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LEIGH ANDREWS
The likes of Black Panther have turned the concept of Wakanda from a dream to reality for superhero fans across the continent, but that's only the starting point of African creativity. Malenga Mulendema has taken this further in Mama K's Team 4, Netflix' first original African animated series... read
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NIGERIA
MTN Nigeria has announced that it has received approval to list on the Premium Board of The Nigerian Stock Exchange... Read
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MALI
Lenali integrates local languages such as Bambara, Soninke, Songhai, Mooré and Wolof, as well as French, making the app accessible to people without formal education... Read
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NORTH AFRICA
Yalla Yalla is a brand-new Dubai-based film and television company which will target the Arabic entertainment sector with new content in the MENA region... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
CHRIS BOTHA
How are leaders in our industry chosen? Often, the position goes to someone who is 'likeable' and a natural 'people's person'. Oh, and often very good at their job. But is that the real qualities that we need in a leader? I don't think so... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The Marketing Association of South Africa (Masa) and the Marketing Research Foundation (MRF) have announced that Maps, the products and brands replacement survey for Amps, will officially start collecting consumer insights from July 2019... Read
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Instagram has launched a @shop account, essentially a curation of posts from online merchants that sell products through the image-sharing app. Read
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AFRICA
The International Air Transport Association has announced its global passenger traffic results for March 2019 showing that demand rose by 3.1%, compared to the same month a year ago... Read
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AFRICA
Radisson Blu has for a second year in a row, secured the leading position as the hotel brand with the most hotels under development and the most hotel deals in its pipeline in Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MIKE HIGLEY
Marshall McLuhan is better known for creating the term 'global village', a description that describes how borders have effectively disappeared... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH KÖHLER
We can't ignore the impact of AI (artificial intelligence) on investments any longer. AI is here to stay, and brings with it a whole new way of doing business. The World Economic Forum 2019 was dominated by AI, and our industry has not been left unaffected... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
First launched in South Africa in 2017, Mastercard's inquiry-based STEM programme Girls4Tech has so far reached more than 400,000 girls (ages 8-12) in 25 countries... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Applications are open for start-ups interested in participating in a four-month high-impact business accelerator programme, run by the British Council in partnership with Seed Academy and the Social Enterprise Academy... Read
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