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Mimi Kalinda Innovation is a critical part Africa's DNA, but it only plays a part in shaping the continent's narrative when the world becomes aware of it...read |
| | Zipporah Musau When at least 22 countries ratify it, AfCFTA will officially come into force, potentially making the African continent the largest trading bloc in the world...read |
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 The African Editors Forum calls on Mozambique to drop its demand that local and foreign journalists pay as much as $2500 for accreditation...read | 
Kingsley Ighobor Experts say the African Continental Free Trade Agreement is a game changer...read | 
Jessica Tennant Zibusiso Mkhwanazi, founder of M&N brands, Avatar's holding company and Jerry Mpufane, chairman of M&C Saatchi Group confirmed in a statement that the two companies will amicably part and go their separate ways...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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 | Said Aboubaker & Savious Kwinika Africa at risk: Malaysia slams China's "new version of colonialism"... read |
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 | Higor Torchia Competition in the retail industry is fiercer than ever. Between e-commerce sites and subscription services, consumers have plenty of choices when it comes to where they spend their time and money... read |
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 | Yuveshen Darmalingum Canal+ officially launch new package, known as "Essentiel+" with 130 channels in Togo... read |
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 | Keenan Bouwer As long as there has been marketing, there have been boardroom wars! These battles take place due to different ideas coming from different people who all want to be heard. How do we as marketers settle these disputes and take our clients into the realm of success you ask. The answer is one word, leadership... read |
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 | Wynand Smit Self-service retail is swooping across the globe; from online shopping to self-checkout, there's a growing trend in retail environments that focuses on driving efficient and seamless processes to enhance service and CX... read |
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 | Wayne Flemming Wayne Flemming tackles the issues and provides solutions to the ultimate small business question, how do you do social media on a small budget?... read |
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 | Africa's largest technology, media and telecommunications conference and exhibition, AfricaCom 2018, held in Cape Town, 13-15 November 2018, will cover the most strategic digital issues affecting the continent... read |
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 | Umayrah Ramjan Malawi villages to have access to satellite TV owing to Chinese-aided project... read |
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 | This literacy and heritage month, Nal'ibali - the national reading-for-enjoyment campaign - in collaboration with the South African office of the United Nations, will be using its annual multilingual storytelling contest, Story Bosso, to nurture a new generation of courageous and literate children... read |
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 | Umayrah Ramjan YouTube is aiming to bring more original content and drive more premium-subscription by bagging more potential international comedies and other dramas... read |
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 | Umayrah Ramjan Fiesta, an entertainment music video channel targeting Africa and anyone with an interest in music, is to launch on Multichoice Ghana... read |
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 | Keenan Bouwer Brand clutter is fast becoming the biggest challenge and barrier to revenue for many businesses both locally and internationally... read |
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 | Adriana Marais Life as we know it requires water to survive... read |
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 | Keith Matthews It might seem like humanity has now bridged the digital divide... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach Shoppers are changing at such a rapid pace, and while there are many methodologies to understand shoppers, a tool to help us move with the rapidly changing shoppers is needed... read |
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 | Sylvia Schutte Is our owned, paid and earned media all aligned to give you the best possible return on your marketing spend? If you get it right, you combine your efforts to build your brand, emphasise the right message and drive customers down your sales funnel... read |
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 | Daniella Shapiro The hyper-connected multiverse of tomorrow is today. Brands can get washed away, overwhelmed by the virtual trend wave, or they can surf the possibilities in this era of omni-channeling. read |
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 | Tidal and MTN announce trailblazing partnership bringing pioneering music and video streaming service to millions of customers across Africa, starting with Uganda... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Eleni Giokos, CNN African correspondent, rounds out our Women's Month coverage by sharing her realisation that "career plus baby is doable", as well as some of the noise she's learned to ignore, like being told to cut her hair short as long hair isn't 'corporate' enough... read |
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 | Gabriella Mulligan Google has announced the 11 startups selected to join the second Launchpad Accelerator Africa class... read |
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 | Umayrah Ramjan Scoop Network Africa has recently launched on Kwesé TV... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Kenyan data collection startup Bamba Group has been acquired by the UK-based Maximeyes Group, a business incubator, investor, and energy solutions provider... read |
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 | Sales heavyweight Gareth Thomas will be heading up the EMEA region for OnePlace as regional vice president of sales to spearhead growth plans... read |
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 | OSN Play introduced 24 new live channels for free in MENA... read |
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 | Alan Goldberg If we truly want to achieve successful outcomes with the use of technology in the classroom, we need to understand what outcomes we want, and then work our way back from that... read |
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 | Nigerian agritech startup Alosfarm has begun beta testing its new big data system and platform with selected users and expects a full-fledged rollout before the end of the year... read |
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 | Laura Gil Years back, nuclear energy was a fancy option limited to the industrialised world. In due course, nuclear could be an energy source for much of Africa, where only South Africa currently has a nuclear power plant... read |
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 | Access to medicines is at the core of universal health coverage (UHC), one of World Health Organisation's main priorities, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)... read |
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 | John Harrington Over 70% of Kenyans rely on traditional healers as their primary source of healthcare... read |
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 | Ayodele Odusola The best time to invest in Africa is now. However, foreign investors have not moved into the continent as quickly as expected because foreign investment decisions are often methodically overstructured... read |
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 | Fishing and food business Sea Harvest Group has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cape Harvest, has concluded a share purchase agreement of R527 million to acquire Ladismith Cheese... read |
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 | Waste management should be a part of your sustainability strategy as it is the key in helping to protect the environment and sustain its natural resources... read |
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 | The QR code - known as Bubbles - makes it possible to link to short, interactive modules that help learners gain a deeper understanding of the material through audio-visual snippets... read |
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 | In honour of women in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), in celebration of Women's Month, announced the top female farmers during a ceremony held in the Eastern Cape. read |
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 | "Township tourism has a huge role to play in boosting the economies of both South Africa and the wider continent. The rich history of our townships has to be better marketed - and the stories of female entrepreneurs need to be told." read |
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 | Tom Jackson Agro Supply, a platform that finances agricultural technologies through mobile micro-savings, has been named winner of the Ugandan leg of the Seedstars World competition. read |
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 | Evan-Lee Courie Wandisa Vazi, Transnet Port Terminals's East London terminal manager, wants to play her part in Transnet's goal of becoming a top five terminal operator... read |
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 | Vodacom Group announced that it has created Africa's first standards-based, commercial 5G service in Lesotho... read |
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 | Gabrielle Lynch In today's world it's almost expected that transitional justice mechanisms will be introduced to help consolidate a country's transition from authoritarianism and conflict to democracy and peace... read |
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 | Tanzania and Uganda have signed an agreement for the construction a natural gas pipeline... read |
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 | SAPICS - The Professional Body for Supply Chain Management - will be hosting its annual Supply Chain Management Education Excellence Awards in Johannesburg on the 8 November 2018. These awards recognise and reward excellence in supply chain management education... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Ghanaian agritech startup Cowtribe hopes to cover all 10 regions of the country in the next 18 months with its solution that helps farmers access animal vaccines quickly and reliably... read |
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 | The Summit will explore how technology and tourism can support greater economic and social empowerment through home sharing and the promotion of people-to-people tourism... read |
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 | Enver Duminy The world as we know it is changing, with technology disrupting how we explore the global village... read |
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 | Unmanned systems are finding a growing number of applications in the maritime sector... read |
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