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Eleni Mourdoukoutas Turning a digital divide into dividends will require effort in Africa, but the rewards are great...read |
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An African Union high level panel on emerging technologies is to meet at #AIS2018 in Kigali, June 6-8, 2018...read | 
Danette Breitenbach With the official announcement of the integration of Y&R and Native VML comes a number of changes in Native VML's management...read | 
Duduzile Mkhwanazi Education is food for the mind. It nourishes the brain. It develops intellectual and emotional maturity. Collectively it creates innovative people who improve their economy...read |
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 | The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Ethiopian authorities to drop an incitement charge against Zone 9 blogger Atnafu Berhane... read |
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 | The Federal Government in Nigeria notified the management of MultiChoice DSTV/GOtv that their operations in Nigeria will come to an end in 2019 as their license expires June next year... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Soon after the Loeries' 40-year logo and branding refresh was announced I caught up with Nathan Reddy of specialist brand agency Grid Worldwide. He explains the importance of the 'reduce to amplify' movement and how this mindset guided the Loeries' brand refresh... read |
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 | iflix signs multi-year deal with Lego, launches dedicated channel in Africa and the Middle East... read |
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 | Federico de Nardis has been named CEO Of GroupM Sub-Saharan Africa... read |
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 | Gabriella Mulligan The Africa Tech Summit kicked off in Kigali, Rwanda, yesterday, 14 February 2018, bringing together over 250 delegates to discuss key opportunities and challenges emerging across the continent's tech space... read |
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 | Frikkie Maré Consumer requests at food outlets travel back through the value chain to the producers of the necessary raw products, which will again go through new types of processing to reach the consumer at some point in the future... read |
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 | The Committee to Protect Journalists called on the Gambian government to act on a judgment passed today by the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to immediately repeal its laws on criminal libel, sedition, and false news... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Nigerian e-library startup Panacea has launched its Android app, which allows users to rent books, search for study mates and create book clubs... read |
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 | Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega has finally been released from prison... read |
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 | Roxanne Marais Roxanne Marais unpacks why she thinks analogue values are the future for digital strategies... read |
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 | The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Ghana has concluded a safe migration information campaign... read |
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 | Safaricom has announced the launch of their streaming service in Kenya... read |
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 | Wynand Smit Email is by no means going the way of the fax machine just yet; most companies use it, and yet most don't use email very well... read |
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 | THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Anglo-Dutch consumer giant Unilever, one of the world's largest advertisers, threatened on Monday to snub digital platforms that fail to protect children or help "create division" in society... read |
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 | Thandukwazi Gcabashe Traditional vs digital PR. Is it two sides of the same coin? read |
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 | Issued By Fox Network Group Hit shows like The Gifted, The Resident and Ghosted will be joining the Fox Africa schedule... read |
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 | Carmen Murray Carmen Murray, shines a light on some of the female trailblazers bucking the digital trend in South Africa... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Kenyan startup Sokowatch, a mobile-based ordering and delivery network for small shops, has revealed plans to expand to Mombasa in the third quarter of this year... read |
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 | Issued By Vicinity Media You should be getting True Location from Vicinity Media... read |
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 | Tom Jackson The United States International University - Africa (USIU-Africa), in collaboration with Microsoft's 4Afrika Initiative, has launched Kenya's first AppFactory at the Incubation and Innovation Center (I2C) in Nairobi, aimed at improving local IT skills... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews While the advertising industry is cluttered with award shows, the Midas Awards that recognise the world's best financial advertising are ones to watch as this form of brand messaging is aimed at gaining the rarest kind of consumer trust imaginable. Here's how SA's own Cullinan agency recently proved its weight in gold... read |
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 | AfriDocs, the free streaming platform for the best documentaries in Africa is presenting the unique film project 'Colours of the Alphabet' for streaming for free for 30 days... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant South Africans are three times more likely to freelance than their global counterparts, but the freelance movement is not a millennial movement, says Brent Spilkin, also known as 'Spillly', author of What the Freelance... read |
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 | With its chosen theme, 'African Champions: Powering Competitiveness', the Africa CEO Forum 2018 aims to enable its participants to formulate action plans for the transformation of the continent's large companies... read |
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 | IoT will move beyond proof of concept and into mainstream adoption in 2018 and, as recent breaches have shown, leaders must stay up to date with this constantly changing environment... read |
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 | Ringier Africa Digital Publishing will publish New York Times journalism under its new media brand Pulse in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria... read |
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 | Burson-Marsteller Africa has strengthened its financial and investor relations offering... read |
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 | The European Commission said on Thursday that certain social media companies need to do more to fully comply with EU consumer rules, singling out in particular Facebook and Twitter... read |
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 | PARIS, France - Google launched its own "stories" format on Tuesday to compete with Snapchat and Instagram with image-driven news articles aimed at mobile phone and tablet users... read |
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 | The Gunn Report, the global index of creative excellence in advertising, has released the results of the newly launched Gunn 100 with SA in the 24th spot... read |
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 | Dagmar Haase In late January 2018, Paris seemed to be drowning... read |
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 | Rosemary Mirondo Tanzania - The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa has started an initiative to support 3.5 million small-scale farmers to sustainably transform their mode of farming to commercially viable and profitable... read |
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 | Emmanuel Ntirenganya Rwanda - A new variety of highly productive banana plants will be distributed to farmers starting next month in a bid to improve banana production and fight disease... read |
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 | Mozambique authorities last week introduced water rationing to more than a million residents in the capital Maputo due to a severe drought... read |
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 | Lara Bianchi Women form an estimated 75% of workers at production level in Kenya and have seen some positive improvements in their employment conditions and rights over the years. But it hasn't been an easy journey... read |
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 | Hilton continues to grow and develop in Egypt with the opening of the Hilton Cairo Heliopolis and by confirming plans for the debut of its luxury brand Waldorf Astoria in Egypt later this year... read |
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 | With a 7% increase in arrivals from South Africa to the paradise island of Mauritius for the year ended December 2017, it is clear that this luxurious, 5-star holiday destination remains very much in demand for local travellers. read |
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 | Jeremy Gorelick Cities around the world have been financing their long-term investment needs through municipal bonds for centuries... read |
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 | According to MTN Business, more needs to be done to connect and amplify the milestones that the provincial government, the private sector, and universities have done to build a digital city in Johannesburg... read |
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 | The Zimbabwean government has reportedly set up a committee that will spearhead the process of compensating white farmers whose farms were seized during the country's controversial land reform programme... read |
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 | Allan Seccombe For a CEO who has spurned SA and its uncertain regulatory environment, changes in the mining code of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)... read |
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 | Online shopping has never been easier or more intuitive. You're at work or laying in bed, and with a simple click of the mouse you can book a dream vacation or the latest curved smart television... read |
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 | Ethiopian Aviation Academy (EAA), has been ranked among the top World Aviation Training Centers by Aviation Voice, a global aviation news provider engaged in the ranking of global aviation training centres... read |
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 | Although the long-term underlying intention is reduce malaria in Africa, the release of genetically modified (GM) "male-sterile" mosquitoes in Burkina Faso this year by the Target Malaria research consortium has no real benefit... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Nigerian startup Thrive Agric is using a crowdfunding platform to provide farmers with the finance they need to grow their businesses and offer ordinary people the chance to invest in agriculture... read |
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 | Nelson Odume and Andrew Slaughter The African continent is disproportionately affected by extreme climate... read |
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 | A ground-breaking project which aims to build a sustainable network of international scientists and researchers to tackle vector-borne plant disease that devastates crops in sub-Saharan Africa... read |
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 | Oserian Development Corporation has come up with a raft of measures aimed at maintaining production over a long period of time without compromising on natural systems or its responsibility to workers, suppliers and the local communities... read |
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 | Visitor arrivals numbered some 11.4 million, a 10% increase over 2016, with tourists from "emerging markets" such as China and Brazil joining those from France, Spain and Germany... read |
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 | Before man-made climate change kicked in - and well before "Day Zero" in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May - the global water crisis was upon us... read |
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 | South African consumer spending showed a healthy improvement over the festive season, with retail sales volumes rising 3.8% year-on-year... read |
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 | Raphael Obonyo "To achieve food sufficiency and turn the continent into a net food exporter, Africa must empower smallholder farmers, who constitute 70% of the population and produce 80% of the food consumed in the continent." read |
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 | The government is in the process of reviewing the country's visa requirements to boost tourism and attract foreign direct investment... read |
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 | Obtala Limited announced further advancements into the West African forestry market, with the proposed acquisition of NSMS... read |
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 | Issued By Bitcoin Events Conference organisers Bitcoin Events have announced that Microsoft South Africa and IBM are the main sponsors and partners of the Blockchain Africa Conference 2018... read |
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 | African Fashion International (AFI) has rebranded its fashion week properties to AFI Cape Town Fashion Week and AFI Joburg Fashion Week. AFI Cape Town Fashion Week will take place from 21-24 March 2018. read |
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