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Eskinder Nega
AFRICA
Media freedom award winners announced
Ethiopia's Eskinder Nega is named IPI Press Freedom Hero; and the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee is honoured as Free Media Pioneer... read
‘Africa is where others will look for the best in new innovation'
AFRICA
‘Africa is where others will look for the best in new innovation'
[Brett Parker] Between East and West: Africa's economic transformation will create a third centre of global power, according to a new ‘Afro-Optimism' series... read
Research methodologies for Africa: desktop research
AFRICA
Research methodologies for Africa: desktop research

Yannick Lefang

With the rise of a middle class and a consumer market estimated to reach $1.2 trillion in value by 2020, Africa is becoming a more commercially desirable location for businesses... read
New partner program in Africa from Kaspersky
AFRICA
New partner program in Africa from Kaspersky
Kaspersky Lab introduces new partner program in Africa to drive business growth for managed security services providers... read
Bollywood comes to Nollywood
NIGERIA
Bollywood comes to Nollywood
The popularity of Bollywood programming in Nigeria and television channel, Zee World, has inspired a new Nollywood series... read
Nigerian fintech startups offered chance to pitch for incubation
NIGERIA
Nigerian fintech startups offered chance to pitch for incubation

Tom Jackson

Nigerian fintech startups have the opportunity to pitch for NGN3 million ($10,000) worth of incubation and prize money of NGN500,000 ($1,600) at the Fintech Startup Challenge in June... read
Geneva
NIGERIA
Digital economy to create over 3M jobs in Nigeria
It has emerged that financial services within Nigeria's digital economy could add US$88 billion and create over 3 million new jobs in the next 10 years.... read
Ghana hosts filmmaker Rachel Perkins
GHANA
Ghana hosts filmmaker Rachel Perkins
Award-winning Australian filmmaker Rachel Perkins in Accra to hold workshops and discussions on storytelling, film-making and rights and activism with Ghanaian film producers and students... read
Prepaid payment solutions drive cash out of Africa's economies
AFRICA
Prepaid payment solutions drive cash out of Africa's economies
The latest prepaid solutions are being made available across Africa to government institutions, financial services and corporate sector and consumers... read
Pierre Branco, vice president and general manager of Southern Europe and Africa for Turner.
SOUTH AFRICA
Cartoon Network corners kids' TV on any device

Leigh Andrews

It's no secret that TV viewers have changed their consumption habits. Luckily, some broadcasters have changed with their audience and are now embracing all new digital channels... read
African Property Skyline magazine launched
SOUTH AFRICA
African Property Skyline magazine launched
API Events has launched African Property Skyline magazine. The publication covers real estate investment and development on the continent... read
Why organisations still struggle to digitally transform - report
SOUTH AFRICA
Why organisations still struggle to digitally transform - report
Veeam commissioned ESG to survey more than 1,000 business professionals and senior decision makers for the sixth annual Veeam Availability Report... [infographic] read
African startups can thrive in informal markets
AFRICA
African startups can thrive in informal markets

Tom Jackson

African tech startups can thrive by finding solutions that work for informal markets, yet most are continuing to ignore the opportunities in this space... read
Somali tech accelerator supports entrepreneurs
SOMALIA
Somali tech accelerator supports entrepreneurs
Innovate Ventures re-runs successful tech accelerator for Somali startups, to support and invest in the next wave of tech startups in Somaliland and Somalia... read
Nigeria to welcome 4G network after Airtel partners with ZTE
NIGERIA
Nigeria to welcome 4G network after Airtel partners with ZTE
Airtel Networks Limited and ZTE have announced a strategic partnership to launch 4G (fourth generation wireless mobile telecommunications technology) in Nigeria... read
WGSN press event in Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA
Four key trends of African design in 2017/18
WGSN, a London trend forecasting company for fashion, unveils four key trends of African design in 2017 and 2018... read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Mastercard introduces biometric shopping card
Mastercard has launched a biometric card that uses fingerprints to enable purchases, revealing that it had been piloting the card, a global first for the company, in SA... read
Cognifide reports on the Adobe US Summit 2017 in Vegas
GLOBAL
Cognifide reports on the Adobe US Summit 2017 in Vegas

Jay Smith

In a dazzling splash of lights, big screens and booming sound, Adobe hosted over 12,000 attendees at their 2017 Summit in Las Vegas... read
Five IoT security risks and ways to secure yourself
SOUTH AFRICA
Five IoT security risks and ways to secure yourself

Yana Vardomatskaya

It is expected that there will be 3.9 IoT-based devices per person by 2020. However, along with all the potential improvements, the potential rise of smart nodes and transferring of data is causing new concerns... read
Health brands use Instagram to become part of new cultural conversations
GLOBAL
Health brands use Instagram to become part of new cultural conversations

Marilyn Dutlow Munga

Here's why social watching is so important and a handful of health and wellness brands using Instagram to become part of the new cultural conversations... read
MTN SA, Huawei launch the first LTE LAA network in Africa
AFRICA
MTN SA, Huawei launch the first LTE LAA network in Africa
MTN and Huawei have partnered to bring the first LTE Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) network in Africa... read
Opening of Decathlon's first store in Accra
GHANA
Opening of Decathlon's first store in Accra
French sport equipment and sportswear company, Decathlon, has opened its first shop in Ghana, now the largest store in West Africa... read
Tanzania gets first Tigo call centre
TANZANIA
Tanzania gets first Tigo call centre
A new Tigo call centre has been launched in Tanzania, complete with embedded data security measures to protect customer information and identity, to offer Tigo customers dedicated worldclass service... read
World Malaria Day: $1million raised
AFRICA
World Malaria Day: $1million raised
Goodbye Malaria recently sold its one millionth Goodbye Malaria bracelet, raising $1million for malaria elimination programmes in Africa... read
Internet shutdown lifted in Cameroon
CAMEROON
Internet shutdown lifted in Cameroon
Internet access restored in anglophone Cameroon after three months, following a widely-criticised government shutdown... read
Director of connectivity programs, Yael Maguire at F8 event
GLOBAL
F8: Connectivity, artificial intelligence and more from day two
Day two of Facebook's annual event... read
Delivering on African Excellence 2017
SOUTH AFRICA
Delivering on African Excellence 2017

Issued by Joe Public United

Engage Joe Public, the PR and communications offering of Joe Public United, entered the 2017 African Excellence Awards and succeeded in winning two awards this past week... read
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Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates. Source:
SOUTH AFRICA
Gates and Dangote talk health in Africa
Two of the world's richest men, Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote, have spread their philanthropic wings to drive basic healthcare and disease prevention in Africa... read
Business
The internationalisation of East African SMEs - report
EAST AFRICA
The internationalisation of East African SMEs - report
SMEs in East Africa have seen encouraging growth in recent years, especially in the areas of IT, with ecosystems such as the Silicon Savannah forecast to be worth more than $1bn in the next three years... read
Abraham Cambridge, founder of The Sun Exchange
SOUTH AFRICA
Powering Africa through blockchain crowdfunding

Abraham Cambridge

Africa is on the cusp of an energy revolution. We are seeing exceptional and pioneering solutions to how we generate, use, and pay for energy... read
Mall de Tete. Image source:
AFRICA
Two new African acquisitions give Mara Delta solid footing

Alistair Anderson

Pan-African property income fund Mara Delta has enjoyed a strong nine months to March, completing key acquisitions in Mauritius and Mozambique... read
Johannesburg and Accra, inching their way up the urban food chain
SOUTH AFRICA
Johannesburg and Accra, inching their way up the urban food chain

Lesley Lokko

Like it or not, we measure the success (or failure) of cities according to broad principles of urban culture inherited largely from the west... read
Tsogo Sun building new R220-million StayEasy in Maputo
MOZAMBIQUE
Tsogo Sun building new R220-million StayEasy in Maputo
“StayEasy Maputo is in a magnificent location, and being part of a mixed-use development, will undoubtedly be popular with both business and leisure travellers looking for the best and latest accommodation in the economy branded sector.” read
Source: www.paho.org
SOUTH AFRICA
#WorldMalariaDay: 21% drop in global cases
According to the World Malaria Report 2016, the rate of new malaria cases fell by 21% globally between 2010 and 2015... read
Malaria education in Malawi. Source: WHO/S Hollyman
GHANA
#WorldMalariaDay: Vaccine trial to commence in 2018
Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi will take part in a pilot programme that will make the world's first malaria vaccine available in selected areas... read
Africa needs export diversification
AFRICA
Africa needs export diversification
Will headline GDP growth translate into qualitative development across the continent..? read
Climate change projects aren't working because communities are left out
SOUTH AFRICA
Climate change projects aren't working because communities are left out

Olushola Fadairo

Nigeria recently began a fresh effort to ascertain its climate change obligations under the Paris Agreement... read
The role of NGOs in Africa: are they a force for good?
SOUTH AFRICA
The role of NGOs in Africa: are they a force for good?

Sally Matthews

Non-governmental organisations have become key actors in responding to poverty and related suffering... read
Cable system to link Africa and the Americas
ANGOLA
Cable system to link Africa and the Americas
Angola Cables has completed the marine survey for the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), as well as started cable loading on the Angolan side of SACS... read
Ethiopia. © Matej Hudovernik via
ETHIOPIA
Ethiopia drought creates food crisis for 7.7 million
The number of people in need of food aid in Ethiopia's drought-hit regions has surged to 7.7 million... read
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