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MIMI KALINDA
There is a problem with the idea that women need to be specifically empowered in the media, PR and communications industry... read
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MOZAMBIQUE
CHARIS APELGREN-COLEMAN
Songs have long been powerful vehicles for social change, either through the messages contained in their lyrics, or as high-profile celebrity fundraisers...read
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SOUTH AFRICA
UPDATE: Details have been announced for Matthew Buckland's Cape Town memorial service...read
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AFRICA
MAGDI AMIN
Africa's digital revolution is transforming our economy at a record pace. Africa is home to the 10 fastest growing cities in the world, and for nearly a decade, we've had the world's fastest rate of internet adoption...read
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GLOBAL
FUNDISIWE MASEKO
In the fourth quarter of 2018, the approval rate rose by 5.1% bringing MENA's rate just 3% behind the rest of the world. Due to the high transaction value in the travel industry, card approval rates have seen a slower growth rate than other industries... Read
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TUNISIA
Orange, a key player engaged in digital transformation in Africa and the Middle East, launches its first Orange Digital Centre in Tunisia... Read
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AFRICA
"Africa has what the world wants but requires a 30-year instead of a 5-year view..." Read
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NIGERIA
More than half million of Nigeria's rural population will have internet through the use of Television White Space Technology... Read
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EGYPT
Huawei has announced that it will launch its 5G network for the first time in Egypt during the African Cup of Nations... Read
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NORTH AFRICA
BBC Arabic will now be accessible to 42 million viewers in North Africa... Read
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COTE D'IVOIRE
Animation du Monde 2020 returns to DISCOP Abidjan in Ivory Coast - entries now open... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY TECHSYS DIGITAL
Techsys Digital was tasked by leading Namibian digital agency Weatherman & Co to bring to life a unique campaign to celebrate Namibian Independence Day for beer giant Tafel Lager... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
RAVI PANTHI
An employee experience is defined as what people encounter, observe or feel during the course of their employee journey at an organisation. In short, employee experience is everything an employee experiences at work - their interactions with their boss, their team, work-place infrastructure and a multitude of other things... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
REFILWE MALULEKE
The shift to a more individualised society that values experiences more than goods has resulted in a strong drive towards personalisation... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MORNAY ROBERTS-LOMBARD
Customer satisfaction is simply no longer enough to ensure business success. Customers want to feel important, engaged and valued. They don't want to be satisfied - they want to be delighted!... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Clicks Group is planning a capital investment of R700 million over the next financial year, split across the store and pharmacy network, and group infrastructure to support the increased scale of the business... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JEDD COKAYNE
Right now it is vitally important for us to understand what the changes are in consumer's expectations, how we work around them or modify our offerings to suit their needs, while still continuing to grow in the market... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
South African film, Stroop - Journey Into the Rhino Horn War, has been awarded the sought-after 'Best of Festival' award as well as 'Best Independent or Feature Film' at the International Wildlife Film Festival (IWFF). Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
South African and Nigerian animators; Cate Wood Hunter, Sean Steinberg, Sean Braam and Moshood Shades Ridwan, were selected in the Animation du Monde preliminary round at the recent ICON Comic & Games Convention... Read
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CENTRAL AFRICA
African Development Bank approves strategy for Central Africa "crucial for the economic integration of the region"... Read
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ANGOLA
Angola will get to watch the best MMA on TV in a deal TV Zimbo has signed with EFC Worldwide... Read
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GHANA
Google has opened an Artifical Intelligence research laboratory in Accra, Ghana, the first of its kind in Africa... Read
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ZIMBABWE
Our Perfect Wedding Zimbabwe will premiere on DStv's Zambezi Magic starring former Idols Africa star Adiona Chidzonga... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
Are you ready for the artificial intelligence revolution in advertising, like Ciclope Africa Festival's agency of the year Joe Public? Here, chief creative officer Xolisa Dyeshana explains the importance of showcasing real South Africans at the forefront of global playing fields, against the backdrop of their grand prix-winning Chicken Licken work, Sbu 2.0... Read
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NAMIBIA
ISSUED BY WEATHERMEN & CO
A song made by a nation? A fusion of beats, tunes and moves co-created by Namibians and edited by Namibia's top producer, Samm-E Lee Jones... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY TECHSYS DIGITAL
HALLS wanted to transform itself from being perceived as a medicinal throat lozenge to an invigorating everyday candy, and wanted a campaign to land the new positioning with consumers... Read
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AFRICA
'The River', the new series from the country of Nelson Mandela, arrives exclusively on the pan-African channel Edan TV... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Sportswear giants Adidas and Reebok and outdoor clothing brand Patagonia are leading the way on transparency amongst the world's 200 largest fashion brands... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The number of businesses unable to recover data after an incident nearly doubled from 2016... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ROBIN FREDERICKS
Day one of World Travel Market Africa 2019 saw Natalia Rosa, director promotions division for Big Ambitions, take us back to basic travel marketing principles; sharing how to build and roll out the right marketing strategy for your brand... Read
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AFRICA
If Africa is to achieve the sustainable development goals, it needs to prioritise women's access to finance... Read
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AFRICA
Hundreds of millions more Africans are predicted to live in cities over the next three decades as the continent rapidly urbanises... Read
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MOZAMBIQUE
ANA RITA SEQUEIRA ET AL.
The United Nations reports that water scarcity affects more than 40% of the global population. Just over a third of people don't have access to safely managed drinking water. This is why the Sustainable Development Goals set out to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030. Read
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ZAMBIA
THOMAS DAUM
Agriculture is well placed to provide employment for millions across the African continent... Read
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DR CONGO
PEER SCHOUTEN
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich in minerals such as coltan, tantalum, tin and gold. All are coveted for their widespread use in modern technologies, like semiconductors for cars and mobile phones... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
With previous years being dominated by IoT, big data and, more recently, AI, extended reality (XR) is predicted to own the following 12 months... Read
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KENYA
ELIZABETH KIMANI-MURAGE
Kenya's first human milk bank has opened at Pumwani Maternity Hospital. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, spoke to the team spearheading APHRC's research efforts in the establishment of Kenya's first milk bank.... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) is hosting its Growth Accelerator Programme in South Africa and is calling for applications... Read
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GLOBAL
Siemens has launched its Atlas of Digitalization, a new web-based application that reveals the readiness and potential of six major cities to embrace digitalisation... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ERNST WITTMANN
Over the past few months, we have seen a storm of hype about 5G, the next evolution in mobile network technology. Handset manufacturers are starting to come to market with 5G-ready smartphones... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MARIA RYAN
In December last year the US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, gave a speech at the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC, in which he outlined the Trump administration's new Africa strategy... Read
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GLOBAL
SIMON MCCULLOUGH
Data breaches and cyberattacks are unignorably on the rise and hackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Home appliance brand Defy, a subsidiary of Arcelik Global, has invested more than R1billion in upgrading three local production centres to serve as its strategic manufacturing hub... Read
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GLOBAL
The guideline by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification initiative is set to further hone food security and nutrition analysis processes for better and more actionable information during humanitarian crises... Read
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AFRICA
KINGSLEY IGHOBOR
Government staffer Souhayata Haidara enjoys talking about her life in a patriarchal society. Her career is a triumph of patience and perseverance... Read
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BOTSWANA
A 1,758-carat diamond, second only in size to the famous Cullinan diamond, has been unearthed by Lucara Diamond Corp at its Karowe mine in Botswana. Read
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