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The 2019 SABRE Awards Africa winners were handed out following on the annual African Public Relations Association (AFPRA) conference in Kigali, Rwanda, last week... read
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AFRICA
SALONA NAIDOO AND GABI WOJTOWITZ
Welcome to the future, where a continent once cast in darkness has come into the light...read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
The likes of Black Panther have turned the concept of Wakanda from a dream to reality for superhero fans across the continent, but that's only the starting point of African creativity. Malenga Mulendema has taken this further in Mama K's Team 4, Netflix' first original African animated series...read
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RWANDA
On an individual and organisational level, ethics and reputation are of the utmost importance and form part of storytelling and shaping a realistic narrative...read
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AFRICA
Animation du Monde 2020 in Francophone Africa and head judge and mentor announced... Read
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EGYPT
Oxford Business Group launches a new country report on Egypt's macroeconomic outlook... Read
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AFRICA
CHRISTIAAN DE BEUKELAER AND ANDREW J. EISENBERG
While new modes of distribution using mobile telecommunications networks offer real alternatives to piracy, African musicians continue to struggle to reap significant benefits... Read
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KENYA
Safaricom has introduced a smartphone campaign to launch the cheapest 4G-enabled smartphones in Kenya... Read
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TANZANIA
The Committee to Protect Journalists and 37 other non-governmental organisations this week sent a letter to member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council... Read
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AFRICA
African Media Agency partners with Brand Africa to launch the 7th Annual Brand Africa 100: Africa's Best Brands... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Eye of the Pangolin, a new documentary about the most trafficked mammal on earth, will premiere on Friday, 17 May, Endangered Species Day... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
RUTH COOPER
Award-winning Mozambican artist Mário Macilau will be exhibiting his solo show, titled Faith: Rituals, Spirit & Sea in collaboration with Ed Cross Fine Art in London, at Guns & Rain in Johannesburg... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
Fitting in perfectly with the rise of purpose-led marketing across the globe is Jeanne du Plessis, corporate affairs and citizenship leader at Procter and Gamble (P&G) South Africa. Du Plessis is a passionate believer that business can and should be a force for good in the world... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
YAW DWOMOH
Stories are a powerful part of the human experience. Yes, we see them told at bedtime to children listening in rapt silence, but they're also told daily in election campaigns, fundraising drives and in business, through brand storytelling... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
What if after the second time someone tabled a decision the meeting was automatically over? What if you replaced all PowerPoint presentations with short memos? What if instead of talking about how a drone could reshape the supply chain, you demonstrated a test flight? Read
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AFRICA
ISSUED BY DENTSU AEGIS NETWORK
Digital is booming (and showing no signs of slowing down) in Africa, so is the global trend towards "detoxing" from technology and social media relevant to us in sub-Saharan Africa?.. Read
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NIGERIA
The Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa (MIIA) announces appointment of Nigerian visionary and thought leader, John Kamara, as a director... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The lineup of non-fiction films to be screened at the 21st Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, taking place from 6 to 16 June 2019, has been unveiled... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Change your shopping habits if you want to lighten your environmental footprint, says Hadley Dean, CEO of JSE-listed EPP... Read
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EAST AFRICA
The East African version of 'Got Talent' where talented East Africans will have an opportunity to showcase their skills will be aired exclusively on Citizen TV... Read
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GHANA
Vodafone Ghana has launched a new feature on Vodafone Cash known as Reference to satisfy its customers... Read
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AFRICA
CHARLES ONYANGO-OBBO
Innovative projects tackle entrenched gender inequality in Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MALTE RÖDL
One of the largest meat processors in the UK, supplying supermarkets across the country with beef, pork, and lamb, has launched a plant-based meat alternative. ABP is the first UK meat producer to do so... Read
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GLOBAL
New York Festivals Advertising Awards has announced its 2019 winners... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
CHRIS BOTHA
How are leaders in our industry chosen? Often, the position goes to someone who is 'likeable' and a natural 'people's person'. Oh, and often very good at their job. But is that the real qualities that we need in a leader? I don't think so... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The Marketing Association of South Africa (Masa) and the Marketing Research Foundation (MRF) have announced that Maps, the products and brands replacement survey for Amps, will officially start collecting consumer insights from July 2019... Read
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NIGERIA
ISSUED BY DENTSU AEGIS NETWORK
Out of Home (OOH) is the only ad-block-proof digital medium around. How is digital unleashing fresh creativity in OOH in sub-Saharan Africa?.. Read
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AFRICA
ISSUED BY SMART MEDIA
In Africa, household consumption is expected to reach $2.5tn by 2030 with Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa accounting for nearly half that... Read
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MALI
Lenali integrates local languages such as Bambara, Soninke, Songhai, Mooré and Wolof, as well as French, making the app accessible to people without formal education... Read
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NIGERIA
MTN Nigeria has announced that it has received approval to list on the Premium Board of The Nigerian Stock Exchange... Read
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NORTH AFRICA
Yalla Yalla is a brand-new Dubai-based film and television company which will target the Arabic entertainment sector with new content in the MENA region... Read
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MALI
EVAN-LEE COURIE
Humanitarian emergencies often strike without warning, destroying lives and livelihoods within a matter of seconds. In the immediate aftermath, the challenge for those responding is to know where to start... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
EVAN-LEE COURIE
We chat with Grey Jabesi, an entrepreneur, Blockchain enthusiast, cryptocurrency evangelist, analyst, and investor based in Africa.... Read
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RWANDA
Rwanda is working on strategies to regulate social media content to stop misinformation... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JESSICA TENNANT
Ahead of this year's IAB Summit, taking place 30 May at the Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein, we interviewed speaker Marcel Botha, founder and CEO of 10XBeta to find out what to expect from his talk on 'manufactured stories' and what this year's theme of the 'new now' means to him... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ZUBEIDA GOOLAM
With more than 600 million members from 200 countries in 2019, LinkedIn is still the largest professional networking platform in the world... Read
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NIGERIA
Nigerian journalist Oluseyi Awojulugbe wins APO Group invitation to attend the African Development Bank's 2019 Annual Meetings... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Nike has launched a new in-app scanning solution in the US, called Nike Fit, that provides customers with their recommended shoe size in each of the company's footwear products... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LVMH, the world's largest luxury group, has announced the launch of a new Paris-based luxury fashion house, developed by Robyn Rihanna Fenty... Read
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GLOBAL
Instagram has launched a @shop account, essentially a curation of posts from online merchants that sell products through the image-sharing app. Read
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GLOBAL
The results of the second annual BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuable Global Retail Brands have been revealed. The research shows that the world's most valuable retail brands are worth $339 billion more... Read
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GLOBAL
Wan-Ifra has released a new report that looks at the global map of remedies adopted by governments whose objective is to combat the disinformation crisis, though with extremely diverse intent and effects... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Applications are open for start-ups interested in participating in a four-month high-impact business accelerator programme, run by the British Council in partnership with Seed Academy and the Social Enterprise Academy... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
KRISTINE LIAO
The R60m V&A Waterfront desalination plant has been sitting dormant since February... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Air Tanzania is set to resume services between O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg and Dar es Salaam with connections to domestic and international destinations... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH KÖHLER
We can't ignore the impact of AI (artificial intelligence) on investments any longer. AI is here to stay, and brings with it a whole new way of doing business. The World Economic Forum 2019 was dominated by AI, and our industry has not been left unaffected... Read
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AFRICA
THOMAS MCNAMARA
Almost every global development body, from the World Bank to small, single-issue NGOs, claims to listen to or work with "the community"... Read
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AFRICA
The International Air Transport Association has announced its global passenger traffic results for March 2019 showing that demand rose by 3.1%, compared to the same month a year ago... Read
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AFRICA
Radisson Blu has for a second year in a row, secured the leading position as the hotel brand with the most hotels under development and the most hotel deals in its pipeline in Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Climate change, shifts in production and demand and financial pressures have led to the South African wine industry becoming smaller, which has resulted in producers and wineries having to rethink the way that they do business... Read
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AFRICA
A new report, released in April by the Unicef-WHO Joint Monitoring Programme, reveals 51% of healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa do not have a clean source of water on site... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Veterinary services together with the industry are conducting follow-up investigations to trace the origin of the disease and to identify other farms that may possibly be affected... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa signs an exploration and production sharing agreement (EPSA) with South Sudan for Block B2... Read
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AFRICA
Despite a number of significant risk factors that threaten to limit economic growth in the region, Mace's latest Market View for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) reports that construction activity is forecast to grow... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MIKE HIGLEY
Marshall McLuhan is better known for creating the term 'global village', a description that describes how borders have effectively disappeared... Read
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TANZANIA
Natural resources form a core pillar of Tanzania's economy and play a pivotal role in sustaining the livelihoods of its citizens, however a new World Bank report warns that the country has only a rapidly shrinking opportunity... Read
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NIGERIA
Empowering young women with information in high school can help ensure that certain cancers are caught early... Read
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COTE D'IVOIRE
WANDILE SIHLOBO
Chocolate can certainly get one some brownie points, and no way is this truer than in Ivory Coast which in 2018 reported the largest agricultural trade balance in value terms in Africa, an amount of $5.1bn... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The finalists in the this year's African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards have been announced... Read
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AFRICA
According to an updated assessment by a United Nations Environment Programme-administered treaty, poaching continues to threaten the long-term survival of the African elephant... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SÉBASTIEN SAUVÉ
Most studies on the use of pesticides are funded by those that produce the chemicals but only independent research can inform us about the best agricultural practices. Read
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AFRICA
The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that 13-million people die from infectious diseases each year... Read
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KENYA
Integrated with the existing geothermal power, the Oserian Development Company will now produce sufficient renewable energy for consumption by tenants and residents of the Two Lakes Industrial Park. Read
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ANGOLA
Production levels in Angola are expected to soar by 2020 following the reorganisation of the state oil company Sonangol, and a drastic revision of country's legislation related to oil and gas... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
First launched in South Africa in 2017, Mastercard's inquiry-based STEM programme Girls4Tech has so far reached more than 400,000 girls (ages 8-12) in 25 countries... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
#TechBytes is a nine-part video mini-series that shares nine simple steps any business can apply to generate qualified leads... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
RICCARDO SPAGNI
What's hot in blockchain technology right now? It's a question I get asked a lot. And people often think I'm being snarky when I tell them my answer can change practically every day... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MIKE WEBB
One of the key challenges in getting energy and infrastructure projects off the ground in Africa is the lack of available funding... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The distorting of the physical and virtual world is reshaping businesses, industries and sectors... Read
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UGANDA
Uganda Airlines has firmed up its order for two A330-800 airliners... Read
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BOTSWANA
DR LOUISE DE WAAL
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana categorically denies that his government would ever cull elephants, contradicting the Parliamentary Report proposing culling... Read
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AFRICA
Ethiopia's former state minister in the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy Wondimu Tekle Sigo was among the winners at the annual African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards... Read
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