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Cathy Ibal Data and content will be the two factors that continue to drive innovation for African brands across the continent...read |
| | | African Innovators' closing call to action from Africa Innovation Summit 2018: "Africans must throw out the boxes that have caged them..."read |
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Temitope Iluyemi Gender equality is a powerful driver for change and prosperity on the African continent, but brands need to take a leadership role...read | 
Gabriella Mulligan Mobile operator Orange has announced a partnership with Google to join forces to co-invest in startups across Europe, the Middle East and Africa...read | 
Ogilvy has announced the agency's re-founding and new mission to serve as an integrated creative network that Makes Brands Matter...read |
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 | Matthew Kibby Services companies can unlock a better customer experience with a modern business solution and focussing on business efficiency... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Kenyan startup Sip is simplifying the distribution of alcoholic beverages in the country's capital, and is eyeing growth in the B2B space... read |
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 | Data analysis by Deutsche Welle has shown that visa prospects are worse for Africans in comparison to the rest of the world... read |
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 | #Newswatch: On 24 May Publicis Groupe unveiled Marcel, its AI-powered solution that will accelerate transforming the organisation from a holding company to a platform, and has since faced a deluge of questions from staff and clients... read |
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 | Traditionally, marketers work with a larger number of creative agencies, but maintain longer relationships with media agencies, though recently these trends are not always true, this is according to the Scopen Agency Scope South Africa 2017/18... read |
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 | Irina Herf There is a general conception in South Africa that TV campaigns can only be used by big brands wanting to embark on expensive brand building campaigns. This is a myth that needs to be debunked... read |
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 | Linden Birns Crisis communications, reputation and brand value retention are increasingly recognised by risk managers, lawyers and insurers as crucial to an airline, airport, hotel or other travel and tourism organisation's recovery and ability to continue doing business during and after a crisis event... read |
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 | Nhlanhla Kubeka The anticipation of new business on the continent means that investors will also be looking for reputable communications companies to uphold a positive image for them in the media space... read |
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 | US Based OMN Television team en route to Ethiopia to 'explore opportunities' to open local branch offices... read |
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 | President Weah submits bill to repeal laws against free speech to Liberia Legislature... read |
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 | Africa Innovation Summit kicks off in Kigali showcasing ground-breaking African solutions... read |
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 | Global consumer spend on digital commerce will reach $14.7tn by 2022, up by 60% on last year's figure of $9.2tn. It's expected to approach $15tn annually... read |
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 | Maryanne Gicobi East African countries could lead the world in growth in consumption of tea during the next decade, even as they occupy top positions in exports of the commodity... read |
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 | The Zayed Sustainability Prize is now open for entries from across Africa... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg KFC opened up its first restaurant in Côte d'Ivoire on 23 May, continuing the fried chicken brand's steady expansion across the African continent. read |
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 | Issued By Alliance Media 663 million people in the world live without clean water. That's nearly one in 10 people worldwide. For people in developing countries, clean water can change everything... read |
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 | Preparations for an Intra-African Trade Fair in Cairo in December 2018 are underway... read |
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 | A board of influential African women business leaders has been appointed to strategically position and launch the first regional circles of influence to develop woman leaders in Africa... read |
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 | Africa has 20% of the world's population but only 4% of its internet data access. This "digital divide", with low internet connectivity reach, particularly in rural areas, is both economic and geographic in nature. read |
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 | Investments, innovation, partnership tops agenda of East Africa Business Summit and Awards, Kigali 2018... read |
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 | Delivering artificial intelligence-powered experiences and tools to filter social media to empower customer service... read |
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 | Ofentse Maloba Ofentse Maloba explores ways how brands and influencers can build better relationships that can benefit them both... read |
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 | The International Out of Home Association Fepe International has announced the winners of its 2018 Awards, presented at its annual Congress in Sorrento on 7 June... read |
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 | The Warc Awards has announced the 2018 winners of the Effective Social Strategy category... read |
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 | The latest monthly Global Ad Trends report by Warc takes a closer look at search advertising... read |
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 | In terms of the partnership, Peace Parks Foundation will provide technical and financial support for conservation and tourism development activities, which will entail merging Maputo Special Reserve and Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve into one management structure. read |
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 | Kate Mollett The imminent arrival of two Microsoft Azure data centres on local shores means organisations across industry sectors are re-evaluating their availability strategies... read |
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 | On World Environment Day, 5 June, Greenpeace Africa is launching Vuma.Earth - an online campaign platform for citizens to run environmental petitions... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Startup launchpad competition Demo Africa is to visit 11 cities across the continent over the next month to select startups for its main event in Morocco in October... read |
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 | Regulators around the world are increasing their focus on compliance issues and this has given rise to a substantial increase in demand for lawyers who specialise in this field... read |
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 | There's a critical shortage of child-health providers in Africa... read |
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 | Tom Jackson The Make-IT in Africa initiative has launched guides for entrepreneurs raising funding in Kenya and Nigeria, aimed at helping startups overcome one of the key challenges faced on the continent. read |
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 | "This is a significant milestone for tourism on our continent. We have agreed to implement a series of measures which will develop and grow tourism in a way that advances economic transformation across Africa." read |
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 | Hartmut Winkler Over the last few years, reports have surfaced of a range of African countries planning nuclear power plants... read |
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 | Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) has issued guarantees amounting to $71.9m in support of Nigeria's first float glass plant... read |
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 | Mariott International, in collaboration with the Koira Holding Group, has opened the Sheraton Bamako Hotel - marking its entry into Mali and solidifying its portfolio across West Africa... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Kenyan startup Tanda, which makes it easier to run a shop by allowing shop owners to order and manage their inventory, has formally launched after a four-month pilot... read |
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 | Matthew Barker When it comes to hosting and accessing applications in the cloud, businesses in South Africa have very different priorities to those in Kenya and Nigeria... read |
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 | Pius Sawa Founded by Arizona State University students Clive Matsika, 22, and Lincoln Mtemeri, 21, Agrimatters is betting that Greenfert, an organic fertiliser made from animal and plant residues, could hold the key to improving crop yields and reducing the incidence of nitrate poisoning among the children of smallholder farmers... read |
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 | Swapan Kumar Patra Clinical trials are the foundation of any new medicine. They allow scientists to test the efficacy and safety of a drug or therapy... read |
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 | James Kariuki Bus body builder Labh Singh Harnam Singh (LSHS) has been hired to build high-capacity buses for Tanzania government's bus rapid transit (BRT) services... read |
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 | Kareema Shaik The Namibian High Court recently issued a decision dealing with passing-off and copyright infringement in the matter of Southern Sun Africa and Southern Sun Hotel Interests vs Sun Square Hotel... read |
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 | Agribusiness in Africa is poised to play a major role in socio, economic development, but without policies and partnerships that enable smallholder farmers to participate in and benefit from the growth, that opportunity will turn into risk... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Zambian startup eMsika is helping farmers find, buy and receive agricultural inputs in a fast, trustworthy and convenient way, as well as access markets for their produce... read |
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 | The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) - a critical state enterprise which is part of the economy's locomotive - is slowly but surely emerging from the doldrums it has been firmly stuck in for years as its $400 million recapitalisation programme bears fruit... read |
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 | The eVisa for Ethiopia now authorises tourists from across the world to apply for a tourist eVisa online. Once issued, the Ethiopian eVisa is valid for 30 or 90 days depending on the applicant's selection... read |
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 | Marius Coetzee Biometrics certainly presents a compelling use case across fraud and risk management, security and access control, so major enterprises are looking to harness biometrics in a broader way... read |
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 | The upward demand trend remains strong, helped by continuing signs of improvement in the region's largest economies: Nigeria and South Africa... read |
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 | The uLima mobile platform provides farmers across Africa with access to a toolset, database and the latest market information with information on crops, seed, soil, livestock, agri-chemicals, weather updates and market prices, all at their fingertips... read |
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 | While many investors identify South Africa as the most important market on the continent, when it comes to investing in Africa, we believe there are other countries that offer much untapped long-term potential... read |
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 | Driven by the growth of population, the popularity of spices, and the growth of the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry, the cinnamon sector is expected to continue an upward consumption trend... read |
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