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LOUISE MARSLAND
Growing women's economic empowerment in Africa and creating the number one globally recognised platform for female entrepreneurship in Africa, is what AWIEF is about... read
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AFRICA
African statisticians urged to take ownership of their data and use it for continent's prosperity and beware of fake news and populist politicians...read
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AFRICA
EDWIN MACHARIA AND ZARINA NTETA
With more than 250 million smartphones currently in Africa, the African media landscape is rapidly shifting from traditional radio, TV and print, to new media which is primarily digital...read
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AFRICA
HANS ZACHAR
African businesses must ensure they stay a step ahead to survive and thrive by finding intelligent solutions which totally re-imagine customer experiences...read
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AFRICA
TOM JACKSON
Six African tech startups have been named alongside the likes of Apple, Netflix and SpaceX in TIME's 50 Genius Companies for 2018 list... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY KANTAR MILLWARD BROWN
Fewer than one in five marketers are very confident in their ability to integrate data for insights, impacting the ability to measure and prove ROI... Read
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ETHIOPIA
Nahoo Television launched Ethiopia's first shopping channel 'Mazesha Zone', exclusively dedicated to commercials, presentations and demonstrations of products... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
Ever thought the answer to breaking the country's poverty cycle was as simple as improving basic education for females? Economist Dr Dawie Roodt explained the implications at last week's Ads24 Food for thought session... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
In this video, Nyiko Chauke of Marketing Fridays interviews Khumo Theko of I See Africa about her role as a trends specialist and some insights into the African consumer... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
Feeling a bit state-capsized, swept along by more waves than a cryptocurrency chart? Here are some life-saving festive content ideas... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JESSICA TENNANT
Kojo Baffoe rejoined Destiny Man last month, succeeding editor Thabiso Tema... Read
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NIGERIA
Nigerian journalist wins APO Group sponsored-trip to attend Web Summit 2018 in Portugal... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY KANTAR MILLWARD BROWN
The brands in the latest ranking reflect "a day in the life" of our consumers, they are all very relevant and easy to relate to... Read
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AFRICA
ISSUED BY APO GROUP
An exclusive agreement means APO Group will provide enhanced press visibility of the event which is the largest of its kind in the world... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Newswatch: As reported on News24 yesterday, the Sunday Times has apologised and announced that it will return all awards and prize money received for three now-discredited reports - on the Cato Manor police unit dubbed as a 'death squad', the SARS 'rogue unit' and Zimbabwean 'renditions'... Read
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SOMALIA
VICTOR ODUNDO OWUOR
A recent World Bank report showed that Somalia has one of the most active mobile money markets in the world, outpacing most other countries in Africa... Read
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GHANA
The 5th All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) will be hosted by Ghana in 2018 from 21-24 November 2018... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
BERNARD FORD
E-commerce is growing rapidly and many will increase their online spend to get better deals, for its convenience and savings on shipping... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
IDidTht's September SA Film Reel Monthly Craft Awards were judged by Bridget Johnson, consulting ECD at Wick, who selected MTN's 'The Steve Tshwete Story' by Zee Ntuli from Darling Films for Best of Reel... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
CARMEN MURRAY
We now live in an age where our physical selves live along our digital selves. What you do offline is shared online and "peacocking" has become prevalent for digital citizens of the 21st century... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
REBONE MASEMOLA
Local brands, marketers and creators need to get better at designing campaigns and content that reflects intersectional narratives and imagery that include LGBTQI+ communities, people with albinism and the disabled... Read
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UGANDA
GEOFFREY SSENOGA
The world watched in outrage recently as Reuters photojournalist, James Akena, was clobbered by three soldiers on the streets of Uganda's capital Kampala in full view of television cameras... Read
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KENYA
The 6th International Open Data Conference (IODC) will be held in Africa for the first time, in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2020... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
With October being International Cyber Security Awareness Month, people should be more responsible when it comes to what they do on the internet... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
We stand at the precipice of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which promises to be the most globally impactful revolution to date... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Across all industries, at least 84% of consumers say their experiences with using digital tools and services fall short of expectations... Read
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AFRICA
Earlier this year, Burson-Marsteller and Cohn & Wolfe global communications agencies merged, creating BCW, which has a strong network across Africa... Read
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AFRICA
With a focus on African storytelling, the African Movie Channel has launched a production hub to develop and produce movies and TV series... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
BOGOSI MOTSHEGWA
Bogosi Motshegwa writes that the way social media is being done is not efficient, nor does it allows for the extraction of the full potential and true value of social media... Read
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AFRICA
Artificial intelligence is already apparent in most industries and has the potential to reach more and do more... Read
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AFRICA
The key to Africa's economic growth and strength is in the development of the regional market... Read
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MOZAMBIQUE
TOM JACKSON
Seedstars Maputo winner WenaData may only be active in Mozambique for now, but the startup has big plans for taking its innovative research techniques across the continent... Read
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UGANDA
YUVESHEN DARMALINGUM
DStv has recently rolled out a channel to promote locally made entertainment content. Pearl Magic channel will provide programs like music, reality shows, films and telenovelas... Read
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AFRICA
YUVESHEN DARMALINGUM
The BBC News Africa TV Service introduced a new series called Talk it Out, where real-life health case-studies are studied and health issues that are taboo or socially condemned are openly debated... Read
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GHANA
YUVESHEN DARMALINGUM
Adom TV has launched a brand new children's music reality show, Nsromma, in Ghana... Read
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UGANDA
YUVESHEN DARMALINGUM
Facebook has officially signed a partnership agreement with Airtel Uganda and Bandwidth & Cloud Services... Read
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AFRICA
YUVESHEN DARMALINGUM
Vewd and iflix, the entertainment service for emerging markets, have collaborated to make iflix accessible on millions of Vewd enabled devices... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
European retail giant Carrefour has joined other participants involved in building the IBM Food Trust blockchain network... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The shortlist for the 2018 Clio Entertainment Awards has been released... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Newswatch: The automotive giant has appointed BBDO as its new lead creative agency, after 75 years with WPP, effective 1 November... Read
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TANZANIA
Tanzania could penetrate the new markets with ease thanks to its potential and the demand for its agricultural produce... Read
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ANGOLA
Over 30,000 diamonds were seized in various provinces of country, as part of the transparency operation carried out by the Angolan executive since September 25... Read
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EGYPT
TOM JACKSON
Egyptian startup ?iCommunity, a mobile community platform for the real estate industry, has raised $600,000 in Series A funding from VC firm Algebra Ventures for further growth at home and internationally... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
More than 40 entrepreneurs and startups participated in the 2018 Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP-SA) of the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) at the SABC Education SA Innovation Summit last month... Read
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SOUTHERN AFRICA
MARK NEW
The release this week of the IPCC's special report on global warming of 1.5? above pre-industrial levels marks a critical point in climate negotiations... Read
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KENYA
MELBA K WASUNNA
Six years ago, Kenya discovered commercially viable oil deposits in the Turkana region... Read
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AFRICA
JUSTIN KOMGUEP NONO & HLUMANI NDLOVU
Deworming has become a common practise across the world. It has proved very successful, reducing the burden of parasitic worms among children by more than 50%... Read
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NIGERIA
TOM JACKSON
Nigerian startup Landhouse has launched a platform that allows for the crowdfunding of property development... Read
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ETHIOPIA
FRÉDÉRIC BAUDRON
Large fields, predictable rainfall and favourable temperatures have meant that farmers in Arsi Negele, a town in southeastern Ethiopia, have benefited from good crop yields. Their production of wheat and maize, two of the main food staples in Ethiopia, have also increased over time. But there are worrying indicators... Read
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ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe has just two qualified forensic pathologists forcing families to wait for weeks before they can bury loved ones in cases of murder, it has emerged. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ANH PHAN
In the adventure classic Back to the Future, Emmett "Doc" Brown uses energy generated from rubbish to power his DeLorean time machine... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Wrapping up the two-day Jobs Summit, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on all stakeholders to roll-up their sleeves and create the much needed jobs in the country... Read
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ETHIOPIA
BON Hotels has added a third East Africa property to its portfolio - the BON Hotel German Square in Addis Ababa... Read
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AFRICA
The seventh annual Infrastructure Africa Business Forum is set for 9-10 October at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg... Read
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AFRICA
ENVER DUMINY
International tourist arrivals grew 6% in the first four months of 2018, compared to the same period last year, not only continuing the strong 2017 trend, but exceeding UNWTO's forecast for 2018... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JAMES MAPOSA
Our continent has a significant amount of untapped wealth which we continue to overlook and oversee because we're always chasing short-term gratification over a longer-term and more inclusive approach to creating wealth... Read
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AFRICA
Emirates has won the Aviation 100 Middle East & Africa Airline of the Year, awarded by Airline Economics magazine... Read
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GHANA
SETH ASARE OKYERE, JERRY CHATI TASANTAB, AND MATTH
Informal settlements continue to remain a significant component of many cities in the developing world... Read
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AFRICA
The framework offers a detailed look at the history of machinery in Africa and points the way towards addressing challenges and creating new opportunities to assure the successful adoption of mechanisation... Read
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AFRICA
The 34th African Union for Housing Finance (AUHF) conference and AGM will take place for the first time in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, 23-25 October... Read
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NIGERIA
The price of crude oil has been crashing after years of successive boom. Nigeria as an oil producing and a dependent nation has immensely benefitted from this... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The Rugby Sevens in Southern and East Africa has gained momentum over recent years; drawing in more and more spectators from the international community... Read
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