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TOM JACKSON South African startup Airbuy has rolled out its alternative payment gateway that allows e-commerce sites to accept payments without their customers exposing their banking details... |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | One of Namibia's top tourism brands, The Gondwana Collection, has achieved global fame for trolling Trump's missteps on Africa... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This week, social media netizens were appalled by allegations of groping at the recent President's Club fundraising dinner, while celebrating the outcome of the #LarryNassar trial, and Melinda Gates' female startup fund support... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Google recently announced its appointment of Mzamo Masito as chief marketing officer for sub-Saharan Africa... Read |
 | Data can help manage human mobility, says the Economic Commission for Africa, and deal with the challenges not only affecting African countries, but also nations in developing regions... Read |
 | Kenyan bloggers have partnered up to launch a Kenyan technology podcast with the aim of growing the podcast landscape in Kenya and bringing it mainstream... Read |
 | MUTHOKI MUMO AND JONATHAN ROZEN Ethiopia's use of imprisonment, harassment, and surveillance means that the country continues to be a hostile environment for journalists... Read |
 | NANA YAA OFORI ATTA When you default on payment of your TV license fees in Ghana, you are hauled into court. But the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation has now been ordered not to prosecute defaulters... Read |
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| Retail |
 | PAUL DRECHSLER As possibly the world's oldest economic activity, retailing didn't venture away from the traditional street, with its congestion, grime and weather exposure, until about 1800... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Smart food crops, so named because they are good for consumers, good for farmers and good for the planet, are at the heart of many strategies worldwide aimed at beating malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | The new Volkswagen Polo, a completely redesigned generation of the car, has a clear, powerful design, more interior room, more efficient engines and pioneering driver assistance systems... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | GUY ROGERS With the Kouga Dam down to 7.7% of capacity on Wednesday, 24 January, a team will start testing water quality this weekend to help gauge any future contamination if fish start dying... Read |
 | DOMINIC PREUSS South African steel production rose by 2.6% in 2017 to an estimated 6.301-million tonnes after falling by 4.2% in 2016, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel)... Read |
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| Education |
 | In February 2018, the Deloitte School of Analytics will host its three-day annual education event, where it will break down the data phenomenon and help clients use data science to drive their organisation forward... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | JONATHAN VEERAN The mining industry is poised on a knife's edge with its future largely dependant on what the ANC's newly installed management team does in the months ahead... Read |
 | South Africa's power utility Eskom has seen a remarkable leadership shake up in the past few days... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | Clover Mama Afrika has been named the winner of the 2017 Trialogue Strategic CSI Award. The CSI project supports and upskills female community leaders nationwide. Read |
 | During 2017, 1,028 rhino were illegally killed in South Africa, announced minister of environmental affairs Dr Edna Molewa this week. The number reveals a slight decline from the 1,054 recorded as poached during 2016... Read |
 | JOLEAH LAMB There are more than 11 billion pieces of plastic debris on coral reefs across the Asia-Pacific... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Thomson Reuters has started real-time coverage of A2X markets on its products, supporting both Level 1 and Level 2 data for this venue... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | Although years of research goes into reducing the risk that such trials represent to their human subjects before tests are conducted, there is an inherent risk in every clinical trial that demands bespoke clinical trial insurance... Read |
 | While there may be some resources directed at clinical and medical treatment for mental health issues, the question is what are we doing when it comes to the proactive prevention and the promotion of mental health at the community level? Read |
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| Legal |
 | ELIZABETH DE STADLER The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) is set to kick in in the first half of 2018, according to the Information Regulator. What difference will it make to the lives of consumers...? Read |
 | JOON CHONG A recent Supreme Court of Appeal judgment has provided much needed clarity that Productive Asset Allowance certificate amounts granted to automotive manufacturers are capital in nature as their purpose is to incentivise capital investments... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The Robertson Wine Valley will host the 10th annual Hands-On Harvest Festival from 23-25 February 2018. Visitors will be able to indulge in local wines and country cuisine, experience country hospitality, and explore the towns of Ashton, Bonnievale, McGregor, and Robertson. Read |
 | Uber Eats has unveiled the most popular 2018 food trends in South Africa. Uber Eats looked at the most popular ingredients and dishes searched for by South Africans over the last six months to draw its conclusion. Read |
 | The 2018 Red Bull Music Festival will be held across several venues in Johannesburg from 3-8 April 2018. The line-up will feature an array of musical genres, including 80 local, pan-African, and global acts. Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN The Post is a political thriller about the power of the truth; action reaches new heights in the third and final segment of The Maze Runner series Maze Runner: The Death Cure... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | According to the latest results released by Naamsa, Associated Motor Holdings, and Amalgamated Automobile Distributors, 2017 saw the South African truck market decline by 2.65% on the previous year's results... Read |
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| Property |
 | TONY CLARKE Capetonians are bracing for the onset of Day Zero - the day the City turns off the taps and residents will have to collect their 25-litre water ration at one of 200 public distribution points... Read |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Accelerate Property Fund is banking on the relaunch of the Fourways Mall in 2018 to boost confidence in the company and its shares. Accelerate, which wants to dominate the Fourways node, has redeveloped the mall - set to open in the last quarter - into Africa's largest shopping centre... Read |
 | CHRIS RENECLE A written lease agreement needs to protect both the tenant and the landlord and should therefore detail as much about the rental agreement as possible to leave no room for misinterpretation... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | BRETT HENDRICKS While sustainability was a major focus for world tourism in 2017, by its very nature it is a concept that the industry must take forward in everything that we do... Read |
 | JOSEPHINE WAWIRA Various tech solutions, diversification of services by hotels, and the surge of millennial travel are just some of the highlights that marked 2017. The question is, will these continue to dominate in 2018? Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | "The basic human need for love, health and connection cannot be met with technology." In our workplaces and homes, we are increasingly using technology as if it does in fact meet these needs... Read |
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