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| Marketing & Media |
 | IZZY PUGH The first digital photograph dates back to 1957. Today, more pictures are taken every two minutes than throughout the whole of the 1800s. And the vast majority of those are by people recording their lives and experiences, not brands or organisations. Read |
 | “It's just a giant pram and adults get to test drive the pram that they're buying for their child”. That's the entry that was a delight for Nadja Lossgott to watch. She is creative partner at AMV BBDO in London and One Show Print & Outdoor juror... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Publicis Machine's recently appointed chief strategy officer Moagi Bodibe recommends stopping to pause for thought and ensure your game plan is watertight to get ahead in the coming months... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from Saatchi & Saatchi Synergize paid media director Adam Mitchell... Read |
 | MONIQUE KWACHOU The internet has been cut off in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon since mid-January. This is life in ‘No-internet Cameroon'... Read |
 | Oxford Professor Mark Graham spells out the opportunities and challenges for African workers in the new digital world... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT The Holmes Report's 2017 In2 Innovation Summit took place at The Maslow in Sandton on 29 March. Opening the event, Tim Sutton, chairman, EMEA and Asia-Pacific at Weber Shandwick, facilitated a panel discussion on ‘The African Era'... Read |
 | SAA receives Best Airline in Africa and Best Business Class to Africa Awards for 2016 from US readers... Read |
 | The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) forecasts that international tourist arrivals in Africa will increase by between 5% and 6% in 2017... Read |
 | Technology, design thinking, powers life-saving innovation in cancer screening for developing countries... Read |
 | TOM JACKSON Lagos has the most valuable startup ecosystem in Africa, with the local entrepreneurship scene worth US$2 billion, according to a new report... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), the largest beer group in the world, has committed itself to secure 100% of its purchased electricity... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Vital Health Foods has introduced a new range of grab-and-go nutritional snacks. The bars, bites and air-popped rice come in a variety of flavours... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | VERA THOSS Scientists are warning that we are approaching “peak phosphorus”, the point at which demand begins to outstrip supply and intensive agriculture cannot continue to provide current yields... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Commenting on unaudited month-end fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund, the AA has said that fuel prices for April will be lower than in March... Read |
 | Ford SA CEO, Jeffrey Nemeth, who was forced to announce the recall of 4556 of its Kuga SUVs in January, has been recalled to the US... Read |
 | Casper Kruger has been appointed as managing director of Ford Motor Company's sub-Saharan Africa region, effective 1 April 2017... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | JAMIE MATROOS Speculations on the future of biodiversity after the sixth mass extinction... Read |
 | The City of Paris on Tuesday, 28 March, dumped French-Swiss group LafargeHolcim as supplier of sand for the makeshift "Paris Plages" beach over the company's readiness to supply cement for US President Donald Trump's controversial border wall... Read |
 | According to the City of Cape Town, its water remains safe to drink... Read |
 | This year's Budget Speech prioritised both national and provincial economic infrastructure requirements, which includes the reprioritisation of R600m to the Social Housing Regulatory Authority for investment in rental housing units... Read |
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| Education |
 | MICHELLE GUMEDE The high university drop-out rate needed to be tackled in light of the growing calls for free higher education, an umbrella grouping of South African universities, Universities SA (Usaf), said on Monday, 27 March 2017... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | BRUCE CLEAVER When the SS Nujoma sets sail later this year to explore for diamonds off Namibia's coast, it won't only be the culmination of many years' work, but also a glimpse into the country's future... Read |
 | Energy project roll-outs are moving to smaller renewable plants to increase access to electricity in Africa... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | SINDY PETERS Local good news portal Marketing CSI South Africa (MCSISA) recently underwent a rebranding exercise that saw the platform renamed to Change News... Read |
 | Companies are increasingly encouraging employees to provide their professional services to non-profit organisations (NPOs) at no cost... Read |
 | The Evolve Group, which recently relaunched in the country as Evolve Executive Search South Africa - an executive talent and scarce-skills search firm - contributes 20% of its profits to its CSR programmes... Read |
 | A new project, supported by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), Africa Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) and Blue Ventures, has been launched to map octopus fishing in the Western Indian Ocean... Read |
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| Finance |
 | CHRIS OGDEN A decade ago, Africa's financial services landscape was virtually dormant, but there's been some staggering growth... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | The first national public health training centre, constructed by the United States CDC, was handed over to the Ethiopian Public Health Institute recently. Read |
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| Legal |
 | NICOLENE SCHOEMAN-LOUW The new BEE Codes of Good Practice came into operation a couple of years ago, replacing the existing codes and allowing more leniency for some levels of business... Read |
 | The University of the Free State acted lawfully when it adopted a new language policy in March last year, the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled yesterday, 28 March 2017... Read |
 | JACOB MASLOW Comments on the proposed South African law to legalise domestic rhino horn trade closed this week, with both sides arguing about the effectiveness of the idea... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | CHARLES SIBOTO The dust of our dreams for the last two weeks has finally settled and I am both filled with joy and exhausted to have come through it all. Read |
 | MARTIN MYERS Franki M appeared on The Voice two weeks ago and Karen Zoid mentioned a lovely point to Franki: "Don't give up on your passion." Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN The following films release this weekend; Ghost in the Shell, The Bye Bye Man, The Zookeeper's Wife, The Smurfs: The Lost Village and Hedda Gabler. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | MORNÉ STOLTZ For fleet owners, the arguments for automatic trucks are making more and more sense. For one thing, automatic transmission reduces the impact of an unskilled driver on fuel efficiency... Read |
 | The South African International Maritime Institute (SAIMI) has appointed Vanessa Davidson as deputy chief executive officer (CEO) in charge of strategic projects... Read |
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| Property |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Pan-African property fund Mara Delta is setting up a subsidiary to house its strongly performing hospitality assets, which it will list on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius... Read |
 | Cushman & Wakefield Excellerate is to strengthen its presence in sub-Saharan Africa with a new office in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania... Read |
 | Online property company PropertyFox says that while Airbnb can be an exciting income stream, South Africans should do their homework carefully before buying a property specifically for this purpose... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | eHomeAffairs enables South Africans to submit their application and pay online, or if they live in Cape Town, Johannesburg or Pretoria, they can step into their local bank... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Considering the pace of digital transformation and how it is making some roles obsolete, the prospect of a career transition is becoming a reality that many people need to consider... Read |
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| ICT |
 | STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Ericsson took a huge hit on its first-quarter accounts in a bid by its new chief executive to turn the beleaguered telecoms giant around... Read |
 | Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its new Galaxy S8 smartphones, incorporating the virtual assistant Bixby, as it seeks to rebound from a chaotic handset recall... Read |
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