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Lebo Madiba There is real concern at both business and individual level about how rapidly the digital technology environment is changing...read |
| | Louise Marsland iWayAfrica Uganda, appointed Godfrey Sserwamukoko as managing director and board member last year, amid significant growth in the local market and an increased uptake of communication services in Uganda...read |
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One of Namibia's top tourism brands, The Gondwana Collection, has achieved global fame for trolling Trump's missteps on Africa...read | 
Issued By Superunion 23 January 2018 saw the launch of Superunion, a next-generation global brand agency, offering clients access to a wider, more connected range of strategic and creative services...read | 
Karabo Denalane New agency models, with creativity at the core, but more agile and flexible and inclusive of a variety of talent, will ensure a creative renaissance...read |
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 | CNN has appointed an EMEA content sales lead to work with broadcast and digital partners... read |
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 | Issued By Ninety9cents Ciclope, the leading international festival that recognises and rewards exceptional craft in moving image, is hitting the shores of Cape Town this year in its first-ever Africa regional leg... read |
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 | Two new categories have been added to the fifth annual African Utility Week Industry Awards to honour excellence in energy or water journalism, as well as digitally advanced utilities... read |
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 | Hundreds protested on Thursday outside a Moroccan court in support of four journalists being tried for publishing content deemed confidential... read |
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 | Nana Yaa Ofori Atta When you default on payment of your TV license fees in Ghana, you are hauled into court. But the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation has now been ordered not to prosecute defaulters... read |
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 | Hlumelo Ndoni Hlumelo Ndoni answers the questions, what is digital influencer marketing and how can we work with digital influencers?... read |
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 | Jainita Khatri As smart technology enters our homes, cars, work and leisure time, marketers have the opportunity to innovate and reach potential customers via ever-expanding touch points... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Google recently announced its appointment of Mzamo Masito as chief marketing officer for sub-Saharan Africa... read |
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 | Uganda's most popular tabloid paper will soon be back on newsstands after senior management promised to be more "professional" and were given a presidential pardon late Tuesday... read |
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 | Data can help manage human mobility, says the Economic Commission for Africa, and deal with the challenges not only affecting African countries, but also nations in developing regions... read |
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 | Issued By Bizcommunity.com Find out how to invest in your company's presence on the biggest multi-industry B2B news website in Africa and attract more interest from 328,000 decision-maker audiences across 18 industry sectors... read |
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 | Andy Walker Not content with just feeding you awkward revelations you wish your family had kept to themselves, Facebook now wants to toy with your time. Literally... read |
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 | Thandukwazi Gcabashe In the wake of the H&M debacle, Thandukwazi Gcabashe comments on the critical role PR plays in making sure marketing campaigns have gone through a reputational lens before being launched... read |
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 | Lee Naik Many would say that in this age of exponential technology acceleration, a start-of-the-year tech trends report is rapidly becoming an exercise in futility. But don't believe them... read |
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 | South African film Revolting Rhymes was nominated for an Oscar in the category, Best Animated Short Film, at this year's awards... read |
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 | Tom Jackson There is much debate amongst entrepreneurs, investors and other stakeholders as to what African startup ecosystem is "biggest" or "best", and why. read |
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 | A new journalists' network in Sierra Leone aims to strengthen information flows and accountability around the health sector in the country... read |
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 | Zimbabwe-raised teen is the talk of The Voice UK, along with his dancing granma who owned social media after the performance of Donel Mangena... read |
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 | New ideas are needed to future-proof Africa against its biggest challenges and technology is the power that can assist... read |
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 | From being one of the biggest football icons in the 1990s, to becoming the president of Liberia in 2018, George Weah made history when he was sworn in as the president of Liberia on Monday, 22 January 2018... read |
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 | The market research company, Euromonitor International revealed the top 10 global consumer trends for 2018... read |
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 | Issued By Kantar TNS Research agency Kantar TNS and Qualtrics, a leader in experience management, have announced a global partnership to help organisations put customers at the heart of their business... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Partech Ventures has announced the launch of its Partech Africa fund, which has secured over €57 million ($70 million) toward its target size of €100 million ($122 million)... read |
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 | Laura Owings Rawden Marketing is all about crafting the right message for your audience. And since the dawn of the Mad Men age, there's been no limit to how we do that - until now... read |
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 | Natalie Pool If nothing else, Twitter has long since been defined by its ruthless 140-character count. It forced us to choose our words carefully. It challenged us to get the point. It reimagined short stories. It captivated our diminishing attention spans in a way that Facebook, TV, teachers and even news bulletins couldn't... read |
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 | Samantha Wright Influencer. The dirty word of 2017. It's interesting how the landscape shifts so quickly and in such a short period of time... read |
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 | Caroline Currie How many times do you go to the shop for only one item and land up buying a number of products? The in-store experience is a valuable opportunity for retailers to build brand loyalty... read |
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 | Paula Raubenheimer The recent advances in data analytics and machine learning will see a huge shift in how we use data in 2018... read |
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 | Barry Louzada E-sports in the last two years has exploded onto the South African scene with not much in the way of any sort of understanding of how to get involved. The biggest question is, where is this going to go in 2018 and onwards? read |
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 | Lynette Hundermark Before we can start talking about any trends, marketers need to be aware of the fact that mobile starts with an understanding of how fiercely personal this device is, it has become more of an appendage than a device... read |
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 | Colin Thornton As more of our devices become synced and begin to communicate with each other, connectivity will soon take on an entirely new meaning... read |
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 | Pan African Re/Insurance firm Continental Re has announced prizes for finalists of the 2018 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards... read |
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 | Kenyan bloggers have partnered up to launch a Kenyan technology podcast with the aim of growing the podcast landscape in Kenya and bringing it mainstream... read |
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 | Muthoki Mumo and Jonathan Rozen Ethiopia's use of imprisonment, harassment, and surveillance means that the country continues to be a hostile environment for journalists... read |
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 | BEIJING, China - Chinese authorities have ordered a major social media platform to curb "harmful content" more effectively as they intensify oversight of online expression -- even taking aim at rap music, crude cartoons, dirty jokes and celebrity gossip... read |
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 | The One Club for Creativity has announced the launch of The One Show Mobile-First Video Advertising category, sponsored by Facebook... read |
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 | LONDON, UK: Britain's competition regulator provisionally ruled Tuesday that a planned takeover of pan-European satellite TV giant Sky by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox entertainment group was "not in the public interest"... read |
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 | Alcoholic drinks giant, Pernod Ricard, has joined the war on plastic by declaring that it will no longer use non-biodegradable plastic straws and stirrers... read |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook announced it will ask its two billion users to rank their trust in news sources, in its latest attempt to combat the spread of misinformation on the social network... read |
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 | MANILA - Philippine journalists took to the streets Friday in support of a news website facing state-enforced closure, accusing President Rodrigo Duterte of trampling on press freedom... read |
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 | LUANDA - Angolan President Joao Lourenco was elected five months ago promising an "economic miracle"... read |
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 | The African aviation development conference, AviaDev, will take place in Cape Town in June 2018. The event, which is dedicated to advancing Africa's connectivity across the continent, is expecting 250-300 delegates and 30 airlines... read |
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 | Resolve, an Imperial Logistics company, has delivered a solar energy solution in Malawi that aims to ensure patients at hospitals are not compromised by power outages... read |
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 | The MyDawa solution is beneficial to consumers as they gain the advantage of having increased transparency, convenience and affordability. In addition, it ensures better pharmacovigilance as it tackles the issue of... read |
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 | Livingstone Marufu Zimbabwe's largest foreign currency earner is under threat after main international buyers resolved not to accept tobacco cured using coal, citing environmental concerns. read |
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 | Tom Jackson Nigeria-based non-cash remittance platform SureRemit has raised $7 million via an initial coin offering (ICO) to roll out its digital voucher system that makes payments easier and cheaper... read |
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 | Mark Allix PPC says it has finalised a capital-repayment moratorium with funders of its new plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), improving liquidity... read |
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 | Thierry Delvaux will be succeeding Alan Robertson as CEO of JLL's Middle East and Africa (MEA) business, effective 4 March... read |
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 | Jónas Oddur Jónasson They say timing is everything. And in sub-Saharan Africa, where roughly a third of untreated HIV infected babies die before they reach the age of one, a timely diagnosis is everything... read |
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 | Mondelez International is contributing $5m over five years to the GCFRP, which aims to significantly reduce the high rate of deforestation and forest degradation, as well as their associated greenhouse carbon emissions, from cocoa farming... read |
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 | Ian Scoones Agriculture is taking centre stage in plans for the revival of Zimbabwe's ailing economy. What are the top priorities for agriculture, and what can be learnt from the challenges faced since the land reform? read |
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 | The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe has begun working toward a greater spread of arrival times to limit peak congestion for passenger handling... read |
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 | Dickson Amugsi and Blessing Mberu Nairobi's new governor, Mike Sonko, has promised to rid Nairobi of its mountains of trash... read |
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 | Tom Jackson South African startup Airbuy has rolled out its alternative payment gateway that allows e-commerce sites to accept payments without their customers exposing their banking details... read |
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 | Delegates will be uniting at the East Africa Energy and Infrastructure Summit, in Kampala this February, to discuss what is needed to unlock investment in energy and infrastructure for regional growth... read |
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 | The University of Ibadan Business School, the N250 million tertiary institute currently under construction in Nigeria and funded by the Aliko Dangote Foundation, will soon be ready, says entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote... read |
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 | Volkswagen SA (VWSA) has launched a subsidiary company in Rwanda to build cars and provide the country with transport services such as car-sharing and Uber-style ride-hailing... read |
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 | As of 8 March 2017, Mango Airlines will be increasing its flights to the island of Zanzibar. This will enable seamless connections from other South African cities such as Cape Town and Durban... read |
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 | Josephine Wawira According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, Africa reached a record of 62 million international arrivals translating to a growth of 8%, which supersedes that of the international number of... read |
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 | Oz Desai While many parts of the world grapple with conversations around closing borders, there are murmurs of the opposite in Africa, a region renowned for its lack of visa openness and one that could see prosperity and growth if the barriers to travel were consciously broken down... read |
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 | Heather Ohly, Nicola Lowe Micronutrient deficiencies, also known as hidden hunger, occurs when there is a lack of essential vitamins and minerals in a person's diet. Supplementation and food fortification has long been used around the world to alleviate micronutrient deficiencies... read |
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 | The 2018 Women In Energy Conference, an interactive side event of the African Energy Indaba, aims to provide a platform for advancing and promoting talented women within the energy sector... read |
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 | As demand for batteries drives a surge in the price of cobalt, the Democratic Republic of Congo is gearing up to overhaul its mining regulations to harvest more profit from the coveted metal... read |
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Michelle Obama "Just try new things. Don't be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?" Jim Carrey "Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them." William Blake "No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." |
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