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JULIUS T. NGANJI AND LYNN COCKBURN The Conversation Africa examined how various groups - including the government, Anglophone activists, media organisations and citizens - used social media to report on growing unrest in Cameroon... |
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 | The Namibian and 14 media organisations around the world have partnered with Forbidden Stories - to combat the deliberate silencing of journalists in various parts of the world... Read |
 | Infront Media seizes six-year Olympics TV rights agreement in sub-Saharan Africa... Read |
 | HiPipo is the organiser of the annual Digital Impact Awards Africa which will take place on 20 September 2019 at the Kampala Serena, Uganda... Read |
 | The 66th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity continued on 18 June, with the 2019 Cannes Entertainment Lions, Entertainment for Music Lions and Entertainment for Sport Lions announced during the Entertainment award track ceremony and SA bringing home two Bronze Lions... Read |
 | ZUBEIDA GOOLAM With the continued increase of the prosumer, many brands are struggling to control messaging around who they are and what they offer. By having a savvy social media strategy, a brand is able to better communicate with and understand who their audience is, what it is they want and how to engage with them positively, while still building resonance... Read |
 | The Manufacturing Indaba will host esteemed economists, policymakers, academics and industrialists who together, can carve out a regional and international strategy to explore Africa's untapped potential in its manufacturing sector... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is officially underway, with awards being announced nightly from 17 to 21 June 2019. But keep your eyes peeled until the end, as The Glass Lion for Change, announced in the final ceremony of the week, is one of the most hotly contested awards - here's why we're hoping to see Caster Semenya and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka shine... Read |
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 | MOSOKA FALLAH More than 2,000 cases of Ebola have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last August. Now, despite authorities' efforts - such as screening millions of travellers moving between the DRC and its neighbours - the disease has spread... Read |
 | Africa's first utility-scale, private-sector funded floating solar project is continuing in the Seychelles on to its next implementation phase... Read |
 | PAUL GROTA In a 2015 report, McKinsey estimated that if every country in Africa had to build to meet their current electricity demand, the region would require about $490bn of capital for new generating capacity - and a further $345bn for transmission and distribution infrastructure... Read |
 | IBM announced the expansion of its' quantum computing efforts to Africa in a new collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand... Read |
 | MICHAEL VON MASSOW AND MITCHELL GINGERICH Dairy proteins may be the next product to be mass produced in labs, for use in fluid "milk" production and processed dairy products like yogurt and cheese... Read |
 | New research identifies simplified access to technology as missing piece of the puzzle; companies that put it in place can drive greater engagement, productivity and business results... Read |
 | "Wi-Fi networks across commercial, government and communities, have continued to grow at a rapid pace across the continent." Read |
 | A recent report reveals that 40% of South African consumers would give up their social media accounts to guarantee their data remains private for the rest of their life... Read |
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