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NUNU NTSHINGILA
Africa's economy is on the rise, freedom and prosperity are continuing to rise, and the continent is home to a youthful and dynamic population... read
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AFRICA
BY FRANK MATTHEIS AND UELI STAEGER
After being ratified by the required minimum 22 nations, all the member states of the AU are now legally bound to allow African goods to be traded without restraint throughout the continent...read
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AFRICA
FEDERICO DE NARDIS
Sub-Saharan Africa's advertising spend, currently only 0. 47% of global investments...read
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AFRICA
Getty Images and APO Group announce strategic partnership to provide innovative and integrated text, photo and video services to companies operating in Africa and the Middle East...read
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NIGERIA
The founder of LAGbook, Chika Nwaogu, has launched, Playfre, a new platform where Nigerians and the rest of Africa can access millions of songs for free... Read
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GHANA
SAP Innovation Day shines spotlight on public-private partnership in Ghana's rise to innovation leader... Read
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NIGERIA
A group of small and micro business owners has said they are confident that Jumia will continue helping their businesses achieve significant growth... Read
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AFRICA
Swiss sports media and marketing company Infront has seized the sub-Saharan TV rights to the English Premier League for a three-year deal... Read
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AFRICA
ARIE HAVELAAR AND ASHAGRIE ZEWDU WOLDEGIORGIS
Food safety studies in Ethiopia reveal that unlocking consumer demand for safe food is critical to stopping the millions of deaths and illnesses from foodborne pathogens across the continent... Read
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AFRICA
Ivory Coast's 2020 aim is to switch over from analogue to digital broadcasting with a multi-year agreement with SES... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ISSUED BY LOERIES
We all know that advertising sells, but do those award-winning creative campaigns make any difference?... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JESSICA TENNANT
Accenture Digital MD Wayne Hull presented a keynote on 'Leading in the new' at this year's IAB Summit, which took place on Thursday, 30 May at the Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein, looking at digital transformation through three critical lenses... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
NEWSWATCH: Media legend and Sanef Council member Raymond Louw and his wife, Jean died within 24 hours of each other... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Shortlists for Cannes Lions' Glass: The Lion for Change, Innovation Lions and Titanium Lions have been announced ahead of the 2019 Festival of Creativity... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JESSICA TENNANT
This years' Ads24 Food For Thought event focused on the future of business from an AI and technology perspective and how our roles as humans are changing... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
ANDY WALKER
Uber Eats just added a tenth city to its South African operations. As of Thursday last week, Uber Eats is now available in Soweto... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JOHN YELD
South Africa's hard-won constitutional rights to freedom of expression and of legitimate political protest are under mounting pressure from both the state and private companies... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
As much as people love social media, there is a dark side to it too - one involving counterfeit goods and billions of Rands of lost revenue for companies and governments the world over... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LYNN BAKER
Bridging the gap between management vision and employee engagement in the delivery of customer experience has become a major challenge for businesses around the world... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
DHL Africa eShop has seen impressive growth since launching and has now been rolled out to nine more countries across sub-Saharan Africa... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
YAEL GEFFEN
If the 80s was defined by opulence and excess, the next decade is likely to be remembered as the era of minimalism, both in design and in lifestyle... Read
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GLOBAL
The Golden Pen of Freedom has been awarded posthumously to Saudi Arabian journalist, Jamal Khashoggi... Read
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UNITED STATES
RANA FLORIDA
Though the members of the creative class do not share one singular identity, they share a number of attributes - perhaps most importantly an ethos that is tolerant and open-minded, and places a high value on individuality, authenticity, merit, and originality... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Herbert Mabuza, veteran photographer and former managing editor of the Sunday Times and Sowetan, has passed away... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LEIGH ANDREWS
Influencer marketing is an especially hot topic as we enter #YouthMonth, but do your research before you rush in as the quickest way to waste your time and money is to spend it on the wrong people... Read
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AFRICA
Plus TV Africa, a 24-Hour news channel, will now broadcast across all of Africa via StarTimes platform... Read
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ZIMBABWE
DStv has recently launched PBS Kids, a new channel for children with high-educational content in Zimbabwe and other African countries... Read
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SENEGAL
Following the success of its 7th edition in Paris, Digital Woman's Day, is launching its first event in Africa, with the theme of 'Women: World Changers'... Read
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KENYA
ISSUED BY DENTSU AEGIS NETWORK
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AFRICA
Netflix has started production on its first original African series, Queen Sono, an action-packed spy thriller... Read
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UNITED STATES
JOHAN WALTERS
The Augmented World Expo recently took place in Silicon Valley, USA. Here, Johan Walters shares highlights from Day 3... Read
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UNITED STATES
Summary of IndexBox's latest report published; "The US Frozen Fruit, Juice, And Vegetable Market. Analysis and Forecast to 2025"... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
FRANÇOIS LÉVÊQUE
Amazon is shrinking time and eating up the planet... Read
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AFRICA
The University of Alberta will confer an honorary doctorate of science degree on Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, at its convocation event on 4 June 2019 in Edmonton, Canada... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
LOTFI BELKHIR
Rarely does mention of the pharmaceutical industry conjure up images of smoke stacks, pollution and environmental damage... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe, has granted a welcome deviation from South Africa's existing power generation licensing regulations that allows additional power to be fed into the local grid... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
While control measures remain in place in the high surveillance area of foot-and-mouth disease, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has declared the end of the outbreak... Read
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ANGOLA
Angola has launched the first phase of its new six-year licensing strategy, which covers a total of 10 blocks, including Blocks 11, 12, 13, 27, 28, 29, 41, 42 and 43 in the Namibe Basin, and Block 10 in the Benguela Basin... Read
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ZIMBABWE
Infrastructural challenges in its power and WASH sectors (water, sanitation and hygiene) led the Zimbabwean government to seek funding to redress the situation that has impacted on people's lives... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The gazetting of a network of 20 new representative Operation Phakisa: Oceans Economy Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) has increased South Africa's marine ecosystem area under protection in the country's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)... Read
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AFRICA
During this years Indian Ocean Hotel Investment Forum event in Mauritius, the Radisson Hotel Group shared its Indian Ocean development strategy and market insight with hotel owners, developers, banks, investment funds and hotel groups... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Ahead of World Environment Day on Wednesday, 5 June 2019, Table Mountain Cableway has announced its goal to increase waste recycling from the current level of 55% to 80% by 2021... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
STEPHANIE ACHIENG'
The foraging behaviour of African penguins could provide useful information to aid fisheries management, a study conducted in South Africa suggests. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
VIRUSHA SUBBAN AND MATTHEW TOUT
The Carbon Tax Act and Customs and Excise Amendment Act were approved by the President in May, with the purpose of the latter to provide for the administration and collection of Carbon Tax revenue... Read
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AFRICA
The partnership initiative will support a cohort of 12 budding young agri-food entrepreneurs to scale and prosper their ventures... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
PROF DAWIE DE VILLIERS
As with relationships between people, trust in AI systems will have to be developed over time, and mistakes will be made... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Global economic pressures and tougher market conditions are driving business interest in cross-border business expansion strategies - and Africa is rife with investment opportunity. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
HARALD WINKLER AND ANDREW MARQUARD
Climate change needs urgent action by all countries, and by all means... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
To achieve universal healthcare in Africa, strong leadership, good governance structures and partnerships with the private sector are required to build a strong public health sector.... Read
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AFRICA
A high-level panel featuring President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan, Prime Minister Josai Vorege Bainimarama of Fiji, and Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed of Yemen recently shared ideas on innovation in cities in front of a packed audience at the first UN-Habitat Assembly... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
"Free State Agriculture (FSA) expresses serious concerns about the outbreak of anthrax in Lesotho. This could have catastrophic consequences for the meat industry in the province." Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
According to newly released research from the United Nations University, post-secondary education and research aimed at tackling the global water crisis is concentrated in wealthy countries rather than the poorer, developing places where it is most needed... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
A three-year agreement has been approved between the City of Cape Town and Cape Town Tourism for in-destination and visitor services, tourism marketing and special City projects, until 2022... Read
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AFRICA
The Africa and Indian Ocean winners have been announced for the 2019 World Travel Awards... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
THOMAS WOLFGANG THURNER
The way energy is produced and distributed is changing rapidly as the industry moves away from carbon-based energy production... Read
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MAURITIUS
DAVID SEINKER
Mention Mauritius and most South Africans will think of its pristine beaches and luxury resorts, but this small country is becoming a big business player not only in Africa but on a global scale... Read
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AFRICA
JÁNOS BESENYO
Russia has never had an African colony. It stayed out of the scramble for Africa, only engaging with African states in the 19th Century. Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) and Western Cape Blood Service (WCBS) intend to save more lives by using drone technology to deliver blood to hospitals in remote areas... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Scientists from Stellenbosch University (SU), in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of researchers and clinicians, are working on how Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), can develop resistance to Bedaquiline... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
MEGAN ADDERLEY, RODNEY AFRICA, ADRIANO ESTERHUIZEN & DEERAH PILLAY-LUNGOOMIAH
Until a week ago, CBD, the active non-psychoactive ingredient within cannabis which cannot make users high, was considered a scheduled substance in terms of the schedules to the Medicines Act... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
JESSICA TENNANT
In her opening address at the IAB Summit, which took place on Thursday, 30 May at the Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein, IAB CEO Paula Hulley shared seven key insights from the IAB Global Direct Brand Report on the direct brand economy... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
TEBOGO MASHABELA
The South African economy, the most industrialised economy on the African continent, has been struggling to gain momentum and has not grown by more than 2.5% a year since 2013... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Seedstars World, the early-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, returns to Africa for the seventh time... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The first quarter GDP growth of 2019 for South Africa is once again a negative number, with the economy contracting 3.2% year on year... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
SUDHISH MOHAN
In most organisations today, people are talking about digital transformation... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
The better an employee's understanding of cybersecurity risks is, the greater their potential to participate in reducing these risks... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Too many organisations take a reactive, rather than a proactive, stance toward incident response... Read
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SOUTH AFRICA
PREMESHIN NAIDOO
The high cost of voice and data services in South Africa is well publicised and both the regulator, Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) and the mobile operators have been strongly criticised... Read
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ZAMBIA
In celebration of World Environment Day on 5 June 2019, Radisson Blu Hotel, Lusaka held an event to announce a new partnership between Radisson Blu Hotel, Lusaka, SOS Children's Village and Plant a Million Zambia... Read
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Tecumseh "When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself." Sophocles "A human being is only breath and shadow." William Makepeace Thackeray "Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you." |
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