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Welcome to the Year of Artificial IntelligenceA very Happy New Year to all our readers of Bizcommunity.com's daily and weekly Africa newsletters! Today, 8 January 2018, also marks the annual launch of our industry trends: BizTrends2018. January is Trends Month on Bizcommunity.com, and we will be featuring trend predictions for 2018 from expert contributors in the media and marketing industries from around South Africa, Africa and abroad. Africa features strongly in trend predictions as the continent is experiencing a technological boom, which, coupled with its growing middle class and youth population, creates interesting dynamics for growth for global brands on the continent. Artificial intelligence is a recurring theme and disruption continues to be a key motivator for everyone involved in the creative industries. We hope our trends will give you hope for the future and help you decode what lies ahead to the benefit of your business. Click through to the BizTrends2018 special section for ease of reference. Happy trend-hunting! Louise Marsland
Africa Editor: Bizcommunity.comComment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | |  | Top trends |
Dion Chang In many ways 2017 was the watershed year for being 'woke': politically, economically, socially and culturally. Technology has for many years been the primary disruptor of business, but a socio-cultural wave will hit businesses in 2018. Brace yourselves for a year of dual disruption...read |
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Ailsa Wingfield Africa has become a continent of catchphrases, be it 'Africa rising', 'untapped middle class', 'e-commerce explosion', 'leapfrogging technology' or 'brand loyalists', the list is endless... but what do they mean in a real-world context...?read |
| |  | Nunu Ntshingila By 2020, more people will have mobile phones than running water or electricity at home. And for the first time in history, more people will be connected to the internet than not... read | |  | It's a world of changing consumer dynamics - one in which companies' ability to flow with trends has become key... read | |  | Gabriella Mulligan Disrupt Africa's annual list of the innovative African startups that will be making an impact in the year to come... read | |  | The media landscape for journalists and other media workers remains grim in many parts of Africa, with targeted killings and continued attacks on freedom of speech... read | |  | Gustav Goosen Truly understanding your customer... and other complexities we can expect in 2018... read | |  | Dave Nemeth In order for businesses to strive and even survive in many instances, it is vital that they take on a 'human-centered' approach to every aspect of their business and invest more time and effort on truly trying to understand their customers... read | |  | Diane Gantz The insights industry is transforming in order to remain relevant in a new fast-moving world where consumers have easy access to endless choices... read | |  | Graham Deneys Going into 2018, we need to give the word disruption the respect it deserves... read | |  | Tom Jackson The United Nations (UN) has announced the opening of its African Technology Innovation Lab (UNTIL) in Egypt, in line with its framework to deploy a global network of such labs. read | |  | Somali authorities should immediately release Abdishakur Abdullahi Ahmed, also known as Shaasha, who works as a correspondent for the Nairobi-based RTN Somali TV channel ... read | |  | Tom Jackson Nigerian startup Commissions.ng is enabling users to start businesses selling products and services in return for commission... read | |  | Gabriella Mulligan Entrepreneurs across Africa are rolling out apps catering to every aspect of life, and no self-respecting tech startup doesn't have a responsive website - right? read | |  | An online radio station catering for the LGBT community, believed to be the first of its kind in the Arab world, started broadcasting in Tunisia on Monday... read | |  | Ahmed Abba to be freed after Cameroonian Court reduces sentence on appeal... read | |  | In a partnership with internet providers, Facebook has helped improve internet accessibility in Nigeria's economic capital, Lagos... read | |  | Now available to over one billion consumers across 24 territories throughout Asia, the Middle East and Africa, iflix celebrates 10 million minutes streamed in 2017 with a new campaign... read | |  | As part of a social responsibility campaign, Namibia's Debmarine embarked upon a long road safety awareness campaign to promote and inculcate road-safety consciousness in Namibia... read | |  | The Ethiopian government has partially blocked internet access in the country following the spread of violence across the country... read | |  | Julius Barigaba Businesses within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) could save up to $450 million in clearance documentation once the bloc adopts blockchain technology... read | |  | A New Year message from the chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, urges that 2018 be the year to stamp out corruption on the continent to transform Africa... read | |  | Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi reiterated his intent on bringing Africa closer together at Africa 2017 Forum, last month, both politically and economically... read | |  | Tom Jackson Nigerian startup DoingSoon has launched its event discovery and ticketing platform, aimed at helping organisers to promote their events without spending money on marketing or wasting unnecessary time on social media... read | |  | Rwandan authorities bar journalist from travel to the UN Internet Governance Forum... read | |  | Umayrah Ramjan The federal government rolled out the Digital Switch Over (DSO) in Ilorin, Kwara State, to enable Nigerians to benefit from the digital in broadcasting... read | |  | Tom Jackson Applications have opened for the Unreasonable East Africa accelerator programme, which claims to give an "unreasonable advantage" to entrepreneurs creating solutions to the region's biggest social and environmental problems... read | |  | Gabriella Mulligan We're into a new year, and it's time to get to work. But what does 2018 have in store for us? read | | | |  | Calestous Juma African countries are forging ahead to complete negotiations for a continental free trade area between 55 countries by early next year... read | |  | Esther Ndumi Ngumbi Though the 2017 rise in food insecurity is disheartening, some African countries have made progress over the last decade. And there were some initiatives that deserve a special mention for the precedents they set... read | |  | Victor Kiprop Toyota brand enthusiasts in East Africa may soon have an option to acquire electric versions of their favourite car models, after the Japanese multinational announced plans to have an electric or hybrid version of each of its models by 2025... read | |  | Barnabas Bii and Stanley Kimuge The country is staring at a food shortage following declined maize and wheat production in the North Rift region - the country's grain basket - this season, caused by disease outbreaks and erratic weather... read | |  | Emmanuel Ntirenganya Rwanda seeks to enhance poultry meat production from 30,000 tonnes per year as of 2016, to 100,000 tonnes within the next five years... read | |  | Bram Posthumus The shops in Mali are full of imported goods from Europe, the Middle East and Asia. This, Mali's captains of industry maintain, is not necessary... read | | | | Henry Ward Beecher "The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy." |
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