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| The deadline has been extended for international festival of craft awards, Ciclope Africa, held in Africa for the first time ever...read |
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Gil Sperling Gil Sperling writes that marketers need a fundamental shift in outlook to remain relevant...read | 
Economic recovery in Nigeria and South Africa, two of Africa's biggest markets for smartphones, is expected to have a positive impact on consumer confidence and sales...read |
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 | Sam Otieno Freedom of the press in Kenya is facing its biggest challenge since independence, with government censorship on the rise both during and since last year's general election... read |
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 | Issued By Nielsen The latest West Africa Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) figures released by Nielsen for Quarter 4, 2017, show a marked increase and continued positive performance for both Nigeria and Ghana... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg The proliferation of e-commerce essentially means that retailers are now more than ever competing in a global marketplace... read |
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 | Maroefah Smith Artificial intelligence doesn't have to induce a Hollywood sci-fi dystopian nightmare in which robots take over the world. It may instead offer an exciting opportunity to connect consumers to your brand... read |
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 | Simon Holt Over the next five years, digital technologies will dramatically disrupt how consumers will engage with retail brands well into the future... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews On Friday, 9 March, I attended the Columinate research presentation on the measure of tomorrow, where I learned that up to 90% of consumers' decision-making is non-conscious. Here's further proof why your brand needs to tap into consumers' non-conscious decisions... read |
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 | Issued By Nielsen Reality bites when it comes to Kenya's latest Nielsen Consumer Confidence Index score (Quarter 4, 2017), which has dropped six points from the previous quarter to 94... read |
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 | Issued By Kantar Millward Brown The last two quarters of the year see humorous South African stories engaging the audience's attention, with telcos and food competing for the lion's share of attention... read |
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 | Midem has announced the launch of its High-Potential Markets Programme with the Trace channel, to support the African music industry... read |
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 | Egypt launches digital forensic lab to improve Intellectual Property Rights' (IPR) protection and enforcement, including training for journalists and other stakeholders... read |
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 | UN experts condemn decision to seek death sentence against Egyptian photojournalist Abou Zeid... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Marc du Plessis, joint CEO of Spark Media and head of the Publisher Council of the IAB, gave a keynote address at Future Ad Africa in Johannesburg yesterday on the subject of brand safety, trust and supporting the independent press... read |
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 | Creating new ways of generating revenue, advancements in analytics technologies and convergence of technologies have led to transformational breakthroughs in the business landscape... read |
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 | David Noel Lardin Technology developments will continue to revolutionise payment in both the real and virtual worlds across the globe. As always, though, local conditions will dictate exactly how global trends affect local markets... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Urbantech hub KMT House has opened its doors in Cairo's Maadi district, through the collaboration between Drosos Foundation, District Spaces, and Progrss... read |
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 | Tom Jackson The Moroccan city of Casablanca will host its first Afrikonnect event from 22-23 March 2018, bringing together startups, investors, and corporates... read |
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 | The African Entrepreneurship Award will fund $1 million USD to African entrepreneurs with scalable and sustainable businesses in two new categories: sports and innovation... read |
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 | The Africa Innovation Summit will bring together 1,000 innovators, entrepreneurs, policy makers, business and political leaders, as well as academics, researchers and investors in Africa... read |
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 | President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, will present his economic recovery project at the Africa CEO Forum hosted by Jeune Afrique Media Group, later this month... read |
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 | Africa's first monthly consumer confidence index (KIC Score) rose 1% in February to +13, its highest level since the inception of the measure in June 2016... read |
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 | Zee TV Africa's Harish Goyal to speak at Satellite 2018 In Washington DC on Pay-TV services in Africa... read |
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 | With film contributing R5.4bn to the GDP and providing 25,000 full-time equivalent jobs, film tourism can become a lucrative part of the creative industries and can play an important role in advancing other creative sectors. read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg E-commerce may be where the retail industry is seeing growth, but the physical store is not dead. In fact, it may be more important than ever... read |
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 | Romi Adler Storytelling in branding is not a new concept. It is something that brands have mastered and failed at, left impressions and created legacies through. The best campaigns have been identified through their storytelling and connecting with their consumers... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews M&C Saatchi Abel's founding partner and ECD Gordon Ray shares the power of work "rich with local insight and executed with heart," while founding partner and chief executive Jacques Burger explains how M&C Saatchi Abel is motoring ahead in 2018... read |
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 | The second Internet of Things Forum Africa (#IOTFA2018) conference will take place from 14-15 March 2018 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand... read |
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 | Jeremiah Kiplang'at Moi University lecturer Duncan Omanga has won the inaugural Facebook Research Award, beating other applicants from across the globe... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Somalian online delivery startup Gulivery has already expanded to the capital Mogadishu after its launch in Hargeisa last year, and is planning expansion across East Africa over the next few years... read |
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 | Private media outlets in Cameroon are defying a ban on political programs imposed by the country's National Communication Council... read |
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 | Nigeria's mobile trends are highlighted in a report on key industry patterns, ahead of the start of Mobile Week... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg Toys 'R' Us Inc. is going out of business, shutting all of its 735 toy stores and Babies 'R' Us stores in the US after a failed turnaround... read |
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 | Facebook recently rolled out a new ad-optimisation programme called Trip Consideration. The new tool is only applicable to travel-related companies and offers an opportunity to turn travel intention into conversion... read |
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 | Kevin Odhiambo Opiyo As the exciting IFEC revolution takes shape, African airlines must comply by providing their tech-savvy passengers unrivalled customer experience onboard and African content producers a golden opportunity to tell the African story 35,000 feet in the air... read |
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 | Dr Kevin Gast The current water crisis in the Western Cape has highlighted serious problems with South Africa's approach to water management and finding viable solutions... read |
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 | Between 2005 and 2015, natural disasters cost agricultural sectors of developing countries $96bn in damage or lost crop and livestock production, according to FAO's new report... read |
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 | Travel agencies, hotel managers, and diving centres told AFP that reservations are rising, especially in Red Sea destinations such as Hurghada and Marsa Alam... read |
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 | Millions of Somali children will be vaccinated against measles in a joint campaign by the WHO, Unicef and local health authorities... read |
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 | Henley Business School Africa is launching an African Hero scholarship for its Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Practice (PG Dip) and MBA programmes... read |
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 | Tshepo T. Gwatiwa, Michael Noel Sam Tourism in the Seychelles increased by 7% annually between 2009 and 2014 when the country abolished visas for African nationals. By 2015, thanks to increased revenues, it had become a high-income country with thriving real estate, aviation and service industries... read |
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 | Michèle Ramsay Africa is home to about 16% of the world's population. That's 1.2 billion people. But the continent is disproportionately burdened by a double health challenge: infectious diseases and a recent increase in non-communicable diseases... read |
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 | The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius is marking an important milestone this week, with various events and activities underway to celebrate the island's 50 years of independence, as well as it's 26th anniversary as a republic... read |
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 | The two-year programme, targeting mid-level professionals working in the agriculture sector across sub-Saharan Africa, seeks to strengthen the capacity of Africa's young professionals to revolutionise agriculture value chains grappling with skills gap and low technology uptake... read |
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 | In a surprise announcement, Groupe PSA, the parent company of automotive brands Peugeot, Citroen and Opel, says it will begin assembling vehicles in Namibia... read |
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 | The Sunti Golden Sugar Estate will be commissioned on 15 March 2018 and features 17,000 hectares of irrigable farmland and a sugar mill that process 4,500 metric tonnes of sugarcane per day... read |
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 | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister Zweli Mkhize has declared the drought and water crisis affecting parts of the country as a national state of disaster... read |
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 | KINSHASA - DR Congo President Joseph Kabila has promised to have "constructive dialogue" with mining companies worried over plans to hike taxes on so-called strategic metals... read |
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 | Peter Ngure Africa's universities must start connecting and working with their alumni rather than losing track of these genuinely valuable human resources... read |
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 | KINSHASA - DR Congo President Joseph Kabila enacted a law to hike taxes on so-called strategic metals and ordered government consultations with foreign companies worried by the change, an official said... read |
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 | Issued By World Travel Market Africa WTM Africa 2018 is excited to announce its inaugural WTM Africa Tourism Investors' Forum, a platform dedicated to connecting ministers of tourism from countries across the continent, with eager investors... read |
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 | They might be at the bottom of the food chain, but krill could prove to be a secret weapon in the fight against the growing threat of plastic pollution in the world's oceans... read |
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 | Jordan Lacey Biophilic design is beginning to boom. Witness its recent incorporation into the Melbourne Metro project and Sydney's award-winning One Central Park, Chippendale... read |
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Henrik Ibsen "A forest bird never wants a cage." Martin Buber "The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings." A. P. J. Abdul Kalam "Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow." |
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