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 | Louise Marsland How do you convince your colleagues in government to embrace citizen needs first and deliver excellent customer service and experience to citizens, meeting service delivery needs and solving their problems? read |
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 | Hate speech will no longer be tolerated in Nigeria, said acting-president Yemi Osinbajo, declaring it “an act of terrorism”... read |
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 | Authorities in Kenya should credibly investigate incidents of harassment against journalists covering the aftermath of August 8's disputed elections... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Pum Lefebure, co-founder and CCO of Design Army, based in Washington DC was the last speaker of the day at the DStv Seminar of Creativity, where she explained how marketing is a lot like dating, and how similarly falling in love with a brand goes from flirting to romance to seduction... read | |  | Juanita Pienaar BSSP's Keith Cartwright shares five disciplines at the Dstv Seminar of Creativity that has crafted his mind and gave him focus. Here we look at the last three... read | |  | Jessica Tennant First up at today's DStv Seminar of Creativity was Facebook's head Creative Shop: MEA, Weera Saad, who spoke about how things have changed over time and how we need to change to ride this new wave that's arrived. “It's a brave new world, the big wave is here and it's perfect, and it's staring you in the face.” We need to surf it, she said... read | |
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 | WFP begins food distributions for thousands displaced by conflict in Kasai Region of DRC... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Last week was a big week for Ugandan fintech startup Numida, as it was declared winner of the Kampala leg of the Seedstars World competition... read |
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 | Limited capacity, investment and collaboration are among the challenges facing data communities working towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Africa's Agenda 2063... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg It's often agreed that the trickiest part of the supply chain is not the sourcing, but getting the product to the consumer... read |
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 | Gabriella Mulligan Malawian online recruitment startup Myjobo.com has moved into a commercial push phase... read |
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 | Public Vine's cloud-based software gives creators and broadcasters their own platform to promote their content... read |
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 | Mike Saunders Mike Saunders writes that using the right market intelligence platforms will drive the successful implementation of your future artificial intelligence programmes... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews If all you do is talk about customer experience or CX in your silos, chances are your brand will be left in the dust. Here's why you need to cut the red tape and take the plunge, straight from the opening panel of CEM Africa 2017... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Chantel Botha of BrandLove shares why you need to trust your employees to run with their own ideas of the best possible customer experience they can offer at the first day of CEM Africa 2017. read |
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 | Leigh Andrews CEM Africa attendees were presented with a choice of workshops to attend throughout the two-day summit. Here's why I'm glad I went with the session by James McDonald, solution consultant at Adobe, on how to be an experience-driven business... read |
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 | BBC News broadcasts a week of special programming on Africa's rising population... read |
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 | Juanita Pienaar MultiChoice won four out of the six awards awarded at the first-ever CXA Awards held at the Century City Convention Centre in Cape Town last night... read |
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 | In an African first, AfriDocs Anytime is now available as a free streaming platform on www.afridocs.net with a catalogue that includes nearly 40 films available for viewing at any time... read |
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 | Tanzania Women of Achievement (TWA) launches Twaa - a mentorship and learning on the go platform for girls and women in Africa.... read |
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 | Authorities in Puntland should unconditionally and immediately release journalist Omar Saeed Mohammed, the Committee to Protect Journalists said this week... read |
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 | A new Angolan beverage plant has been approved for development... read |
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 | AGOA should support industrialisation and regional value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa... read |
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 | Fifteen emerging young African entrepreneurs will put their talent to work on the continent after being chosen as finalists in the Anzisha Prize 2017... read |
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 | Expanding into Africa, Vuma Reputation Management has signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) with four African communications agencies... read |
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 | There will be around 1.4-billion 5G connections by 2025, an increase from just 1 million in 2019, the anticipated first year of commercial launch... read |
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 | Peter Alkema Cold, hard cash has been on the decline in mature first world economies since the 1990s when electronic banking started becoming popular. read |
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 | Leigh Andrews In this exclusive Loeries-slash-women's-month interview, Loeries 2017 regional judge Chrisna Basson, head of strategy at Weathermen & Co in Namibia, shares that a more inclusive world won't happen by itself... read | |
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 | Migrants can now send money to prominent mobile wallets in Uganda after TerraPay receives approval to launch international mobile money transfers to Uganda... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach The success of South African agencies in Cannes recently is a reflection of the big talent in the country. Taking this talent and the size of the agencies into account and adding the knowledge and professionalism of South African agencies, it would be logical for the country to be a hub for the rest of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa... read |
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 | Adam Howatson Consumers are increasingly putting business ethics at the top of their list of considerations when spending their money, which means brands need to work harder to convince consumers that they are worthy... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Ever wondered if your experiences in the mobile ad-tech space are markedly different from those of females from the other end of the globe? Wonder no more... read | |
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 | Issued by Weathermen & Co Namibian ad agency Weathermen & Co Advertising, a subsidiary of the Ohlthaver & List Group and The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town, has won a five-way pitch for the ad account of mobile telecommunications provider, Mobile Telecommunications Limited... read |
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 | Issued by Ninety9cents Natasha Omokhodion-Banda, 99c's newly appointed MD of the Lusaka office, will be responsible for heading up the agency's operations, and ultimately, growing the agency into broader Africa... read |
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 | NEW YORK - US media group News Corp on Thursday reported a loss in the past quarter, hit by declines in advertising and writedowns at its global newspapers... read |
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 | How quickly and effectively marketers respond and adapt to ongoing consumer feedback has become a new determinant of brand performance, reports the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council in a survey report... read |
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 | Howard Blight When it comes to training and agri-education, technology is the perfect catalyst. Just as progress is being made in farming techniques, so is the use of similar advances to drive skills and education... read |
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 | Moraa Obiria As climate change worsens drought and erratic rainfall, competition for water and grazing is growing, stoking rivalry and theft between livestock herders. But an unusual kind of livestock is helping: bees... read |
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 | Tom Jackson South African aerial data analytics specialist Aerobotics has secured R8-million ($602,000) in seed funding from Cape Town-based based VC firm 4Di and Kenya's Savannah Fund... read |
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 | Josephine B. Smit The use of food crops by elephants threatens the livelihoods, food security and well-being of rural communities. Elephant forays into farmland sometimes results in... read |
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 | Robyn Gray How do you restore work-life balance to encourage happy, healthy and motivated employees... read |
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 | Celebrating two years of hospitality success, the five-star hotel and conferencing destination, Umodzi Park continues to make strides in Malawian tourism and the economy at large... read |
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 | With strong indications that women entrepreneurs are on the rise, the World Travel Market Africa team have announced the addition of the Women in Travel Meetup to its 2018 programme... read |
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 | Allan Olingo Taxify, which launched in Nairobi last year, is banking on the Chinese giant Didi's technical expertise to tackle Uber, which has a footprint in a number of African cities... read |
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 | “This won't be any old cruise terminal, it will be a new and iconic structure in Durban, with international-class cruise facilities that link up with existing tourist attractions...” read |
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 | Private companies are not immune to the risk of becoming involved in allegations of bribery and dishonest dealings, as can be seen from recent scandals and accusations. Therefore, they must adequately prevent such reputational damage... read |
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 | As sub-Saharan Africa's climate changes, small-scale farmers are increasingly looking to innovative ways of dealing with challenges. Here are three novel ways African farmers are using adaptive strategies to thrive... read |
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 | Bayo Amodu and Ruth Tene Natsa Nigeria will be saving about N300bn it spends annually on importation of rice as local production of the commodity has now reached 15 million metric tonnes... read |
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 | Vanessa Rogers Members of the southern African hospitality industry are rapidly joining the green revolution and its not for show or Google ranking - there are savings to be had and natural vistas to preserve... read |
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 | WDB Investment Holdings has increased its stake in Seed Engine (incorporating Seed Academy and the WDB Seed Fund) from 35% to 51%, making Seed Engine a 51% black women-owned company... read |
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 | Allan Olingo African airlines have registered the fastest growth in freight volumes in seven years in the first half of this year, buoyed by strong trade lines between the continent and Asia... read |
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 | AP Moller Holding, together with PKA, PensionDanmark and Lægernes Pension, has launched a new infrastructure fund with a focus on Africa. The fund has received commitments of $550m from anchor investors... read |
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 | Kanyiva Muindi and Blessing Mberu Air pollution is a visible problem in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. The city's poor air quality is evident in its congested streets... read |
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 | Influential women from across Africa shared their findings on land policy initiatives, including women's rights to own land... read |
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 | African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and its mining partner, Brazil's Vale, have extricated themselves from an expensive investment in the Lubambe copper mine in Zambia... read |
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 | Youtap has launched a QR code solution and smartphone apps for mobile money services in Africa and Asia... read |
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 | Nigerian artist, Peju Alatise, has been announced as the 2017 recipient of the highly coveted FNB Art Prize at the media launch of the 10th instalment of the FNB JoburgArtFair. read |
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 | A range of South Africa's leisure tourism attractions are showcased in the Nollywood blockbuster, 10 Days in Sun City - a shining example of how entertainment and tourism can converge... read |
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