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Africa is open for business. With average annual growth for sub-Saharan Africa forecast at 8% until 2023, the continent is looking increasingly attractive as a trade and export destination... read
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AFRICA
Across all consumer industries, innovation in sub-Saharan Africa is seeing new products and services offered to address challenges the continent faces...read
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MOZAMBIQUE
United Nations teams plan to target around 650,000 with food assistance in Malawi and 600,000 in Mozambique as the devastation left by a tropical cyclone is tallied up...read
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RWANDA
Youth from across the African continent are invited to share stories about the challenges they have faced with intra-continent travel...read
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MADAGASCAR
Malagasy wins the 2019 African Media Agency journalist competition... Read
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AFRICA
EurAfrican Forum appoints APO chairman, Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, to its advisory board... Read
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AFRICA
Ellipsis and Picha collaborate to create stock images of professional African women... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The continent's most influential women in business, sports, science, entertainment and leadership received recognition at the prestigious Forbes Woman Africa Awards inaugural gala dinner held at Durban's Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre on Friday, 8 March... Read
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KENYA
Alibaba's Ali Express customers in Kenya can now pay for goods using M-Pesa following a partnership deal with Safaricom and Ant Financial, the world's largest fintech service provider... Read
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MAURITIUS
As Mauritius celebrates 51 years of independence, it looks to sustained growth... Read
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WEST AFRICA
20 top Francophone African startups enter World Bank Group tech acceleration program... Read
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UGANDA
The Ugandan Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), has struck a ground-breaking, multi-year partnership with world renowned Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organisation, EFC... Read
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AFRICA
"Our future lies in regional integration. We need resources to move forward," say Central Africa bankers... Read
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NIGERIA
Journalists covering the elections told Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) they were detained and harassed by security services or other armed individuals... Read
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ETHIOPIA
Seven Franco-Ethiopian agreements were signed this week, dealing with space cooperation and economic cooperation... Read
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AFRICA
Boomplay, the largest music streaming and downloading service in Africa has signed a deal with Warner Music to bring the record company's music closer to the region... Read
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AFRICA
Spacetoon TV has premiered Zafari, an animated series in the MENA region... Read
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CHAD
The Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) joins calls to end social media block in Chad... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DHL Express in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has announced that the company will once again be lead sponsor for the 2019 DHL eCommerce Africa Conference and Exhibition... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
WALTER VAN DER MERWE
Are financial services providers able to cater to the demands of the next generation?... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MICHELLE BEH
In a five-second world where everything needs to be instant and yield immediate results, I find myself asking what's the point of having long-term thinking?... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
Last week, YPO hosted the world's largest gathering of CEOs right here in Cape Town, on 6 and 7 March 2019, for its Global Leadership Conference and YPO Edge, with the theme, 'Life of Re'. I spoke to master storyteller Cal Fussman about lessons he's learned from interviewing the likes of Simon Sinek... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JENNIFER STEIN
Whether a company enjoys the size and stature of Ford, Tiger Brands or KPMG, or is a much smaller enterprise, the fundamentals surrounding reputation and perception remain unchanged, clearly underscoring the absolute need to be prepared for a crisis... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
When it comes to feeling prosperous, mindset matters more than income, according to the results of Nielsen's new 2019 Changing Consumer Prosperity Report... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
PIETER GROENEWALD
Most executives would agree that the single biggest asset of their organisation is their people, their employees and management. Employee advocacy is at its core, the promotion of an organisation through its staff... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
GARETH MARSHALL
When executed correctly, sports sponsorship is still one of the most powerful options to connect with an already highly engaged, highly emotional audience... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SHEREESA MOODLEY
Facebook has revealed its plans to help stop the spread of fake information about vaccines on its platform... Read
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ETHIOPIA
The pilots of the doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight told air traffic control they were having "flight control problems" before the crash, airline CEO Tewolde GebreMariam told CNN's Richard Quest. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Product of the Year South Africa's CEO Preetesh Sewraj shares think points on using design and insights to get more out of your physical stores... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MAROEFAH SMITH
Strategic partnerships between payment services are crucial in ensuring that the payment ecosystem is seamless... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
Leigh Andrews speaks to King James founder and YPO member James Barty about what he gains from his involvement in YPO and how all businesses can make a better impact... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SundanceTV will be hosting the second SundanceTV Shorts Competition in South Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Coalition for Effective Copyright rallies to protect the rights of creators, producers, publishers and those working in the creative sector from the far-reaching negative impact of the bill... Read
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DR CONGO
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should release journalist Steve Mwanyo Iwewe... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Marriott International's Sheraton Hotels & Resorts has unveiled a new logo paying homage to its past and depicts its vision for the future. The new design will appear across all collateral and websites from April 2019... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JESSICA TENNANT
Instead of asking how marketing is going to change in 10 years' time, David Duarte, CEO of Treeshake, believes it's a far more valuable question to ask how marketing is going to stay the same. In his words, 'What are the timeless truths of the marketing industry?' Read
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AFRICA
In line with its World Without Waste campaign, The Coca-Cola Company is accelerating the collection and recycling of PET plastic bottles across Southern and East Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Ericsson says the global operator is set to switch on 5G - globally - in 2019... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Warc has announced the results of the Warc Media 100, an independent annual ranking of the world's most awarded campaigns and companies for creativity and innovation in media... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Having recently completed five months of intense fieldwork among the UK's leading companies which include many global brands, Agency Scope UK 2018/2019 has provided a few key insights from UK chief marketing officers... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Apple Inc. announced an event for 25 March, where the iPhone maker is expected to introduce an original video programming service and a new premium magazine subscription plan... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Warc has released its 2019 Media Strategy Report, highlighting key trends and themes for an effective media strategy... Read
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SEYCHELLES
The Luxury Collection has announced its first hotel in Seychelles with the signing of North Island... Read
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AFRICA
The 2019 African Responsible Tourism Awards has moved into the second round in which 36 tourism organisations will compete for the top spots... Read
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ZAMBIA
Foot and mouth disease has been reported in Monze, Zambia. So far, more than 20 cattle have been affected across the district... Read
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MOROCCO
JLL's 2018 Year in Review report has outlined a relatively stable real estate market in Casablanca across its hospitality, retail and industrial sectors... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Dr Dyllon Randall has been awarded the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Warner Prize, becoming the fifth recipient to win the global award... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Mobile wallets just haven't lived up to expectations... Read
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AFRICA
Paratus Africa has announced that it recently activated additional capacity between West Africa Undersea Cable System (WACS) and Lusaka, Zambia... Read
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TANZANIA
ADAM IHUCHA
"The key objective of TATO and RTTA strategic partnership is to increase the length of stay of tourists visiting the two countries as we have the comparative advantage of complementarity of tourist products." Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Gartner has identified seven emerging security and risk management trends that will impact security, privacy and risk leaders in 2019 and beyond... Read
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AFRICA
The Amsterdam-based Access to Seeds Foundation has placed two African seed companies at the top of this year's Access to Seeds Index for eastern and southern Africa, for playing a key role in raising smallholder farmer productivity... Read
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TANZANIA
RP Global's Jumeme Rural Power Supply has begun construction of the first phase of its solar-hybrid mini-grid project in Tanzania which will see 11 new mini-grids constructed... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
"The power has shifted from airlines to customers. We need to adopt a new, more customer-centric approach and foster a more innovative cultural fabric if we want to thrive." Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SARAH GEORGE
The finance function in companies around the world is undergoing fundamental change due to digitisation... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
GARTH WILLIAMS
Just what is the fourth industrial revolution? No really, what is it all about beyond the hype and jargon? Read
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GLOBAL
With the advent of advanced agricultural infrastructures and procedures, hydroponics is gaining widespread popularity with its ability to address the need for green vegetables... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The Cannabis Expo, a trade and consumer exhibition dedicated to the cannabis industry, is set be held at Sun Exhibits at GrandWest in Cape Town from 4 to 7 April... Read
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ZIMBABWE
When the Zimbabwean government announced it would relax the indigenisation and economic empowerment regulations in late 2017,it was restricted to the platinum and diamond mining sectors only... Read
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GLOBAL
ENVER DUMINY
Cape Town, South Africa, was selected as one of 15 top global destinations for a case study by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and the World Tourism Cities Federation... Read
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AFRICA
The new website, African City Guide has launched connecting travellers to African cities and what they have to offer... Read
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KENYA
The third One Planet Summit will make its debut in Africa this week, hosted in Nairobi, Kenya on 14 March... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SILVIA DE JAGER AND LISA ILLINGWORTH
There are many businesses that are underpinned by solving problems for the benefit of society at large and out of this has arisen this area of entrepreneurship... Read
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GLOBAL
"JOMO is an extension of Westin's commitment to make it easy for travellers to reclaim their well-being routine while on the road." Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MARIUS COETZEE
With the upcoming elections set to cost hundreds of millions of rands, South Africa needs to look to a future-proof, automated and digitised election process... Read
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MOROCCO
Launched in 2016 by Morocco, the initiative provides a unified framework, exploring the emergence of low carbon and low ecological footprint on the ecosystems, in building a sustainable and prosperous fisheries economy... Read
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AFRICA
According to the Mercer 2019 Quality of Living ranking, in Africa, Port Louis in Mauritius was the city with the best quality of living and also its safest. Read
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AFRICA
DANETTE BREITENBACH
The World Economic Report on Global Risk by the World Bank lists elements of climate change and climate risk in its top 10 list of risks the world faces today... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa's most innovative consumer products have been recognised in the 11th annual Product of the Year awards... Read
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