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JUANITA PIENAAR
Quicket founders, James Tagg and James Hedley elaborate on the company's aggressive growth trajectory, especially throughout Africa, on what it is that sets them apart and on their future plans... read
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AFRICA
The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, entered into force yesterday, brings with it the possibility of boosting intra-Africa trade and investment. The agreement, provides a framework to ease the doing of business in Africa...read
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AFRICA
African innovators and entrepreneurs need to be encouraged, supported and incentivised to reach their optimal potential...read
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AFRICA
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is estimated to rebound to 2.8%1 for 2019...read
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SUDAN
Sudan's military rulers yesterday ordered the Khartoum bureau of Al-Jazeera to be shut down and banned its staff from working in the country... Read
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AFRICA
In On Africa and African Business magazine announce partnership for the Africa Country Benchmark Report 2019... Read
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KENYA
Boomplay announced that the company will capitalise on the Kenyan market by investing $1 million... Read
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DR CONGO
The Russian news agency, Sputnik has signed a new partnership agreement with Congolese National Radio and Television... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
YAW DWOMOH
"Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter..." Read
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NIGERIA
New accreditation requirements restrict press access to Nigeria's National Assembly... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
This #AfricaMonth we go behind the selfie with Ghana-born, Yaw Dwomoh, managing director of Idea Hive specialist brand storytellers based in Johannesburg... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SEMONA PILLAY
In an era of rapid technological change, and with the Fourth Industrial Revolution on everybody's lips, I ask: What about lower-income retail shoppers in emerging markets like South Africa? Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JARRED MAILER-LYONS
Science fiction movies and novels did an amazing job of creating and dramatising encounters with artificial intelligence - but did it prepare us for the real world of AI? Unfortunately not... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MAROEFAH SMITH
African personalities, vloggers, influencers and makeup artists bring an African flair to the New York attitude of Maybelline in the Makeup In The Cities - Africa web series... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DAVID LIMBERT
The general belief is that great ideas happen when people are free to think and that creatives thrive in situations that grant permission to make mistakes. I don't disagree with the sentiment, but I do see a challenge with the word freedom... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
BRONWYN WILLIAMS
Morality marketing. Woke-washing. Brand-standing. Jumping on the brand wagon. Whatever you want to call it, companies are increasingly taking the plunge and tying their brands to issues of social justice... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
NATHALIE SCHOOLING
Nathalie Schooling, founder and CEO of nlighten debunks a couple of myths around CX... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Walmart veteran Mitchell Slape has been appointed as Massmart's new chief executive officer and executive director of the company... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
VISHAL BARAPATRE
Digitisation has revolutionised the way businesses operate, with new entrants into all markets disrupting traditional enterprises through entirely innovative models... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Africa has been a rich source of artistic inspiration for many parts of the world for centuries, but what's changing now is that Afrocentric culture is being spearheaded by the sons and daughters of the African continent... Read
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AFRICA
Realness, an African Screenwriter's Residency, announces 2019 participants at Cannes Film Festival... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
RONELLE BESTER
LinkedIn can be a true game-changer for B2B (business to business) companies. Built for business networking, LinkedIn works exceptionally well for B2B lead generation, making it one of the top tactics for B2B marketing... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MATT ARNOLD
Data analytics; the new buzzword for business people everywhere - it's the new north star guiding every decision we're supposed to make. But there's a lot of data and not a lot of understanding on what to do with it, often making data analytics more confusing and less useful than it should be... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DESIREE GULLAN
What does it take to create an effective email marketing campaign that is not only read but also engaged with? Mailers must convey a message and create an experience that entices the user to take the desired action... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JESSICA TENNANT
This National Child Protection Week (CPW), Google South Africa and Media Monitoring Africa hosted a roundtable putting a spotlight on the importance of online safety for children... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ZOE VAN DER VYVER
When it comes to hiring an event planner for your corporate event, one takes it for granted that certain things are included in their mix of talents on offer, because 'they are the experts' and it's why you've hired them... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Overseeing multi-ethnic innovation for Estée Lauder Companies, Susan Akkad is no stranger to the concept of 'inclusive beauty'... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Chef Dale Roberts will be offering his culinary knowledge to the local Tilapia fishing communities... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
RIRHANDZU SHINGWENYANA
Technology has brought a lot of new ways of marketing. That is why it is paramount to think about designing differently without losing the essence... Read
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AFRICA
Nestlé has launched a Research and Development (R&D) innovation challenge in sub-Saharan Africa to provide a platform for startups and universities to contribute to local sustainable growth... Read
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COTE D'IVOIRE
Ivorian TV viewers will be able to watch 60 digital TV channels via SES's satellite at 22 degrees West... Read
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KENYA
Kenya is working on a new policy by introducing tax to the Over the Top (OTT) non-resident organisations, including Netflix and Hulu, subscription-based services that charge users on a monthly basis... Read
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AFRICA
This year's SABRE Africa Awards provide a snapshot of how PR on the continent is progressing... Read
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AFRICA
StarTimes is launching the first edition of the Pan-African Online Film Festival... Read
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NIGERIA
NigComSat, the African Communications Satellite has officially launched a new direct-to-home TV platform in Nigeria which is called, NextTV... Read
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JOHAN WALTERS
The Augmented World Expo is underway in Silicon Valley, USA, and Johan Walters shares highlights from Day 1... Read
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JOHAN WALTERS
The Augmented World Expo is underway in Silicon Valley, USA, and Johan Walters shares highlights from Day 2... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The New York Festivals Radio Awards has announced its 2019 finalists with South Africa's CliffCentral selected as a finalist in the Podcast category... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
L'Oréal and Alibaba Group have joined forces to launch an AI-powered mobile app designed to diagnose acne, to be made available on Alibaba's Tmall and Taobao mobile app next month... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JEN ALLAN
The world generated 242 million tonnes of plastic waste in 2016 - a figure that's expected to grow by 70% in the next 30 years... Read
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GLOBAL
The report reveals that internet ad formats already account for the majority of media spend in eight markets, including the US, UK and China... Read
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AFRICA
MORGAN MORRIS
A European Commission task force, which included a researcher from the South African Centre of Excellence in Food Security, has released a series of recommendations on ways to unlock the economic potential of struggling rural Africa... Read
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AFRICA
BONANI MADIKIZELA
Going back to basics, when African citizens managed the landscapes through rotational grazing, for example, are the key foundations if the continent is to achieve the long-term aspirational goals set by the UN and AU... Read
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TIAAN DE JAGER & TANESHKA KRUGER
Malaria is a serious, complex and often fatal vector-borne disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium and transmitted when people are bitten by infected female Anopheles mosquitoes... Read
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AFRICA
NATALIA ROSA
Wildlife, incredible landscapes, exciting road trips, centuries-old tribes and glorious beaches are just a few great travel experiences that make Africa one of the most desirable travel destinations in the world... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
There has been justified outrage about a recently published - and hastily retracted - academic article written by academics from Stellenbosch University in South Africa... Read
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AFRICA
Revising regulations to increase backyard gardening in cities could be key to sustainable food production in sub-Saharan Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MARTIN JANSEN VAN VUUREN
The first article provided an overview of tourism in Africa with this article focusing on Namibia... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The SA Innovation Summit, Africa's biggest start-up event, has announced that the winner of the Winetech Pitching Den will gain automatic entry to the finals of the Africa Cup. Entries for the Winetech Pitching Den close on 3 June 2019... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
OTTO SHIKONGO
The incredible wealth of the Southern African region's offshore mineral deposits was once again highlighted by the oil and gas find off the coast of Mossel Bay... Read
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ZAMBIA
Vedanta Resources is seeking at urgent meeting with Zambia president Edgar Lungu ahead of a High Court hearing on Friday to rule on an application to provisionally liquidate Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) which Vedanta controls... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
RAYMOND PARSONS
The economic message emerging from the reconfigured and leaner Cabinet announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa is potentially a positive one for business and the markets... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
"As we considered the global trend to integrate technology into show experiences - to use technology to create a best in class visitor experience - we noted that the innovations presented were already in play locally..." Read
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LESOTHO
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has banned livestock imports and their products from Lesotho into South Africa, following a report of a susceptible anthrax outbreak. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
It has become clear that the technology revolution is driving massive change in the workplace... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
More and more farmers are starting to use drones to do quick spot-checks on their farming operations without having to waste time trekking to remote areas on foot... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MODEEN MALICK
The World Wide Web recently turned 30 and it got me reminiscing about the incredible impact Sir Tim Berners-Lee has had on the world beyond the World Wide Web... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Addressing the well-being needs of Africans through a true collaborative effort between business, government, communities and the people who inhabit this continent will unlock future value... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Victoria Falls Recycling, launched by hospitality group Africa Albida Tourism, has won the Engage Africa award at this years We Are Africa Innovation Awards show in Cape Town... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
BILL WINTERS
The clock is ticking on climate change. We currently have more greenhouse gases in our atmosphere than at any time in human history... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Hilton has signed a management agreement with Growthpoint Properties to open a hotel under its lifestyle Canopy by Hilton brand, making it the brand's debut property in Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MiX Telematics announced that it will provide Lalgy Transports, a company that operates throughout the Mozambique territory and surrounding countries, with a comprehensive telematics solution... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
EVAN-LEE COURIE
Astral Aerial Solutions, based in Nairobi, Kenya, is an affiliate of Astral Aviation, an established all-cargo airline with over 20 years of experience operating within Africa... Read
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NIGERIA
SAMUEL AYOKUNLE OLOWOSEJEJE
Lengthy power cuts are pretty much a daily experience in Nigeria. The country's epileptic power supply has been identified by businesses as the second biggest obstacle to doing business in the country, after a lack of access to finance... Read
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ZIMBABWE
The Farmer-to-Farmer Programme will focus on horticulture, legumes and livestock/dairy value chains due to their potential to benefit many farmers and earn high returns on investment... Read
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MAURITIUS
Mauritius is making final preparations as it steps up to host the World Travel Awards (WTA) Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony on 1 June 2019... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
NOELLE GARCIN
The African Climate Reality Project (ACRP) welcomes the implementation of a carbon tax in South Africa as of 1 June 2019... Read
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