighted four possible scenarios of what the continent's energy sector will look like by the year 2030... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Kenyan agri-tech startup Tulaa, which allows smallholder farmers to access inputs, credit and markets, has raised a US$627,000 seed round to fund its continued expansion in the East African country and further develop its platform... read |
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 | The International Centre for Tropical Agriculture has partnered with Alluvial Agriculture to improve Nigerian livelihoods across the food value chain, fostering environmental sustainability of agricultural development... read |
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 | The International Trade Centre has announced the launch of the Market Price Information portal, an online database that will provide access to live updates and prices for more than 100 agricultural products... read |
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 | African Chrome Fields (ACF), Zimbabwe's biggest chrome miner, has launched its state-of-the-art aluminothermic plant, which is set to further increase the company's range of products and boost employment across its operations... read |
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 | "We have definitely seen huge success across the continent when mixed-use developments incorporate hotel components because it gives hotel guests the level of urban comfort they demand, while allowing developers to spread their financial risk." read |
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 | Mark Sawyer The Australian government has allocated A$50m for the Smarter Cities and Suburbs Program... read |
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 | Africa continues to be the biggest contributor of tourist's arrivals with a noticeable increase of 39.2% increase in the number of Angolans visiting South Africa during the month of May 2018 compared to the same period last year... read |
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