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| Marketing & Media |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Digital marketing pioneer Rob Stokes is father to four children under the age of five. Little wonder his thoughts often turn to their future and the impact of AI on the world as we know it. Here's why it's crucial to hone your creative thinking skills... Read |
 | AfricaCom 2017 presents a global speaker line-up in this uncertain age of digital disruption and transformation... Read |
 | MDXi targets enterprise customers with new ‘Take a Break' campaign to increase awareness of the MDXi brand as a West African data centre company... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Big brands shared the role of design in their business at Business of Design, with Adrian Morris, partner and MD at Design Partnership speaking of current the physical reboot trend responding to a changing landscape, while Brian Mtongana, head of design at Woolworths, honed in on the role of packaging in sales... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT YouKnow Digital in partnership with consumer insights platform Crimson Hexagon launched the South African Consumer Trends Report today, 12 October... Read |
 | African Innovation Foundation calls for applications for the Innovation Prize for Africa 2018 Awards... Read |
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| Retail |
 | TOM JACKSON Nigerian assisted shopping startup VoomNow has started exporting local produce to the United States (US), making local food stuffs such as catfish, egusi and noodles available... Read |
 | Clicks Clubcard has moved into the top spot as South Africa's most used loyalty programme at 67%, just beating last year's loyalty leader, Pick n Pay Smart Shopper... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Researchers have identified both airborne infectious droplets and aerosols of avian flu using lab-simulated processing of chickens... Read |
 | KWAKU BOTWE The country is the second-biggest supplier of cocoa worldwide, beaten only by its West African neighbour, Cote D'Ivoire. But Ghana was once the world champion... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Isuzu dealers in 14 left-hand motoring countries across sub-Saharan Africa can now offer the KB 4x4 crew cab X-Rider model to their customers... Read |
 | JASON SNYMAN Fuel price increase! The announcement comes every couple of months, and South Africans dread it more and more. The average South African's annual fuel expenditure is among the highest in the world... Read |
 | California officials have unveiled new regulations that would allow autonomous vehicles to operate on state roads in test projects without a human operator... Read |
 | Mahindra's next generation Pik Up has been launched in South Africa and offers a refreshed outer body styling, increased turbodiesel power, and a towing capacity of 2500kg... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | SINDY PETERS One cubic metre of concrete has a carbon footprint of 350kg of CO2, making this staple material in the construction industry one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gases in the world... Read |
 | The Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA), on Wednesday, 11 October, announced the launch of its Net Zero Programme... Read |
 | The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), launching its Pride in the Profession: Celebrating 150 years of surveying successes campaign, is calling for nominations from around the world... Read |
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| Education |
 | Professor Nosisi Nellie Feza has been appointed as the new Dean of Faculty of Humanities for the Central University of Technology, Free State, effective 1 October 2017... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | BEKEZELA PHAKATHI Security concerns have precluded the names of witnesses relating to Parliament's pending probe into state capture at Eskom from being publicised... Read |
 | RABAT - Russia and Morocco hope to cooperate more closely in the energy sector, Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev said during a visit to Rabat... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Globally, mobile payments will reach $75bn in 2017, with the potential of reaching $503bn by 2020 as a result of advances in technology... Read |
 | NICCI BOTHA The spending power of students is R2,702 per month, while the average South African spends about R2,503, debunking the myth of the perpetually broke student... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | MIAMI - Two experimental vaccines against the Ebola virus have shown promise... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN The Whale Caller, Unlocked, The Snowman, The Last Word and Shot Caller open at local cinemas this week. Read |
 | Wine lovers all over the world have embraced the celebration of South Africa's national wine and this year's Pinotage Day, on the 14 October, promises to have a much wider international presence. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | EMMA OKONJI Uber has in the last four years of its operation in Africa, changed perspectives in the transportation system while using technology to drive economic transformation in the sector. Read |
 | IDDY MWEMA Air Tanzania Company Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ethiopian Aviation Academy, aimed at helping Tanzanian pilots and engineers undergo capacity building training in Ethiopia... Read |
 | Mount Kenya University Rwanda recently entered a memorandum of understanding with RwandAir in a bid to strengthen the field of academic training and research... Read |
 | At the World Travel Awards Africa, Cape Town International Airport was voted Africa's Leading Airport... Read |
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| Property |
 | While the Consumer Protection Act has gone some way towards protecting buyers, and the new proposed Property Practitioners Bill goes further, property buyers still have to beware... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | In supporting the Western Cape Province and the City of Cape Town's water saving initiatives, FEDHASA Cape challenges all associations and businesses to take urgent action to save water... Read |
 | Cape Town's Vineyard Hotel was announced the winner of the international Skål Sustainable Tourism Awards in the Urban Category... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Labour sector representatives will converge in East London for a Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting... Read |
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| ICT |
 | PIETER ENGELBRECHT When I read the warnings that fill our media, I'm reminded of the Y2K bug. Just like 1999, we are getting close to a full-scale panic about compliance, fines, and the potential loss of business... Read |
 | TOM JACKSON Kenyan innovation space the iHub has announced “Open House Fridays”, which offers local techies and entrepreneurs free use of the hub's co-working space every Friday in October... Read |
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