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MICHAEL MIKULEWICZ AND TAHSEEN JAFRY
The tropical cyclone rampaging south-eastern Africa has been described as one of the worst disasters ever to strike the southern hemisphere, with up to 2.6 million people potentially affected... read
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MOZAMBIQUE
LOUISE MARSLAND
Cyclone Idai which hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi a week ago, has been described as probably the worst weather-related disaster to hit the Southern Hemisphere...read
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AFRICA
The Committee to Protect Journalists releases 'The Last Column' book to highlight the human cost of journalism around the globe. The book features the final articles and photographs of fallen journalists...read
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SIERRA LEONE
First network of journalists to combat trafficking in persons launched in Sierra Leone...read
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AFRICA
JOSEPHINE WAWIRA
Africa is set to be the next big mobile market and the mobile economy is expected to generate more than $150 billion by 2022 to Africa's GDP... Read
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ETHIOPIA
DANIEL OTIENO
Hopeful of lasting peace, both countries now focus on restoring trade ties... Read
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AFRICA
With Netflix listing African content like Chief Daddy, Lionheart, Wedding Party and more, Amazon Prime is now offering Africa to its listings... Read
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BURKINA FASO
PIER PAOLO FRASSINELLI
Africa's top film festival celebrates 50 years: what's to celebrate, and learn... Read
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ETHIOPIA
Premiere in Africa of the documentary 'Cuba in Africa'... Read
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ETHIOPIA
Canal + will soon deploy its pay-TV offer in the coming weeks in Ethiopia... Read
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AFRICA
The documentary film, 'Buddha in Africa', is to have its world premiere at Hot Docs, Canada... Read
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AFRICA
MARLEZE VAN LOGGERENBERG
The rise of the prosumer - a trend that has been gathering momentum in Europe in recent times - could well be the answer to a multitude of challenges faced in Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEE NAIK
"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog"... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Psychologically, we are programmed to respond well to being rewarded for good behaviour... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MAROEFAH SMITH
Ramona Kasavan is taking over Africa one sanitary towel at a time. She started her company, Mimi Women, after seeing large numbers of girls missing school over their monthly menses... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
By the year 2020, poor customer experiences will destroy 30% of digital business projects. Will yours be one of them? What does it mean to be customer-centric?... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
CARMEN MURRAY
Carmen Murray lists simple starting points for businesses to start the process of restoration... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Bongani Chinkanda says businesses and brands have to immerse themselves in youth culture and then create products that are relevant if they want to effectively market to the youth... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MAROEFAH SMITH
Nigerian entrepreneur Ink Eze knows how to grow an online community: her wedding community Bella Naija Weddings has over three million followers on Instagram... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The 9th Annual South African Council of Shopping Centres Research Conference, a mainstay event on SA's shopping centre and retail industry calendar, is set to take place at the Maslow Hotel in Johannesburg on 3 April... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
The eCommerce Africa conference kicked off at CTICC on 19 March with a keynote session by Chantel Botha, founder of BrandLove, titled: 'More than a feeling, on why CX is the #1 competitive differentiator'. Here's what you missed... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY DIGITLAB
Mike Saunders, DigitLab Academy founder, has a passion for education, particularly teaching people how to make the most of technology to improve their life and business... Read
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AFRICA
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
In a talk titled 'Why your story matters', in the 'driving demand' track of the fifth eCommerce Africa conference, attendees heard from Mike Joubert, founder of the Billybo Group. Dubbed a godfather in SA brands and marketing, he walked us through the virtue of storytelling and why it matters, while shedding light through examples from some of the greatest commercial stories ever told... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
"Terse, spare storytelling, very economical but very powerful" is how Fran Luckin, CCO of Grey Johannesburg and ADC 98th Annual Awards Advertising judge describes "The Truth Is Worth it", making it her ADC Awards pick of the day... Read
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AFRICA
Africa must digitise its economies, broaden its tax base, prevent further deterioration of fiscal and debt positions, and aim for double-digit growth to achieve the UN 2030 global goals (SDGs), and the AU Agenda 2063... Read
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AFRICA
Applications to 2019 Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalism Fellowship now open... Read
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AFRICA
Kwesé Free TV, becomes the first free-to-air terrestrial broadcaster to be licensed in South Africa since e.tv received its license 21 years ago... Read
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GLOBAL
Airbus has begun shore-to-ship trials in Singapore with its Skyways parcel delivery drone... Read
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GLOBAL
Warc has found that of the $590.4bn spent on advertising worldwide last year, $144.6bn (24.5%) went to the Google and Facebook 'Duopoly', which equates to almost one in four dollars... Read
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AFRICA
The African Development Bank will double its climate finance commitments for the period 2020-2025, the organisation's president Akinwumi Adesina revealed at the recent One Planet Summit in Nairobi, Kenya... Read
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AFRICA
DANETTE BREITENBACH
Millions of Africans still suffer from water shortages due to problems of uneven distribution and management of existing supplies... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ROSALIND DAVEY
More and more businesses are expanding into a virtual world, which has advantages for employers and employees alike, but challenges and risks too... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SYLVIE ALBERT, JEREMY MILLARD, TOMAS DIEZ
The Fabrication City concept puts manufacturing back in the hands of communities - using 3D printers... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JOHNNY JOHNSON
Way back in the seventies, Peter Drucker said that business has only one purpose: to create a customer. That's where Marty Neumeier kicks off from in his recent book The Brand Flip... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Deeper collaboration is needed to drive the development and delivery of cutting-edge technology across the continent' travel and tourism industry. Read
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MAURITIUS
Voting for the WTA Africa and Indian Ocean regions is open and concludes on 21 April 2019... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
EVAN-LEE COURIE
In today's world, almost everything we interact with online has an algorithm at its core. Algorithm Agency takes its name from the core principle that drives all search marketing... Read
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AFRICA
EDUARDO ALEJANDRO MARTÍNEZ CESEÑA, JOSEPH MUTALE, MATHAIOS PANTELI, AND PIERLUIGI MANCARELLA
Access to reliable and affordable electricity brings many benefits. It supports the growth of small businesses, allows students to study at night and protects health... Read
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AFRICA
DANETTE BREITENBACH
Climate resilience must be at the heart of all investments across Africa. Knowledge is the critical ingredient to move the scale of climate resilience... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Set against the backdrop of the economic forecast for the upcoming year, Wesgro's heads' of department briefly outlined their plans to boost the local economy and facilitate job creation through tourism, trade, investment and film... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
In a data-rich world, business intelligence (BI) must move past static information and siloed analyses... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The Waterpod could be Africa's answer to providing access to safe, affordable drinking water, while at the same time fighting the environmental scourge of single-use plastics... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
AGT Foods Retail & Food Ingredients has teamed up with Greenpop as sponsor for its tree planting festivals taking place in Africa... Read
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AFRICA
Earlier this month, the African Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions (AAVEA) celebrated its inception with a digital media launch, with the aim to unify and elevate the attractions sector... Read
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ZAMBIA
AgriTeach workshops are focused on skills development, aimed at addressing current farming challenges and offer practical, smart and innovative solutions to ensure quality farming and maximum production... Read
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BOTSWANA
ANDREW NOVAK
Botswana's High Court is considering a challenge to the provisions of the penal code criminalising consensual same-sex relations in the country... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MAROEFAH SMITH
You don't have to shy away from using your social awareness or 'wokeness' to grow your business. In fact, it might do better if you do... Read
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AFRICA
DAN SHEPARD
Record global greenhouse gas emissions are putting the world on a path toward unacceptable warming, with serious implications for development prospects in Africa... Read
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WEST AFRICA
FUNDISIWE MASEKO
Nigeria's digital agriculture platform, Farmcrowdy announced that it has closed on additional seed funding of $1... Read
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AFRICA
ISABELLE SZOTT AND NICOLA F. KOYAMA
Countries such as South Africa and Kenya receive two to five million visitors to protected areas each year, generating receipts of up to $90m. But as it becomes more popular worldwide, it's worth remembering that we often don't know how tourism affects the animals we observe... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
New rules for checking in bags of irregular shape and size will be applied at OR Tambo International Airport from 25 March 2019. The rules are aimed at preventing blockages and breakdowns in the baggage handling system... Read
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Gloria Steinem "I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk." Spike Lee "I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect." HDI Youth Consultancy's Bongani Chinkanda on 'youth proofing' your brand |
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