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G20 focus on Africa in Hamburg
AFRICA
G20 focus on Africa in Hamburg
The German Presidency of the G20 managed to build on the achievements of the last summit in China which had emphasised sustainable development in Africa... read
Team Columinate.
“Who said surveys should be boring?” - Elna Pretorius of Columinate

Leigh Andrews

If you thought market research was dry and bland, you've clearly not spoken to Elna Pretorius, cofounder of Columinate, who was responsible for the People's Choice Award paper at Samra 2017. Here's her view on the importance of digital market research in SA... Read

Facebook launches Developer Circles Harare
Facebook launches Developer Circles Harare

Facebook Africa is hosting a series of training events and workshops designed to help local entrepreneurs understand how to use digital platforms to grow their businesses... Read

CNN Marketplace Africa explores Massmart's slow growth
CNN Marketplace Africa explores Massmart's slow growth

Eleni Giokos, host of CNN Marketplace Africa, delved into how Massmart Holdings' growth has been much slower than anticipated... Read

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SOUTH AFRICA
Why decisions on emoji design should be made more inclusive

Selina Sutton

You can't deny the popularity of emoji, especially as 17 July is World Emoji Day... read
How advertising's ugly duckling has turned into a swan
SOUTH AFRICA
How advertising's ugly duckling has turned into a swan

Bronwyn Williams

Despite the bad reputation, there is hardly a business on the planet today that has not adopted some form of direct marketing, writes Bronwyn Williams... read
Media watchdog urges Algeria to free journalist
ALGERIA
Media watchdog urges Algeria to free journalist
ALGIERS - Press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday urged Algerian authorities to release a freelance journalist and fixer who was arrested and accused of spying... read
Africa shows rising interest in green building design
AFRICA
Africa shows rising interest in green building design

Alison Groves

The UNEP Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative attributed 30% of annual carbon emissions to the global building sector... read
How it all fits together - what comes out of Ad-Audit
SOUTH AFRICA
How it all fits together - what comes out of Ad-Audit

mike broom

We move on to practical matters and implications, having already unpacked the fact that advertising should be evaluated in terms of predictive models of both strategic intent and executional efficiency... read
Pan-African private higher education network launched
SOUTH AFRICA
Pan-African private higher education network launched
Actis has launched Honoris United Universities, as the first pan-African private higher education network committed to preparing and educating the next generation of African leaders and professionals able to impact regionally in a globalised world... read
UK punts measures to boost Africa prosperity, stability
AFRICA
UK punts measures to boost Africa prosperity, stability
UK Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled an ambitious package of support to create new wealth in Africa... read
Top 10 African countries committed to cyber security
AFRICA
Top 10 African countries committed to cyber security

Fundisiwe Maseko

The second edition of the Global Cybersecurity Index 2017, measured the commitment of ITU Member States to cyber security and highlighted a number of illustrative practices from around the world.... read
WRLC delves into expansion of SA retailer's activities into Africa
SOUTH AFRICA
WRLC delves into expansion of SA retailer's activities into Africa
The Wholesale and Retail Leadership Chair has released a research study on ‘Expansion of South African Retailer's Activities into Africa'... read
The future of manufacturing lies in IoT investment
SOUTH AFRICA
The future of manufacturing lies in IoT investment

Mike Vincent

Manufacturing today is no longer simply about making physical products but about finding new ways to create and capture value for the end user... read
Austria's Alpla acquires SA's Boxmore Packaging in its biggest buy-out
SOUTH AFRICA
Austria's Alpla acquires SA's Boxmore Packaging in its biggest buy-out
Austrian plastic packaging company, Alpla, has purchased 100% of South African headquartered Boxmore Packaging, which specialises in PET pre-forms... read
Senegal leads in building a digital economy
SENEGAL
Senegal leads in building a digital economy
In 10 years, the digital economy will probably ‘weigh' 10% of African GDP... read
R-L: Gerhard van der Westhuizen, project manager of Atterbury Property Development, and Tagir Carimo, mayor of the City of Pemba.
MOZAMBIQUE
Huge new shopping mall opens in Mozambique's Pemba

Alistair Anderson

Atterbury has completed the first-phase development of its $20m Pemba Shopping venture in Mozambique... read
Mobile money boosts local economies
KENYA
Mobile money boosts local economies
Mobile cash reduces hunger, boosts local economies in Kenya - the money is primarily transferred using the M-Pesa mobile phone-based money transfer service... read
Travis Kalanick, former CEO of Uber. Photo: Inc.
SOUTH AFRICA
Bowing out gracefully: What startup founders can learn from Travis Kalanick
Sometimes the entrepreneurial traits of a startup founder are not conducive to running a large-to-global business. Just ask Travis Kalanick... read
Five factors successful e-commerce players have in common
SOUTH AFRICA
Five factors successful e-commerce players have in common
A new report from Forrester has identified five key success factors for e-commerce businesses as they plan, launch or expand their organisations... read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Do Millennials really exist?

Allon Raiz

Does the construct of Millennials really exist or is it just hype based on the idealism of the era? read
International
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GLOBAL
Growing food in the post-truth era

Alana Mann

The global food system has been operating in post-truth mode for decades. Having constructed food scarcity as a justification for a second Green Revolution, Big Agriculture now employs... read
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SOUTH AFRICA
Bell Pottinger's wicked Wiki ways
Controversial London public relations firm Bell Pottinger seems to have side-stepped Wikipedia regulations and has been able to edit entries about the Gutpa family, leaked emails show... read
US newsstands are increasingly rare as readers turn to online platforms for information |
UNITED STATES
US newspaper group assails Google-Facebook online 'duopoly'
WASHINGTON - The US newspaper industry on Monday warned of a "duopoly" in online news by Google and Facebook, and called for legislation that would relax antitrust rules allowing collective negotiations with the internet giants... read
New research indicates CMOs struggle to localise creative strategies
GLOBAL
New research indicates CMOs struggle to localise creative strategies
CMO Council report reveals that 33% of marketing leaders and agencies are struggling to meet the needs of local audiences... read
Joseph Clift, business analyst at Warc and author of 'Future of Strategy' report
GLOBAL
Report highlights impact of planning discipline on marketing
Warc releases report based on the results of a global survey of senior strategists highlighting the impact planning discipline is having on the ever-changing marketing landscape... read
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the F8 summit in San Francisco, California on 25 March 2015. Zuckerberg introduced the Messenger platform at the event. On Tuesday, 11 July 2017, Facebook announced that Messenger would soon be hosting ads on its home screen |
UNITED STATES
Ads heading for Messenger home screens globally
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook on Tuesday said that advertisements will begin popping up on Messenger home screens globally after promising tests with users in Australia and Thailand... read
Journalists inside the G20 media centre in Hamburg.
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GERMANY
German media groups furious after 32 reporters barred from G20
BERLIN - German media groups protested Wednesday after government authorities at last week's G20 summit suddenly withdrew the accreditations of 32 journalists on unspecified security grounds... read
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UNITED STATES
CBS, BBC announce global newsgathering tie-up
WASHINGTON - CBS News and the BBC on Thursday announced a new editorial and newsgathering partnership that aims to boost their global strength against rivals such as CNN... read
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Colin Thornton
SOUTH AFRICA
Cyber attacks moving to mobile

Colin Thornton

With individuals and businesses becoming increasingly dependent on mobile devices for everything from email to banking, cyber criminals have turned their attention to mobile platforms... read
Food economies at risk of distortion by formal sector grocery retail
SOUTH AFRICA
Food economies at risk of distortion by formal sector grocery retail
The Grocery Retail Sector Market Inquiry, initiated by the Competition Commission, has received input from the Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation... read
Drones could offer multi-faceted support in disaster relief
SOUTH AFRICA
Drones could offer multi-faceted support in disaster relief
According to specialist drone firm Airborne Drones South Africa, we can expect to see drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), taking on an increasingly important role in firefighting and disaster management... read
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NAMIBIA
Why tourism is important to Namibia

Zelna Hengari

Unlike other segments which have not been spared by the tough economic challenges the country is going through, the tourism industry has witnessed a tremendous boost over the past two years... read
Austrian Airlines reintroduces Cape Town/Vienna service
SOUTH AFRICA
Austrian Airlines reintroduces Cape Town/Vienna service
Austrian Airlines has announced it will be reintroducing two flights a week between Cape Town and Vienna on its winter schedule... read
Food commodity prices to remain low over next decade - OECD, FAO
SOUTH AFRICA
Food commodity prices to remain low over next decade - OECD, FAO
Global food commodity prices are projected to remain low over the next decade... read
Why the future of Africa's forests and savannas is under threat
AFRICA
Why the future of Africa's forests and savannas is under threat

Julie C. Aleman

Tropical Africa has two distinct features - rain forests which are dominated by trees and savannas which are dominated by grasses. Both depend on rainfall quantity and seasonality... read
East Africa containerised trade volumes grow 1% Q1 2017
EAST AFRICA
East Africa containerised trade volumes grow 1% Q1 2017
The 2017 First Quarter East Africa Trade Report issued by Maersk Line Eastern Africa reveals that aggregate trade levels in the region have improved slightly since 2016... read
Jeremy Awori, CEO: Barclays Bank Kenya
KENYA
Barclays Kenya to close branches as tech takes hold

Kennedy Kangethe

Barclays Bank of Kenya (BBK) is closing seven of its branches in the country... read
Commercial vehicle market competition on the rise in Africa
AFRICA
Commercial vehicle market competition on the rise in Africa
The regional market for commercial vehicles (CVs) like rigid trucks and flatbed trailers is being strengthened by rising urbanisation and infrastructural developments in Africa... read
Matla a Metsi Joint Venture to supervise design and construction of Polihali Dam in Lesotho Highlands Water Project
LESOTHO
Matla a Metsi Joint Venture to supervise design and construction of Polihali Dam in Lesotho Highlands Water Project
The Matla a Metsi Joint Venture was recently announced the successful bidder on the design and construction supervision of the Polihali Dam - one of the two main water transfer components of phase two of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project... read
Cape Town named best city in Africa and Middle East
SOUTH AFRICA
Cape Town named best city in Africa and Middle East
Underscoring Cape Town consistent favour with travellers from around the world, the city has been named Best City in Africa and the Middle East in the Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards for 2017... read
Online B2B marketplace for SMMEs goes live
SOUTH AFRICA
Online B2B marketplace for SMMEs goes live
Launching to small, medium and micro-sized enterprises servicing the retail sector in SA, XAfricaMart offers sellers and their customers a trade secure payment platform... read
ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa and former finance minister Pravin Gordhan at the 14th congress of the SACP held at Birchwood Hotel.
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SOUTH AFRICA
Bell Pottinger must tell Parliament why it sought to harm SA, Gordhan says

Natasha Marrian

On Wednesday, former finance minister Pravin Gordhan said an apology was not enough from UK-based public relations company Bell Pottinger... read
Photo: Namibian Sun
NAMIBIA
Lüderitz wind project nears completion
The $13.6m Ombepo Wind Farm, near Lüderitz, is expected to add 5MW of renewable power to the Namibian grid by the end of July. read
Geita gold mine. Photo: AngloGold Ashanti
SOUTH AFRICA
AngloGold battles Tanzanian laws
AngloGold Ashanti's subsidiaries in Tanzania have initiated arbitration to protect their interests in case the government changes the terms of their longstanding agreement... read
WHO/G Tapper
DR CONGO
Training the community to take care of the children
Approximately 62% of the under-five deaths in the DRC in 2013 were caused by malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea, all of which are treatable... read
Kabelo Makwane
SOUTH AFRICA
Accenture simplifies cloud migration in sub-Saharan Africa

Ilse van den Berg

At the recent Amazon Web Services summit, I had the chance to chat to Kabelo Makwane, managing director for Cloud First business at Accenture in sub-Saharan Africa about the Accenture Cloud Platform... read
New appointments
    AFRICA
  • Kunle Falodun to oversee SPT's growth in Africa - more info
  • AFRICA
  • VIMN expands the roles of Alex Okosi, Jill Offman - more info

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