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| Three African fashion designers have created 12 extraordinary outfits from vast amounts of data extracted from the cities of Nairobi, Lagos and Johannesburg...read |
| | Tom Jackson The African continent is gradually transitioning towards the gig economy, as early-stage entrepreneurs and funders increasingly favour on-demand services...read |
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Pamro kicks off next week with presentations featuring how mobile and the internet have changed Africa's marketing research landscape...read | 
CPJ joins call for UN Human Rights Council to address crackdown in Tanzania...read | 
The mobile industry is changing at an exponential rate as new influences shape the way consumer expectations rise...read |
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 | At Africa Hall, scores gather to pay homage to the legacy of a great African, a global icon, former UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan... read |
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 | Issued By Vicinity Media Not content with monetising the biggest mobile network in South Africa, Vicinity Media has been building a comprehensive network of publishers north of the border... read |
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 | With its new presence in Ghana, Publiseer's authors and musical artists from Ghana can get customer support now via WhatsApp and voice... read |
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 | Bogosi Motshegwa It all started with a post on LinkedIn where I was sharing my opinion on the role of strategy in ad agencies, and a conversation between myself and Gidon Orelowitz ensued... read |
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 | Deloitte has established an immersive and interactive Connected Retail experience at its Deloitte Greenhouse innovation space in Cape Town... read |
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 | According to Old Mutual Limited CEO Peter Moyo, driving financial inclusion amongst entrepreneurs and small business owners in Africa will ensure... read |
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 | Rafael Mitchell, Pauline Rose, Samuel Asare There is growing recognition of the quality of research in developing countries and its importance for policy and practice... read |
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 | Verushen Reddy, will share insights on "How AI is shaping the future of the advertising and marketing landscape"... read |
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 | A Ugandan book market has been launched by writers, poets, media and book stores to promote the industry and encourage a reading culture... read |
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 | Issued By Bizcommunity.com This September, give your brand the space to bear fruit and blossom on Bizcommunity - the biggest multi-industry content distribution specialists in Africa... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg OneCart.co.za, a Johannesburg-based startup that's been described as an 'Uber for groceries', has just reached over 1,000 active users on its multi-store online shopping platform... read |
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 | Grey Africa has produced Uber's first local integrated campaign in Kenya... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant This serves as an intro from our side on what Marketing Fridays is about and to let you know that founder and host Nyiko Chauke will be submitting weekly videos talking through some of the issues marketers face on a daily basis... read |
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 | In the modern business environment, one of the biggest make-or-break factors for small to medium-sized companies is creating and maintaining a strong online presence... read |
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 | Increasing India-Africa trade ties remains a priority for India in reflecting a shared history and a common vision for the future of both regions... read |
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 | Mike Saunders Building advocacy has always been a priority for brands in the past, and today is no different. Brands engage social media influencers to become brand ambassadors or to help distribute content to a wider audience... read |
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 | SA advertising industry bodies are drafting an Advertising Code of Practice Social Media guidelines... read |
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 | Nigerian journalist Samuel Ogundipe detained for refusing to reveal sources... read |
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 | The 2018 Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation is on at the Tshimologong Precinct in Johannesburg from 18 August-29 September 2018. This year's theme of 'Tap Your Afro Source Code' is a celebration of technology, creativity, and innovation from across the African continent... read |
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 | Online wine retailer Cybercellar has launched a new wine subscription service called Liquid Social, allowing customers to purchase a package of wine which is delivered to them on a monthly or quarterly basis... read |
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 | Paige dos Santos Connecting citizens enables the public sector to communicate effectively with the population, pre-empting certain events and making sure citizens are notified of critical information. But... read |
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 | Ade Lewis Being a big brand means having a lot of responsibility when it comes to reputation and portraying a positive image to the rest of the world. But, even the most famous and iconic companies can make mistakes and get it disastrously wrong... read |
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 | Gareth Grant Is there any value in comforting your customers today with nostalgia from yesterday when their choices are naturally evolving at the rapid pace of a vastly shifting world around them? read |
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 | Bronwyn Williams When you think of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) you probably associate the technology with Pokemon Go and marketing gimmicks. However... read |
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 | Lagos Digital Academy (LDA) has unveiled an academy that aims to enable Nigerians to take advantage of the opportunities available in the digital market space... read |
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 | Four more journalists have been detained as part of a case in which more than a dozen journalists, along with academics and activists, are charged with spreading fake news... read |
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 | Security forces beat and detained at least four journalists covering protests in the Ugandan capital, Kampala... read |
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 | The rise of mobile drives advertisers to invest $30bn in online video despite ongoing risks... read |
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 | Andrew Spicer What a difference the birth of a granddaughter can make. For Lee Scott, who ran Walmart from 2000 to 2009, the arrival of his granddaughter not only convinced him the threat of global warming was real but set him on a course... read |
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 | Andy Walker Netflix is now showing unskippable advertisements of its other content between episodes, the company confirmed this weekend... read |
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 | Improved trade and transport linkages between African countries could open up new markets for businesses... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach Proudly South African (PSA) has created an e-shopping site www.rsamade.co.za, in partnership with RSA Made... read |
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 | Esther Ndumi Ngumbi Data, and access to good reliable data, is becoming an increasingly important tool for science. It can help guide and support decisions in agriculture. These include the way food is produced, how it moves along the food chain, and the way it's stored to avoid food wastage and losses... read |
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 | Karel Cornelissen Research by the World Bank indicates an estimated $100bn in infrastructure investment is needed to close the electrification gap in Africa... read |
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 | When Angolan President, João Lourenço, took power a year ago, there was a wave of market optimism and fresh investor interest... read |
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 | Namibia has added an estimated 25.8GWh per annum to its grid with the opening of two solar power plants in Gobabis, the regional capital of the Omaheke region... read |
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 | Export councils are key drivers for South Africa's economic transformation and they should be supported and prioritised... read |
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 | Mozambique is on the cusp of a new wave of prospecting for gas and oil with the imminent adoption of revised model gas contracts. read |
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 | Bruce van Wyk Payroll fraud is among the costliest of economic crimes... read |
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 | The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) will be hosting a South African Pavilion that will showcase goods and services from 23 local companies at the 54th annual Feira International de Maputo (FACIM) trade show. read |
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 | Evan-Lee Courie Nandi Mbele has been a pilot since 2009 and joined Mango Airlines six years ago. She shares with us her story of becoming a pilot... read |
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 | Evan-Lee Courie "My love for tech was an intuitive need, which was so loud that I couldn't ignore it", says Siphindokuhle Mazibuko, senior service delivery manager at Mimecast SA... read |
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 | Evan-Lee Courie Linda Reddy, supply chain director for Nando's IMEA, shares some insights into being a dynamic businesswoman... read |
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 | Namibian architecture firm Nina Maritz Architects has completed new shipwreck-themed timber cabins on the beach in the Skeleton Coast National Park... read |
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 | Food and Agriculture Organisation director-general has stressed the need to create more jobs for youth and build capacity in rural areas to use digital technologies... read |
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 | Enver Duminy As part of Cape Town Tourism, CEO Enver Duminy has been asked to participate in the UNWTO Global Summit in Seoul, Korea in September 2018. He's been tasked with sharing on the topic of fair and inclusive tourism. Here are the points he'll be addressing, based on his own initiatives and goals... read |
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 | The conference aims to foster an exchange among stakeholders on knowledge and best practices regarding the interfaces between agriculture, youth employment, entrepreneurship, ICT innovations, leading to prioritising interventions going forward... read |
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 | The return of avocados from Kenya to the South African market will be a significant period for both subsistence and commercial farmers in the country... read |
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 | Agile learning is an alternative to traditional, textbook-heavy, time-consuming modes of learning and offers students the opportunity to learn when and where they want, at a pace that suits them... read |
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 | Hapag-Lloyd is continuing to focus on the growing market in East Africa... read |
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 | Brittney Goodrich It's sometimes reported that one in every three bites of food depends on bees. As is often the case when an easy to grasp notion spreads, there's a dose of truth and a dollop of exaggeration... read |
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 | Sub-Saharan Africa is currently sitting on an electrification rate of only 43%, so much more need to be done to achieve the international community's goals of universal electricity access by 2030... read |
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 | Snacking and beverage giant PepsiCo has agreed to acquire countertop carbonated water machine maker SodaStream International Ltd for $3.2 billion... read |
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 | "Current measures tell us that South Africa is food secure, yet household food insecurity is a lived reality of many." read |
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 | John Meeker One of the main problems with plastics is that although we may only need them fleetingly - seconds in the case of microbeads in personal care products, or minutes as in plastic grocery bags - they stick around for hundreds of years... read |
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Buddha "To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him." William Lyon Phelps "I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget." Jane Wagner "The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool." |
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Election reportingInstitute for the Advancement of Journalism - 11 Sep 2018 to 12 Sep 2018, Johannesburg |
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