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| The Zimbabwe Advertising Research Foundation intends to revamp the Zimbabwe All Media Product Survey, the largest research into the Zimbabwean consumer...read |
| | | As the largest consumer group in the world today, it is impossible to ignore the impact millennials have had - and will continue to have for decades to come as they settle into their prime spending years...read |
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 | Issued By Sama Oeuvre Brand Communications For the longest time, entrepreneurs have assumed that once they have made it in a particular town, city or country, that they have reached the peak of their success... read |
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 | Egypt moving forward: the three key challenges and opportunities, according to the IMF... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Wikimania 2018, held in sub-Saharan Africa for the first time from 18 to 22 July 2018, highlighted clear links to Nelson Mandela's legacy and how we can all help put African knowledge on top as Wikipedia aims to create greater knowledge equity into 2030... read |
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 | Nine startups have been selected to compete at the Kigali-leg of world-touring startup pitching competition Seedstars World this week, with Rwanda's top startup to progress to represent the country... read |
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 | Steven Slotow If you've ever wondered what fuels social media these days, the answer is the hashtag. No longer the currency of gum-chewing, pre-teen girls, a powerful hashtag can circle the world faster than Superman can change into tights... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Having dusted off the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity cobwebs, VM DSGN's designer and creative director Vumile Mavumengwana talks us through his experience on this year's design awarding jury and what it's really like being a South African in Cannes... read |
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 | Lynette Hundermark Mobile, and increasingly apps, are core to the success of any retailer's strategy through all stages of the path to purchase or shopping customer's experience... read |
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 | Never Ncube As Zimbabwe courts investors and ramps up efforts to create a business-friendly environment, connectivity and communication will be key to forging a path towards the country's digital future... read |
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 | Brand South Africa partners with the South African High Commission in Kenya to Commemorate International Nelson Mandela Day... read |
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 | Rudo Kwaramba-Kayombo Africa's new generation of leaders could learn a thing or two about how to become great, but it takes much more to become an extraordinary leader like Nelson Mandela... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg As Cape Union Mart Group's director of e-commerce, Amanda Herson has the mammoth task of ensuring a seamless online experience for some of South Africa's most loved retail brands... read |
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 | Cartoon Network is looking for new animation talent in Africa in the first ever Cartoon Network creative venture run in Africa... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews I caught up with Chris Garbutt of TBWA Global this Mandela Day for his views on the South African advertising industry, from the 'rainbow nation advertising' he experienced under Madiba's rule to the 'hackvertising' of today... read |
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 | How superpowers, the United States and China, are investing in Africa, according to new research... read |
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 | Afrimart, a Pan-African business to business (B2B) e-commerce platform for products made in Africa, has just been launched, offering growth prospects for the less exploited intra-Africa trade... read |
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 | Roy Morrison If your company strategy is not complemented by a coordinated digital marketing strategy it is unlikely to generate the results you are looking for... read |
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 | The development and recognition of women within the film industry was a reoccurring theme throughout both ZIFF and the inaugural DISCOP Zanzibar, as African women topped the winners lists... read |
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 | Kenya is set to use Alphabet Inc's system of balloons to help bring the internet to some of the East Africa nation's rural communities, according to a report by Reuters... read |
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 | Issued By Alliance Media Recently Alliance Media Mozambique was awarded the PMR (Professional Management Review) Golden Arrow Award at a ceremony at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Maputo, Mozambique... read |
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 | The annual Apex events were held at the Sandton Convention Centre today, 16 July, where the Association for Communication and Advertising hosted its 'NeXt Level of Thinking Masterclass' and the Apex Awards... read |
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 | Gil Sperling Updated Stories feature creates new opportunities for engagement across Facebook's family of apps... read |
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 | A recent study by Gemalto reveals that two in three companies are unable to analyse all the data it collects, and that only half of companies know where all of its sensitive data is stored... read |
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 | A new study by Oracle and Future Workplace, AI at work reveals HR leaders and employees want to embrace artificial intelligence (AI), but organisations are failing to prepare the workforce... read |
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 | Andy Walker You can type in Morse code through Android's Gboard keyboard... read |
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 | Alain Ebobissé Improved infrastructure is a prerequisite for long-term sustainable growth and development in Africa... read |
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 | The UAE Exchange has rebranded its Africa Operations as Unimoni and announced plans to invest USD 100 million to expand its Africa operations over the next decade... read |
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 | The award wins include the best airport in Africa in the 4-20 million passenger category for ACSA Cape Town International Airport, best destination marketing award for Cape Town Air Access, and the Overall Routes Africa award... read |
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 | Sandile Mbulawa Zambia is expected to produce more than one-million tonnes of copper this year, which bodes well for the economy, considering the mineral comprises around 60% of the country's total exports... read |
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 | Lyndsay van der Berg Investment is a core facilitator of economic growth. From the developed to the developing world, increases in investments have immediate knock-on effects for GDP growth and socio-economic development... read |
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 | According to Sassda market intelligence specialist Lesley Squires, Tanzania and Kenya are primed for increased bilateral trade with South Africa... read |
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 | Artifical Intelligence (AI), in the form of IBM Watson, is being used to aid decision making in public health supply chains in developing countries and improve patients' access to life-saving medicines... read |
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 | An increasing number of South Africans are getting involved in giving, making regular donations to different non-profits... read |
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 | Friday, 20 July 2018 will see Fastjet commence daily flights between Harare and Bulawayo... read |
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 | Singapore Airlines has been named 2018's World's Best Airline in Skytrax's World Airline Awards. Not only that, but it also snatched the top spot as the World's Best First Class, Best Airline in Asia, and Best First Class Airline Seat... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Nigerian agri-tech startup Farmcrowdy has won the African Digital Business of the Year Award for its solution that makes farms available for sponsorship... read |
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 | Aïda El Kohen and Hamza Rkha Chaham Compared to other industries, agriculture has been slow to adopt the leading edge of technologies from the Digital Revolution. The time has come for Africa to experience its own Green Revolution thanks to better access to financing information and technology... read |
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 | A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Telecom Egypt and Liquid Telecom will enable the completion of the first fibre network from Cape to Cairo... read |
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 | Namibia recently participated in the International Collegiate Cyber Defence Invitational - a cybersecurity competition which aims to create awareness of cybersecurity and encourages peer-to-peer learning... read |
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 | Marleze van Loggerenberg Africa's largest economy, Nigeria, is struggling with ports infrastructure that simply can't keep up with demand... read |
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 | Ethiopian Airlines has announced that, after 20 years, it will resume daily flights to Asmara, the capital and the largest city of Eritrea, on 17 July 2018... read |
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 | Over the past few years the word "blockchain" has become largely synonymous with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. But this technology could disrupt far more industries than imagined... read |
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 | Trevor Rajcoomar Fifth generation networks will not only host new service types but will also require new infrastructure and network design to support them. Indeed, the move from 4G to 5G will be anything but straightforward. Are SA's telcos ready? read |
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 | Robin Fredericks We chat with Tim Smith, managing partner at HVS Consulting to find out more about how sporting events like the 2018 FIFA World Cup has benefited the African continent and its tourism industry... read |
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 | In Travel + Leisure's 2018 reader's poll, Cape Town has been named number one favoured city in Africa and the Middle East for the 17th year... read |
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 | Ethiopia, in particular, is easing entry requirements for foreign investors and privatising a number of key state-owned enterprises after years of a strong nationalist agenda... read |
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 | South African engineers and those from other sub-Saharan countries are invited to enter the fifth edition... read |
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