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Amrote Abdella The media is urged to promote a more inclusive narrative for Africa to spur inclusive growth on the continent...read |
| | | The African Development Bank has launched a Youth Advisory Group to create 25 million jobs and impact 50 million youth across the continent...read |
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 | Tom Jackson The first 25 speakers from leading tech companies across Africa have been announced for the upcoming Africa Tech Summit Kigali... read |
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 | Gustav Goosen Gustav Goosen elaborates on some of the mobile and data content his team presented at the Digital Salt event which he believes are areas that will have significant influence on the future of media, way beyond what we've seen thus far... read |
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 | The TBWA\ annual Africa conference taking place in Durban this week has attracted delegates from 29 countries on the continent and further afield... read |
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 | Fiona Nunan The fisheries of Lake Victoria support the livelihoods of around three million people. But there have been widespread concerns that fish stocks and catches are declining due to overfishing and the widespread use of illegal gear... read |
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 | Vincent Magwenya Black Friday has come and gone, with popular consumer products ranging from food items and electronic devices to furniture items flying off the shelves at bargain prices. read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Swati Bhattacharya, CCO of FCB Ulka in India, explains the intricacies of changing a 400-year-old Hindu tradition from one of status-based exclusion into a sisterhood of inclusion through the #NoConditionsApply campaign... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg In six years South African natural haircare brand, AfroBotanics, went from being manufactured in founder Ntombenhle Khathwane's garage to a fully equipped factory in Midrand... read |
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 | Issued By Nielsen Manufacturers and retailers seeking to stay one step ahead in Africa's complex markets need to move beyond 'business as usual' - they simply cannot keep doing the same things and expecting a different result... read |
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 | Megan Bowman An ability to embrace the #UntaggableForce will be key for brands determined to flourish in the adapt-to-survive reality characterising global and local consumer markets today. read |
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 | Nicci Botha Here's an interesting factoid for you - 10:23 is the saturation point at which the original substance is so diluted that can no longer be detected in a solution.... read |
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 | Leon Ayo Brands are more accountable than ever in an age of radical transparency... read |
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 | Oluwabusayomi Sotundeon When Lauren Russell Nkuranga arrived in Rwanda with the Nike Foundation in 2012, she had the clichéd western belief that Africa is predominantly a place of war, poverty and disease, and is desperate for foreign-funded charity... read |
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 | Tiger Brands was looking for acquisitions outside SA and would place more emphasis on due diligence than in the past, management said on Monday... read |
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 | The fastest and most affordable connectivity in sub-Saharan Africa enables Kenya to punch well above its weight in the IT sector generally... read |
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 | As East African governments and healthcare providers battle with the burden of diseases, the role of the pharmaceutical market becomes more important... read |
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 | Swiss food giant Nestle announced Sunday that it would close its factory in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Fort agency's creative partner and director Amr Singh recently won the Craft Gold for Best Directing at the 2017 PromaxBDA Africa Awards for his work on DStv Africa's brand film in collaboration with Studio Zoo... read |
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 | Seedstars MENA is coming to Bahrain to organise the closing event of its Middle East and North Africa tour with the MENA Summit on 14 December 2017, where it will gather all the local winners of the region... read |
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 | Sunday Okobi and Ugo Aliogo As part of efforts to address food shortages as well as make agriculture attractive and beneficial to Nigerians, agricultural technological firm, Farmcrowdy, has unveiled a digital application... read |
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 | ABIDJAN - A furore over migrant slave markets in Libya casts a shadow over an AU-EU summit this week that aims to promote Africa's long-term economic growth and stability, spurred by European fears of terrorism and mass migration... read |
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 | PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron will tour Africa this week to try to boost France's flagging influence on the continent and convince young people eyeing Europe's shores they have a future at home... read |
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 | Thabiso Mochiko African Media and Entertainment (AME) has warned shareholders it expects trading conditions for the remaining six months of the 2018 financial year to remain challenging... read |
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 | A new partnership between Fastjet and Aids organisation (Red) will be launched with the release of a new track, Holiday by legendary singer-songwriter Oliver Mtukudzi. 100% of the proceeds from track sales will be donated to the Global Fund... read |
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 | Richard Mullins Most brands are looking at the customer experience as the most powerful way they have to set themselves apart in a market where it's becoming increasingly difficult to compete on price and product features alone... read |
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 | APO Group and Mara Foundation, Mara Group's philanthropic arm will collaborate to elevate opportunities for African entrepreneurs to find mentors... read |
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 | Amazon has announced that it is bringing its Alexa digital assistant to the workplace, expanding artificial intelligence efforts that have gained traction in the home market... read |
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 | Time Inc. is selling for $2.8bn to media conglomerate Meredith Corporation, backed by the billionaire Koch brothers known for supporting conservative causes, in an unlikely ending to a saga over the future of CNN's parent company... read |
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 | Robert Wayumba Mapping land boundaries is an important way to boost a country's economic growth and development. It contributes towards better security of land ownership, allows landowners to get bank loans and... read |
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 | A first for South Africa and the continent, the African Energy Leadership Centre will be a hub of teaching and research aimed at addressing the issues of energy shortages in Africa... read |
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 | Mugambi Mutegi Jambojet is set to start flights to Tanzania and Uganda by February next year, kicking off its regional expansion plan designed to see the low-cost carrier fly to 16 new routes... read |
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 | BCX and GE have developed an integrated agri-tech solution tailored for South African and African agricultural needs... read |
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 | Vedanta, a major zinc producer, is making a fresh $200m investment in its Namibian operations, as it plots a strategy to make the plant a regional hub for refining the metal... read |
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 | Malaria prevalence has increased across the African continent, with 194-million cases reported in 2016, up from 191-million in 2015. Malaria mortality rates decreased by 2,000 during the same period... read |
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 | Petru Saal A smartphone app harnessing the power of satellites and drones to give a bird's eye perspective has been launched to help farmers save water and grow healthy crops... read |
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 | Juliette Biao The "trash is cash" slogan is currently being used so that waste is viewed through a new and innovative lens. It also reveals a new approach with regard to electronic waste... read |
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 | Thin Lei Win Burning bricks made of dry chilli, dung and water could stop endangered elephants raiding crops, reducing conflicts with farmers trying to secure harvests... read |
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 | Amos Ngwomoya President Museveni has said taxi operators should pay a monthly road user fee of Shs80,000 and not Shs120,000 to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)... read |
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 | A factory that produces trailers, semi-trailers and Sinotrucks (Power and Chassis) and fuel tankers was inaugurated recently in the presence of senior officials and various dignitaries... read |
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 | Governments remain the single largest developers of infrastructure projects - a common thread emanating from the 2017 edition of the Deloitte Africa Construction Trends Report... read |
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 | Maryanne Gicobi Travel agents and tourist service providers say it is important for African countries to simplify cross-border travel by easing and, in some cases, abolishing visa restrictions... read |
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 | LAGOS - Amnesty International has called for Shell to be prosecuted for allegedly helping Nigeria's military to commit human rights abuses in the oil-rich south in the 1990s... read |
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 | Kele Boakgomo The banking industry is in the midst of a wave of disruption. Something that is likely to change anytime soon, and institutions that are not ready for digital disruption will struggle in the years to come... read |
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 | Dian Spear By combining these interventions, there's a better chance of managing water sustainably for domestic and agricultural use... read |
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 | Kingsley Adeniyi Days after the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali, accused shipping companies of aiding importation of arms into the country, the federal government has directed all containerised cargoes coming into Nigeria to be on a pallet... read |
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 | Continuing on its international growth strategy, Club Med has announced four new destinations in Quebec, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and the Seychelles... read |
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 | The failure of wealthy nations to deliver on short-term climate commitments could hinder the rollout of a landmark treaty... read |
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 | With a global increase in demand for poultry and eggs in countries with growing populations and an increase in wealth, it follows that there is an opportunity for production growth. East-Africa has such opportunities... read |
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