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The AWIEF Awards this weekend celebrated the achievements of women entrepreneurs and innovators across the African continent... read
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AFRICA
LOUISE MARSLAND
The women of Africa are our most valuable, untapped resource, the AWIEF 2018 conference heard...read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DANETTE BREITENBACH
Not every brand is an Amazon that can disrupt its category, but every brand can learn lessons from disruption brands; lessons that can be applied to any market...read
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AFRICA
Grand Prize winner and second-runner up are providing healthcare solutions that are changing lives in Africa...read
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CAMEROON
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called for Cameroon to drop all charges against Mimi Mefo... Read
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NIGERIA
EMEKA ENWERE
Google and Facebook own the most popular media platforms online. As the two most dominant players in the online advertising space globally... Read
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CAMEROON
Authorities in Cameroon should halt their intimidation of journalist Mimi Mefo and ensure that she can work safely without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said... Read
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NIGERIA
Nigeria's leading independent TV, radio and online broadcasting company, TVC Communications, has unveiled a new brand identity for its market leading family entertainment channel, TVC... Read
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AFRICA
Following Kwesé's announcement of its move towards digital services, the broadcaster will grant loyal Kwesé TV subscribers complimentary access to Kwesé iflix for 12 months... Read
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ETHIOPIA
Youth entrepreneurship promotion at the heart of 'Africa Talks Jobs' conference... Read
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AFRICA
Vodacom now reaches 28 markets in Africa, with the addition of 19 new countries it is now operating in... Read
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NIGER
Digital terrestrial television (DTT) is already operational in Niger, and will be officially launched end-December with a free distribution of decoders... Read
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AFRICA
The third edition of Digital Lab Africa will kick off at DISCOP Johannesburg this month and opportunities exist for participants in the field of digital content creation... Read
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ZIMBABWE
Kwesé satellite television has closed down in Zimbabwe after a review by parent company, Econet Media, of its business strategy and service offerings to align it to changes in the global digital and satellite broadcasting sector... Read
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AFRICA
It is essential to promote entrepreneurship both qualitatively and quantitatively in South Africa and Total is bringing back its Startupper of the Year Challenge to 40 African countries... Read
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TANZANIA
LOUISE MARSLAND
Media activist and former South African journalist and editor, Angela Quintal, has been interrogated in Tanzania... Read
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TANZANIA
The Committee to Protect Journalists has welcomed the release of staffers Angela Quintal and Muthoki Mumo, who have safely left Tanzania... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DANETTE BREITENBACH
Despite retailers widening their repertoire, baskets are shrinking as tough times for shoppers dictate more planning and less impulse shopping... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JESSICA TENNANT
Giant Films in collaboration with an international team of creatives recently completed an anti-poaching, 90-second film for Over and Above Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
M&C Saatchi Abel was one of the IAB Bookmark Awards' top six-ranked digital agencies presenting at the Digital Agency Showcase at Red & Yellow School. Founding partner Jason Harrison explained why Miley Cyrus is more influential than Stephen Hawking... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
Evan Milton of Ogilvy SA kicked off last week's Digital Agency Showcase with insights into what it means to be an advertising agency in these digital, connected times and shared the power of co-authoring brave work with brands... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Pick n Pay has introduced two reverse vending machines into the vicinity of its V&A Waterfront store, into which visitors can throw their discarded waste for recycling... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
In introducing Hellocomputer as one of the IAB Bookmark Awards' top six-ranked digital agencies presenting at last week's Digital Agency Showcase at Red & Yellow School, group MD Mark Tomlinson placed emphasis on being more human in these digital times... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
Network BBDO is one of the IAB Bookmark Awards' top six-ranked digital agencies of the year, and so presented at last week's Digital Agency Showcase at Red & Yellow School. ECD Brad Reilly showed some non-digital work and others in the automotive space. Remember Raj and Raj 2? Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
CARMEN MURRAY
Carmen Murray interviews Herman Singh who unpacks the myths of disruptive innovation and explores what needs to be "spring cleaned" in our organisations to reap the blossoms of tomorrows profits... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The second instalment of Comic-Con Africa will be held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg from 21-24 September 2019... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
On 11 July 2018, Absa Group became one of the first large corporates to embrace the .africa domain... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
EUGENE YIGA
Book Dash is a non-profit organisation on a mission to make sure every child in South Africa owns 100 books by the age of five... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JULIAN THOMAS
As markets become increasingly globalised, saturated and competitive in the digital age, great focus is being placed on the customer experience (CX)... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DANIEL DERCKSEN
Daniel Dercksen chats to writer-director Jerome Pikwane, a self-confessed cinephile who studied directing at the New York Film Academy about his supernatural thriller The Tokoloshe... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
The session by VML was my favourite of the first-ever Digital Agency Showcase, because not only was the panel the most representative of the day, but agency leader Jared Cinman also led the way in letting the 'future of the industry' talk for itself... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
BRENDAN SEERY
When Pepe Marais was saved by a surfer two decades ago, no one could have guessed they'd start a business together... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The 2019 Prism Awards will celebrate 22 years of public relations excellence next year and is calling for entries... Read
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AUSTRALIA
LOUISE GRIMMER AND GARY MORTIMER
Australian supermarkets phasing out single-use plastic bags is just one example of how retailers are fiercely engaged in a race to be "green". Other examples are dumping plastic straws... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
We.Stream and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced a partnership, for the sale of We.Stream's mobile Wi-Fi hotspot on board of KLM flights... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
UK books and stationery retailer WH Smith has announced plans to acquire InMotion, a US travel retailer, for $198 million. The transaction marks a significant step in WH Smith's international travel growth strategy... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
TOM LEE AND STEFAN LIE
For many people there is something irresistible about chocolate. But in the hungry rush to make it part of our bodies there is a missed opportunity to meditate on different gestural experiences... Read
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GLOBAL
The 2019 D&AD Awards are now open for entry, with eleven categories reimagined to highlight the best of the modern creative industries... Read
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ZIMBABWE
WIIDA FOURIE-BASSON
A new study, based on 27 years of data from Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe, suggests that temperature increases over the last three decades have already caused major declines in local populations of tsetse flies... Read
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AFRICA
LUKE HUNTER
A billion dollars. That's approximately what it would cost, to save the African lion... Read
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KENYA
FAITH OSIER
Malaria is still a major problem in Africa. There are over 200 million clinical cases each year and approximately half a million deaths... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JEROEN MINDERMAN
Wind turbines are, it appears, everywhere. Even if you can't see some on the horizon on your way into work every day, it is hard to miss the continual news coverage... Read
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AFRICA
The AfDB is leading efforts to wake the 'sleeping giant' that is the African savannah and turn it into the cradle of the continent's green revolution... Read
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AFRICA
Travel is an ever-shifting industry; how visitors adapt in their preferences is a challenge for any tourism and hospitality professional to identify and meet their requirements in order to stay relevant... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
NICCI BOTHA
Years of civil war has seen Sudan's lucrative oil industry shrink to virtually nothing... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Water and sanitation industry players have been urged to tap into new local technologies and solutions that will address the service delivery challenges that plague the sector... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
NICCI BOTHA
Africa Oil Week held in Cape Town recently was a veritable who's who of oil and gas players on the continent. A ministerial panel gave insight into the aspirations of some of the countries... Read
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AFRICA
ELENI MOURDOUKOUTAS
Sub-Saharan Africa produces approximately 62-million tonnes of waste per year, including plastic waste, according to the World Bank... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
It's been nine years since the annual threshold required to register as a VAT vendor was increased from R300,000 to R1m... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
NICCI BOTHA
South Africa's much mooted seventh refinery is on the way... Read
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KENYA
DHL Global Forwarding has started a partnership with My Dream Now, a Swedish non-profit social enterprise that provides mentorship programs to school children and youth... Read
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NIGERIA
Dangote Sinotruk West Africa Limited entered another phase in its expansion drive... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
BENYAM WORKU DUBALE, CELIA VAN DER MERWE & NATHANI
Over the past two decades, mental health research has advanced markedly. But most mental health studies haven't included African people Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The African oil & gas industry has been on a rocky road, with external factors placing pressure on companies to be more cost-effective and efficient... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
EVAN-LEE COURIE
Flock Eventing Platform's app proved a hit with delegates at the recent SA Investment Conference, which saw investors pledge more than R290bn in investments into the country... Read
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TANZANIA
JEVGENIY BLUWSTEIN, JENS FRIIS LUND & PEADAR BREHO
By several accounts, 2018 has been a great year for community-based conservation in Tanzania... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SUE BAKKER
Many of today's most successful leaders understand that, while moving forward with purpose is essential for sustainable success, it is equally important to stand still... Read
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AFRICA
UK-based fintech company, Fiskl is launching a mobile app that aims to assist SMEs to better manage everyday tasks... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DR ANDREW GOLDING
There's no question that technology is going to play an ever-increasing role in the residential real estate world... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
RESHAAD SHA
While the continent faces a myriad of challenges, the right application of future technology can play a major role in solving these... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
NICCI BOTHA
Until now, African scientists working on genomics haven't had access to a local storage platform for the immense amount of data their research generates... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
BRIAN TIMPERLEY
For many of us, the term 'Shadow IT' instantly evokes images of nasty ghouls lurking suspiciously behind servers and computer screens... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ASTRID KAUSE
Cape Town's recent drought brought into sharp relief how people behave and the choices that they make when resources become scarce... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
North West MEC for Tourism Desbo Mohono has called on tourism bodies in Botswana and South Africa to form partnerships that will boost tourism between the two countries... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
AHMED ESSOP
Once again, Times Higher Education's annual global university rankings have drawn a lot of attention from the media and in the higher education sector. In South Africa, this has focused on the four institutions from the country that made the top 500 on the 2019 list... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
When the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto came up with cryptocurrency 10 years ago, he envisaged a global digital monetary system free from regulatory constraints.... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Land reform is not only about correcting a grave historical injustice, it is an absolute economic necessity, says President Cyril Ramaphosa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Whether its X, Y or Z, each generation exhibits different idiosyncracies, even when it comes to their finances... Read
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