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| Brand Africa's 100 list of Africa's Best Brands for 2017/18 was released last week at an awards ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa...read |
| | Cobus van Zyl Uganda is one of the most entrepreneurial countries in Africa according to research stats...read |
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 | The Zambian Government has embarked on a programme to attract international businesses of all sizes... read |
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 | Clockwork Media has won the 2018 Africa Consultancy of the Year at the EMEA SABRE Awards... read |
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 | Digital trade within the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area will be at the centre of discussions during an upcoming conference... read |
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 | European Union and African Union Commissions step up their cooperation to support young people, jobs and peace... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Xolisa Dyeshana, CCO of Joe Public United and SA representative on the international board of the One Club for Creativity shares his post-Creative Week One Show reflections... read |
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 | Delegates from across Africa gather in Cape Town for Africa Day Business Networking Forum... read |
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 | Vanessa Ferguson Africa is an ideal market for brand holders and counterfeiters as growth in brand investment creates demand... read |
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 | Pieter Bensch By 2050, over a quarter of the world's population will live in Africa. In celebration of Africa Day, 25 May 2018, Sage unpacks which of Africa's key economies are positioned for strong growth in the decades to come... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Mozambican e-commerce startup Izyshop has secured an undisclosed funding round from local firm DHD Holding to allow it to grow its product offering... read |
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 | The Africa Innovation Summit has announced Africa's top 50 innovators, selected from across the continent to exhibit at the innovation forum next month... read |
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 | Issued By Kantar Millward Brown On 29 May, join the BrandZ team to discover which brands made it into the BrandZ Global Top 100 for 2018, the latest key findings and discuss what it takes to make a strong brand with leading industry experts... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg The Shoprite Group has trailblazed trading in Africa in many respects. Since kicking off its expansion into the continent in 1990, the retailer now has its footprints firmly planted in over 460 locations across 14 African countries... read |
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 | The latest study from GfKshows that 97% of Kenyan adults with internet access are using some form of online video service, with nearly two-thirds paying to view digital online content... read |
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 | Marthinus Van Loggerenberg and Tuelo Lechuti In some ways, Gen Z could be compared to a butterfly. Some are in a state of metamorphosis and some are already spreading their wings. On a more profound level, as they not only go through radical transformation but also radically transform the world that they affect... (Part 2) read |
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 | The South African consumer landscape is set for a multitude of shifts in the next ten years, not least of which is the maturing of the local market with growth in the Generation X market segment... read |
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 | Elizabeth de Stadler GDPR and PoPIA are set to dramatically change the way South African organisations do business - especially how personal data is handled and stored... read |
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 | nicolas baker For any company, from small entrepreneur to blue chip corporate, Google AdWords provides the tools to unlock a wealth of new business. But, just as pay-per-click (PPC) may provide amazing opportunities and leads aplenty, if not set up correctly, it has the potential to blow ad budgets and quickly snowball marketing costs to devastating levels... read |
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 | TAAZIMA KALA-ESSACK Is overthinking one of the problems plaguing the communications industry and, especially, the public relations sector of that industry? read |
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 | Seedstars Africa is once again scouting for the top high growth startups and entrepreneurs to present them with the opportunity to drastically accelerate their business... read |
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 | Issued By Shift Social Development Future-proof your business and book tickets now for the second annual Africa Shared Value Summit, set to take place this week, on 24-25 May, at The Maslow conference centre in Sandton... read |
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 | Giovanni Chiarelli As we move closer to the era of 5G technology, the mobile network industry is gearing up for what this will bring to the technology landscape... read |
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 | Pick n Pay has relaunched its fresh offering, introducing new product lines and packaging, and a three-tiered model promising something for all tastes and budgets... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Sharon Keith made a name for herself as marketing director at Coca-Cola Africa, but is now bubbling over with the need to pursue other professional and personal interests... read |
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 | In partnership with CcHub, Facebook launches NG_Hub in Lagos - its first hub space in Africa... read |
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 | Zimbabwe begins process to re-join Commonwealth - observers invited to July elections... read |
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 | United States supports increased trade with Mozambique through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)... read |
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 | More criticism of Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta's signing into law, a Computer and Cybercrimes Law that restricts freedom of speech... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews The Cannes Film Festival is usually filled with chatter about the winning work and those impressive evening gowns the celebs wear. Comments following the 2018 version are proving more substantial than usual, as diversity was front and foremost at the 71st Cannes Film Festival... read |
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 | AI continues to be the buzzword du jour to describe a host of "intelligent" features aiming to augment the functions performed by marketers in their everyday jobs... read |
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 | Andy Walker In a not-all-that-exciting update, WhatsApp has tweaked the way groups work on its platform... read |
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 | The IAB SA has kick-started a campaign for all South Africans to have free basic access to the internet... read |
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 | Marthinus Van Loggerenberg and Tuelo Lechuti In some ways, Gen Z could be compared to a butterfly. Some are in a state of metamorphosis and some are already spreading their wings. On a more profound level, as they not only go through radical transformation but also radically transform the world that they affect... read |
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 | Taxi-hailing service, Uber has introduced Uber Movement in Kenya, a digital data-sharing website... read |
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 | Campaigns for Ad Council, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, IDFC Bank and Pril are the top winners of the Effective Innovation category of the Warc Awards... read |
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 | Wan-Ifra has announced the 2018 Laureates of the Women in News Editorial Leadership Award... read |
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 | Anthony Kent It has become almost fashionable to predict doom and gloom for high street clothes shops. And the outlook can indeed seem bleak... read |
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 | Giant digital shopping destinations now account for more than 50% of the nearly $500 billion spent by North American consumers online... read |
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 | The group's board has carefully and thoughtfully selected and identified properties in the region with the goal of ultimately linking important centres across the region... read |
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 | FAPA donors and the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership have signed a grant agreement which will help increase affordability, accessibility and incentives for fertiliser use among smallholder farmers in Africa and expand the supply and distribution of fertiliser by leveraging investments... read |
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 | Salem Solomon The Ebola outbreak that has killed more than two dozen people in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo could be as devastating as the one that hit West Africa several years ago, if left unchecked... read |
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 | Healthcare is getting increasingly high tech, and nurses in Africa are at the forefront of using innovative solutions to improve patient care... read |
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 | Urbanisation will be the defining trend of the next 25 years... read |
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 | Thin Lei Win Farming fish in the desert might sound counterintuitive but Algeria hopes to tap the huge aquifers beneath the Sahara - that covers about 80% of the country - as it seeks new ways to feed its growing population and diversify its oil-based economy... read |
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 | Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster If there was a theme song for public relations in general and reputation management in particular, it should be the Marilyn Monroe and Frankie Vaughn duet Specialisation from her under-appreciated 1960 movie Let's make love... read |
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 | Pavithra Rao Interest in cryptocurrency, a form of digital currency, is growing steadily in Africa. Some economists say it is a disruptive innovation that will blossom on the continent... read |
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 | Environment ministers from BRICS nations have reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris Agreement in dealing with climate change... read |
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 | Johannesburg and Cape Town have made it into TripAdvisor's top 10 list in the Travelers' Choice Awards for Best Destinations in Africa - listed alongside some of the continent's top destinations... read |
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 | Moraa Obiria Beekeeping is supposed to help farmers hold onto an income as crops fail during drought - but dry weather is hurting bees too... read |
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 | South Africa's contribution to the research and treatment of HIV/Aids is significant... read |
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 | The evolution to electronic foreign currency trading in Africa, given its fragmented markets and lack of legacy infrastructure, was slow to start, but has gained in traction. read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Philip Kiracofe calls himself an 'adventure capitalist'. Here's how the Startupbootcamp initiative he co-founded is solving problems corporates didn't know they had while giving African startups a boost, and how you can get involved... read |
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 | Katarzyna Nowak, Benezeth Mutayoba, Phyllis Lee, R Elephants are in an extremely precarious state in both Africa and Asia... read |
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 | Researchers recently visited northern Namibia, to test the cultural attitudes that influence how farmers manage their livestock herds during times of drought... read |
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 | Nelly Mtema The Tanzanian Mining Commission has issued 5,108 primary mining and prospecting licences with a caution that whoever violated the agreed regulations would have their licences revoked... read |
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 | The hotel will be situated in a central location within the city's concentration of embassies, diplomatic missions and United Nations offices... read |
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 | Ilse van den Berg Sahmeer Alli is SAP Africa's industry advisor and value engineer for travel and logistics in Africa. He has over 15 years' experience in the software and management consulting industry. We chat to Alli in light of #AfricaMonth... read |
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 | While Schengen Area countries have traditionally topped the index as a result of their open access to Europe, developed Asian nations have been able to secure equally high scores in recent years thanks to their strong international trade and diplomatic relations... read |
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 | Mologadi Makwela Despite its low water requirement in comparison to maize, relative drought-resistance and potential benefits for health and sustainable agriculture, sorghum has received little attention in comparison to other crops... read |
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 | Philippe Vaast Worldwide, areas suitable for cocoa production are predicted to shrink by up to 20-30% over the next 30 years. This is because cocoa trees are already struggling to cope with drier, hotter conditions... read |
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 | "AGCO is making major investments in Africa to engineer food security and support sustainable productivity through technology and innovation... As a 'first mover' in innovation, we are meeting the challenge to grow more food with fewer resources head-on." read |
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 | Natalia Rosa Although it's certainly not feasible for Africa to have thousands of city pairs because the traveller demand simply doesn't exist, there are several hundred city pairs that would certainly be sustainable... read |
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 | Sindy Peters Claire Janisch, founder of Biomimicry South Africa, took to the podium at this year's African Utility Week to share how biomimicry could influence the future of utilities... read |
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art." Thomas Browne "Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles." Viktor E. Frankl "Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human." |
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