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| ZIFF and DISCOP Zanzibar add TV series festival to the category line-up...read |
| | Louise Marsland The global chief marketing officer for Patrón Spirits International, Lee Applbaum, talks about how to deliver creative and beautiful marketing...read |
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The APO Group has launched the first print monitoring service for press releases distributed in Africa, after the APO Innovation Lab designed a cutting-edge print monitoring system for press releases distributed across Africa...read | 
Issued By Provantage Media Group Leading out-of-home company Provantage Media Group has acquired a majority stake in Global Outdoor Systems, a leading African billboard company with a footprint in a large number of African markets...read | 
Jessica Tennant Google SA hosted a media event earlier this week to bring media practitioners across Africa up to speed on the latest technological advancements in the digital advertising space, focusing on Google Ads in particular...read |
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 | The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Ethiopian government's attempts to compel Ethiopian journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega to sign a false confession before releasing him... read |
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 | Josephine Wawira Travellers' resolve and ability to purchase services on the move has increased the reliance on mobile devices, thus giving service providers who invest in easy-to-use apps a rising edge... read |
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 | Andy Walker Expect to see more options when picking out the perfect emoji to accompany your messages this year... read |
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 | Rainmaker's Vista.360 virtual tours were viewed by more than three million potential guests focused on Namibia as a destination in December 2017... read |
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 | Bradley Elliott While a variety of popular apps such as Apple Siri, Google Now, Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana promise to enhance people's lifestyles, few will have more impact on consumer behaviour than personal finance assistants... read |
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 | Africanews has launched 'Inspire Middle East' for its African and European audiences... read |
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 | The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Egyptian authorities to ensure that the public has easy access to a full range of news and information sources in the lead-up to presidential elections scheduled for next month... read |
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 | Carmen Murray With the hype around the fourth industrial revolution, AI, robotics and what this means for our careers, Carmen Murray, articulates how this impacts the future of work... read |
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 | Marc Hasenfuss Enduring empowerment company Brimstone Investment Corporation has confirmed the sale of R387m worth of shares in food brands conglomerate Tiger Brands... read |
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 | Tom Jackson The recently-launched iRise hub has opened applications for its first incubation programme, which aims to mentor and support local entrepreneurs to help create sustainable and scalable businesses in Somalia... read |
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 | Gil Sperling Time to dismantle the traditional advertising complex and implement initiatives that drive exponential growth... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach Wowing the world with what Africa has to offer. That is the purpose of Meetings Africa... read |
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 | Companies like Google, Facebook, SEC2Africa and Oradian are identifying what could be the missing links in the digital ecosystem: knowledge transfer and face-to-face interaction... read |
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 | On-demand software development company, Devcenter, recently released the data from its survey to Nigerian developers in the tech ecosystem... [INFOGRAPHIC] read |
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 | Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, the CEO of the New Partnership for Africa's Development Agency (NEPAD), was interviewed by Africa Renewal on the latest socioeconomic developments on the continent... read |
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 | Ammaar Sukhadia Ride-hailing company Taxify has partnered up with food delivery business OrderIn, and are set to compete with the likes of Mr D and UberEats... read |
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 | Paula Sartini In the highly competitive business landscape where social media and customer experience are adding complexity to a global landscape, marketing needs to evolve... read |
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 | Facebook today announced a number of partnerships across Africa to explore ways to make the internet safer for all... read |
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 | The Absolut African Art Intervention is continuing in its mission to change how the world views African creativity... read |
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 | Cameron Beveridge As the Fourth Industrial Revolution disrupts every facet of our lives, business leaders and HR practitioners face a challenging but exciting time... read |
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 | Antony Bourne When you think 'IoT', is your first thought newly affordable, available sensors being added to products after they've been manufactured? If it is, well I believe 2018 will change that... read |
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 | Nick Malleson and Alison Heppenstall Huge quantities of networked sensors have appeared in cities across the world in recent years. These include cameras and sensors that count the number of passers-by, devices to sense air quality, traffic flow detectors, and even beehive monitors... read |
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 | Sandra Steenkamp When economies are under pressure, brand owners must work hard to preserve their coveted customer loyalty and sales... read |
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 | Daniel Dercksen "The Wound was born out of a desire to push back against clichéd stereotypes of black masculinity perpetuated inside and outside of African cinema," says writer-director John Trengrove... read |
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 | Sudanese authorities should immediately release al-Jarida reporter Ahmed Jadein, cease confiscating newspapers, and allow journalists to report on matters of public interest without fear of reprisal... read |
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 | UN-AU leaders sign framework for Implementation of Agenda 2063 and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Johannesburg-based strategic communications consultancy F/NE, with its reach into Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia and Zimbabwe, recently partnered with GlobalHealthPR (GHPR), the world's largest independent health and science communications agency partnership, in order to expand the network's presence and capabilities in Africa... read |
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 | Privately-run newspapers and radio and TV channels in Niger protested last week over a tax audit that they said sought to "stifle" the country's independent media... read |
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 | US online giant Amazon on Thursday unveiled plans to launch grocery delivery to a number of US cities for its Prime subscribers using its recently acquired Whole Foods supermarket chain... read |
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 | Walt Disney Co.'s deal for much of the film and television assets of 21st Century Fox could help remake the streaming platform Hulu a legitimate rival to Netflix... read |
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 | According to a new Inma report, news media companies are discovering the emerging value of content to create data-infused reader-based business models that are impacting corporate cultures and audience relationships... read |
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 | YouTube began labeling news broadcasts that get government money as it vowed to be stricter about content at the globally popular online video-sharing service... read |
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 | There's no place to hide. From state capture to large-scale corruption and wrong-doing, the sordid underbelly of corporate South Africa has been exposed and found wanting when it comes to good governance and ethics... read |
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 | Laura B Alvarez Worldwide population growth and mass migrations are putting the infrastructure of many cities under strain... read |
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 | "Maintaining food production and rebuilding agriculture is fundamental to preventing loss of life from severe hunger and to provide a pathway towards resilience in the midst of humanitarian crises." read |
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 | The Joint Association Members Meetings Sessions (Jamms) recently convened to give concerned tourism businesses and individuals the chance to ask questions about the current state of the drought in the Western Cape... read |
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 | Nuusita Ashipala "According to the data that was collected from pheromone traps on the number of Fall armyworm (FAW) moths, FAW is still around and as soon as the host plants are available the moths will start producing egg masses on the plant leaves..." read |
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 | Lusanda Raphulu The world of work is evolving, and future-conscious organisations need to be aware of the business implications associated with automation and robotics. A fundamental consideration is how such changes disrupt and affect the world of work and long-standing traditions about the role human beings play in it... read |
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 | Brett St Clair Digital transformation continues to grow with a predicted spend of $1.7 globally by 2019, a massive 42% increase on 2017 spend (IDC 2017). It is a given that cloud computing services will gain a phenomenal market share in Africa this year... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Agriculture is big business in Africa. The sector employs 65 per cent of the continent's labour force, and accounts for 32 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), according to the World Bank. read |
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 | "The temporary ban was a wake-up call for the exporters with the ban having been imposed to stop exporters shipping out immature crop because of high demand in the world market." read |
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 | Ariong Moses In countries around the world, farming households are facing the wrath of unpredictable climate patterns... especially in Africa where vulnerability is high... read |
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 | Turner & Townsend Kenya is set to merge with Nairobi-based project management firm Mentor Management Limited (MML)... read |
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 | Njiraini Muchira While Kenya has identified the leather industry as among those to push its manufacturing sector, it is struggling to stem export and smuggling of raw hides and skins... read |
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 | UN Women has named renowned activist Jaha Dukureh of The Gambia as a regional goodwill ambassador for the organisation... read |
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 | With the opening of Protea Hotel by Marriott Constantine, Algeria, the company has announced its expansion into North Africa... read |
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 | On 1 February 2018, Jumia Travel celebrated the second edition of the Nigeria Travel Awards, which celebrated hoteliers, airlines and travel websites for their contributions to the success of the travel, hospitality and tourism industries in 2017... read |
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 | Located along Ngong Road, DoubleTree by Hilton Nairobi Hurlingham opens as the first DoubleTree branded property in Kenya... read |
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 | Due to a decline in agricultural water usage, Day Zero has been pushed back to mid-May 2018. Agricultural usage is likely to drop significantly over the next weeks... read |
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 | "The future of agriculture depends on the management of climate change. There is a need for national investments that are targeted at efforts that address the threats to food and nutrition security within the context of the changing climate." read |
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 | Donor nations announced on Saturday, 3 February, $2.3bn in funding to support education in developing countries, following an international meeting in the Senegalese capital Dakar... read |
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 | At the end of 2016, Africa had proven natural gas reserves of 503.3 Tcf (trillion cubic feet), indicating an increase of around 1% in total gas reserves on the continent... read |
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Buddha "Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life." Jack Kerouac "All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together." William S. Burroughs "Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer." Daniel Day-Lewis "At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve." |
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