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APO Group appoints former Orange Africa and Middle East senior executive as CEO... read
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Gender parity achieved for the first time in list of 100 Most Influential Africans... read
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AFRICA
African e-commerce player Jumia has signed a partnership agreement with global retailer Carrefour to introduce Carrefour products to millions on the continent via Jumia.com...read
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AFRICA
A new report from Ericsson reveals that 5G will be deployed by global operators in Africa by next year...read
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SOUTH SUDAN
Radio journalist, Josephine Achiro Fortelo from South Sudan, receives global freedom of speech award...read
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AFRICA
Kwesé TV is hoping to enter the local free-to-air market in South Africa... Read
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EGYPT
Government and private sector to get together at the Africa 2018 Forum in Sharm El Sheikh to foster greater regional integration through investments and cross border collaboration... Read
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UGANDA
A new campaign showing the value of connections was launched by MTN in Uganda to celebate 20 years of operations... Read
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NIGERIA
Facebook heads to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2018 in Lagos to celebrate African innovation... Read
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RWANDA
Entries for Africa's continent-wide public relations award, the African SABRE Awards, are now open... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
PETER OBEREM
The focus that agriculture currently enjoys is a golden opportunity for science and skills transfer to position Africa as the solution to the food security conundrum, argues Peter Oberem... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY KANTAR MILLWARD BROWN
Brands are increasingly challenged to find growth in uncomfortable places. Now more than ever, marketers have to be ready to lead disruption of their particular competitive landscape... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DOMINIQUE PIENAAR
Digital disruption in the public relations and communications landscape means that brands and their agencies now need to work closer together than ever, in order to identify new storytelling opportunities, publishing platforms, and harness data analytics to continually refine how and where they place their messaging... Read
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AFRICA
Visa and Vivo Energy have announced a Pan-African agreement to provide digital payment services to consumers across 15 African countries, where both companies operate... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
BRIAN MECHEM
Did you know that 86% of marketers are still unsure how compensation of influencers is calculated, and 38% can't tell if a particular campaign drives sales or not? Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
With sustainability and recycling on the legislative agenda globally, it's only a matter of time before non-sustainable practices are met with penalties; and brands are taking preventative measures... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
CANDICE GOODMAN, ISSUED BY MOBITAINMENT
Think of rewards or loyalty programmes, and immediately your mind goes to the retail store brands, like Clicks or Dis-Chem. Why have we not yet seen a loyalty programme rewarding customers for their regular purchase of a single brand?... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Jacques Vermeulen has been appointed group CEO of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), effective from 1 December 2018... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY PACINAMIX
At a gala dinner celebrating continental greatness, Pacinamix CEO Manzini Zungu was nominated for and walked away with both the Continental and Regional recognition awards under the Business and Professional Services category at the Pan-African Awards... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
South African company Afro Girl has just released the multilingual Hunadi doll, which speaks speaks in 4 of South Africa's 11 official languages... Read
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AFRICA
Orange Group and MTN Group have announced a joint venture, Mowali, to facilitate mobile payments across Africa... Read
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MOZAMBIQUE
Mozambique making considerable economic and social progress, says African Development Bank Country report... Read
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ZIMBABWE
Zimnat and JCDecaux win at the Exceptional Marketing Awards with the Best Outdoor Media Advert of the Year category... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JOY-MARIE LAWRENCE
In a world of constant innovation, business leaders need to engage in curious conversations to uncover new ways to live and work and offers insight five benefits of engaging in curious conversations... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
RILIND ELEZAJ
Social media marketing is the biggest marketing opportunity that the world has ever known... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
"Tighter budgets and an increased expectation of value for money and return on investment have seen more and more South African companies looking for conference venues that offer everything that they need in one venue." Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Momentum was a word used frequently at AfricArena, a conference that showcased Africa's best startups and innovators... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
With the war for eyeballs, attention spans and airtime ongoing, the media has taken to broadly denouncing millennials in clickbait articles... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MAROEFAH SMITH
The conscious consumer is fast reshaping the retail fashion and textile landscape. Consumers demanding transparency and traceability are changing the ways retailers operate... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
At the beginning of 2018, technology concepts and concerns such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing were on the tips of everyone's tongues... Read
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EAST AFRICA
ISSUED BY ALLIANCE MEDIA
On 16 November Superbrands East Africa hosted a distinguished awards ceremony at the Serena Hotel Nairobi... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
COLIN THORNTON
On the surface of our tech-dependent lives, all appears to be wonderfully beneficial and benign... Read
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NORTH AFRICA
Fox Networks is launching a new TV streaming service in the Middle East and North Africa... Read
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GHANA
The Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) and International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Africa holds seminar for sports journalists... Read
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NORTH AFRICA
The French streaming firm Deezer partnered with the Arab world's largest record label Rotana in August to offer users a wide selection of Arabic hits... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
During this week's IBTM World trade show conference, it was emphasised how South Africa has become a leader in business events; with the announcement of its hosting of the 2019 ICCA Association Meetings Programme and launch of its new business events campaign... Read
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GLOBAL
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has published a new report that examines the challenges and hurdles of journalism innovation faced by legacy news brands and digital-born news outlets... Read
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SENEGAL
AccorHotels has signed Mövenpick Hotel Dakar in partnership with Excellenc6 Senegal Hotels & Resorts... Read
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TANZANIA
ADAM IHUCHA
Tour operators in Tanzania are losing hope over the government's delay to enforce the import duty exemptions on tourist vehicles as the clock ticks towards the onset of the high tourism season... Read
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AFRICA
ADENIYI OGUNFOWOKE
At the moment, Africa's aviation industry supports 6.8 million jobs and $72.5bn in economic activity, however, this has had little or no impact on the rates of these airlines... Read
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GHANA
The report investigates the country's retail, office and industrial markets, assessing the current barriers to and opportunities for growth within each industry... Read
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EAST AFRICA
TIMOTHY CLACK
Encompassing swathes of Ethiopia, South Sudan and Kenya, the Omo-Turkana Basin is one of the oldest landscapes in the world that is known to have been inhabited by Homo sapiens... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Africa Trade Week will be held from 23 to 25 June 2019 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LYNDY VAN DEN BARSELAAR
When it comes to searching for employment, many job seekers believe that the holidays are a bad time for this since most businesses slow or shut down over this period... Read
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NIGERIA
ALAIN ST.ANGE
Nigeria has granted a three-year tax exemption and export incentives to intending tourism investors. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Wednesday at the fourth edition of the Tourism Investors Forum and Exhibition... Read
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AFRICA
CHARLES SHEY WIYSONGE
People in sub-Saharan Africa are now living longer than ever before. A child born in the region today is expected to live up to 64 years on average... Read
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MOZAMBIQUE
Cabinet has congratulated the South African engineers involved in the historic development of the longest suspension bridge in Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
World Travel and Tourism Council gathered the CEOs and regional leaders of the top Travel & Tourism companies from across Africa, along with tourism ministers and regional experts at its inaugural Africa Leaders Forum in Stellenbosch on 22 November 2018... Read
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RWANDA
Rwandan safari camp, Bisate Lodge has been named the winner of 'Most Innovative New Venue' design in the 2018 Vision Style Awards... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JEREMIAS MOWO
For rural communities in the highlands of eastern Africa, water for domestic use is not piped. They have to collect, or use it from springs or rivers and it's accessible to anyone. Increasingly, highland communities in Tanzania and Ethiopia face challenges when it comes to water quantity and quality... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LESTER PHILANDER
Lester Philander, an award-winning entrepreneur, shares a few considerations if you're thinking of becoming an entrepreneur... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ARNOUX MARÉ
South Africa must create jobs for the many unskilled workers in the country and not the skilled workforce it wishes it had... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
To continue on the economic growth trajectory many African countries find themselves on, they need reliable, sustainable sources of energy. However, the continent finds itself trailing behind other emerging markets... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
RUDIE VERMAAK
If data-driven businesses in the digital world are to be successful, they must have an effective information strategy... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
RisCura and Africa Investor have partnered to launch Africa's first infrastructure performance index in early 2019... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JAYSON O'REILLY
The 2018 Data Threat Report from Thales and 451 Research found that only 13% of organisations will not be impacted by privacy regulations... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Technology disrupts by its very nature. This is evident in many sectors where Uber - the biggest competitor to metered taxis - does not own any vehicles. The hospitality industry has seen a shake-up with Airbnb becoming a massive competitor without owning any real estate in the hotel industry... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
There is opportunity, but it's distinctly African say delegates from the 2018 Africa Early Stage Investor Summit... Read
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