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| The African Union Commission chairperson, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, will host a joint sitting of the Africa Editors' Forum and Press Officers today in Pretoria, South Africa... read |
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| Ugandans mourn veteran TV journalist, former USPA head Andrew Patrick Luwandagga... read |
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| Tunisia's broadcasting watchdog on Wednesday ordered the suspension for three months of a popular television show after its host suggested a young rape victim marry her attacker... read |
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| Nigeria-based public relations agency TOPCOMM PR Concept and Events has been invited to join TLN agency collective as an associate member... read |
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| Tom Jackson Solar Freedom Africa is another PAYG energy startup making waves in this critical sector in Africa... read |
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| Lynette Hundermark "There's an app for that" is one of the most common phrases exchanged amongst smartphone owners. From hailing a taxi... read |
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| Dean Rajh-Gopaul We have moved on from asking "what is your digital strategy?" to "what is your strategy in a digital world?" The answer is, obviously, not nearly as simple as some make it out to be... read |
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| Karla Fletcher Networking is one of the most powerful tools to use to unlock the potential of any socioeconomic transformation. Effective networks also require strong and well-connected relationships to accelerate growth... read |
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| Johan Walters Augmented and mixed realities are significantly boosting marketing departments' efficacy. But AR is now boldly venturing into the rest of the workplace... read |
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| Issued by Meltwater Meltwater's first-ever Business Lunch to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, will feature The Collective's CEO, Joe Otin, and look to provide actionable takeaways on how to measure ROI for your online marketing campaigns... read |
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| Mari-Louise Kaplan In a business world that prizes "return on investment" just as much as "thinking outside the box," it makes perfect sense for companies to create a position for that illusive unicorn, the 'creative strategist'... read |
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| The Internet of Things (IoT ) will change the African landscape of data communications... read |
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| Tom Jackson Ghanaian startup AF Radio has launched its free Android app after months of testing in partnership with local station 3FM 92.7... read |
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| Political stalemate and the conflict rocking Libya are pushing the economy towards collapse... read |
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| There are still challenges around basic infrastructure in Africa to allow for the internet to flourish on the continent... read |
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| Tom Jackson Eight African startups will share EUR160,000 (US$176,000) in grant funding for the HiiL Justice Accelerator... read |
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| Louise Marsland Louise Marsland has a message for public relations practitioners who need to take more responsibility to make it in this digital-led world... read |
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| On the latest episode of Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show host Warren Harding spoke to Brett Burgess... read |
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| Advertising agency Net#work BBDO has created Africa's first and only online femcare learning platform called 'Vagina Varsity'... read |
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| Issued by Alliance Media Along Churchill road in Harare, the Alliance Media billboard advertising Red Seal Sadza is making use of the outdoor advertising space like no one has before... read |
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| The United States and WFP welcome a second ship carrying critical food commodities for Sudan, which will be used to assist more than 2 million vulnerable people across the country... read |
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| Most competition authorities in developing countries have not investigated cartels or done dawn raids like they have in Botswana... read |
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| Twenty journalists from different countries in Far East and North Africa participated in the first journalism awards for the region, covering vital topics relating to food and agriculture... read |
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| African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) is officially open for business in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe, to ease investors' concerns... read |
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| The Foschini Group (TFG) has appointed CA API Management to support its digitalisation strategy... read |
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| Slated to Open in 2019, Marriott Element Cairo hotel will offer a smart, sustainable extended stay experience in Egypt... read |
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| Uber Nigeria has announced that it is now making low-interest, used-vehicle loans available to its top-rated driver-partners... read |
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| Issued by 34° In a sports betting market that is saturated with betting brands and dominated by SportPesa, Betway needed to differentiate itself as a brand that the Kenyan market could resonate with... read |
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| Glenda Mansfield When it comes to growing your business, people are everything, be they staff, customers, or the community surrounding your brand... read |
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| The 2016 Global Online Commenting Report confirmed widespread dissatisfaction with the abusive tone and poor quality of many online conversations... read |
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| Guest Contributor The world has proved more digital than we could've imagined. We can basically conduct all our business anywhere, with mobile phones and Internet access... read |
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| Technology is the greater equaliser. Today a poor farmer in Kenya, using a phone, has access to more information than a US president in the 1990s... read |
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| Kate Kenyon There's been a lot of talk about 'storytelling' in the past couple of years. Suddenly, everyone's a storyteller. It's become the buzzword du jour. Great storytelling is the currency of attention in the digital age. It is a cornerstone of a great customer experience: if you want my attention as a customer, you'd better provide me with content worth my time, all the time... read |
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| Johanna McDowell In some quarters, cold calling is regarded as the life blood of some of the businesses operating in the marketing, advertising, communication industry's B2B environment... read |
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| The Warc 2017 Innovation Awards have been launched. Free to enter, the awards are a global search for innovative strategies that might use new technology or familiar technology in a new way... read |
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| Damon Stapleton When I got into this business 20 years ago, creatives and creative departments were always called the crazy ones. We were portrayed as necessary yet unpredictable... read |
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| A new white paper Shopper Marketing: The New Rules of Engagement, which includes insights from 166 senior marketing leaders and 2,100 North American consumers is now available. read |
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| Daren Poole, Issued by Kantar Millward Brown The opportunity to save costs by producing one ad that can be used in many countries is compelling. But there is the risk that making an ad work across multiple countries may not be the best way to maximise ROI... read |
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| Louise Marsland #TRENDING: A brilliant social media advertising campaign from Canada which made Americans cry, reports Louise Marsland... read |
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| Waithera Kabiru Reaching Africa's audiences via online, mobile and social media - which measurements really matter? read |
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| Robert Guest and Slavea Chakova In the war between humanity and disease, perhaps the greatest victory of recent years took place in Africa... read |
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| Africa's financial environment is as competitive as other developing and high income regions in some countries, but access to finance remains a challenge, according to ICAEW... read |
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| Best Western's BW Premier Collection has expanded with The Alba, Nairobi, Kenya... read |
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| Calling all innovators and inventors in the West African power industry - WAPIC Innovation Hub to offer a unique opportunity... read |
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| Danette Breitenbach The benefit of equality in gender is immense. According to McKinsey, if women play the same role as men by 2025 they will add US$28tn to the African economy... read |
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| SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Cloud computing rivals VMware and Amazon Web Services on Thursday, 13 October 2016, announced an alliance that will let them play off each other's strengths... read |
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| Issued by Bizcommunity.com As the biggest multi-industry site catering to a professional audience in Africa and South Africa, Bizcommunity is delighted to be media partner to the biggest port event in Africa... read |
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| James Wilson What is it about us PR people that makes us fall on our proverbial swords at the very sniff of client conflict... read |
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| Families living near Malawi's mining operations face serious problems with water, food, and housing, and are left in the dark about health and other risks... read |
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| Anthony Langat Demand for drought-resistant varieties has increased, due to the erratic timing and low levels of rainfall in the country's eastern region, made up of arid and semi-arid land... read |
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