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| According to a survey released by We Are Social, South African women currently account for 47% of the country's e-commerce market...read |
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Danette Breitenbach The independent retail trade is a robust environment and one that has grown three times faster than the corporate channel...read | 
NYC bodega owners and artists have launched a project to design totes highlighting the importance of reducing plastic waste and to send a message to the governor that New York needs a bag fee - not just a bag ban...read | 
Chantel Troskie For many, banking seems to be driven completing forms and then waiting for someone to tell them whether they qualify for a particular product. Living in a digital age, this is no longer good enough...read |
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 | Issued By Manufacturing Indaba The Manufacturing Indaba continues to sustain its position as Sub-Saharan Africa's most renowned manufacturing event... read | |
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 | Snap Inc. is determined to make its camera-equipped sunglasses, developed for Snapchat users, a hit... read |
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 | Ilse van den Berg NEWSWATCH: On Wednesday's quarterly conference call with analysts, Elon Musk didn't seem too keen to talk about Tesla burning through about $1bn during the first quarter as the Model 3 sedan production struggles continue... read |
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 | Nestled in the heart of Durban are two very different areas... read |
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 | Vantage Capital has provided $8m of funding to Rosslyn Riviera Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya... read |
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 | Food Lover's Market aims to raise enough money to provide one million meals to vulnerable South Africans this May... read |
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 | The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has completed the first phase of the revitalisation of the Phuthaditjhaba Industrial Park in the Free State... read |
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 | South Africa has expressed disappointment at not being granted exemption from the US Section 232 steel and aluminium tariff duties... read |
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 | Elita Chikwati Farmers in Zimbabwe have commended the government for improving cotton prices through introducing the auction system... read |
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 | Europe is getting its first steel plant in 40 years... read |
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 | South African classified site, Gumtree, will host the Pre-Owned Awards for the second time to celebrate the variety, range, and quality of pre-owned vehicles in the country... read |
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 | The FAO Food Price Index remained broadly steady in April, averaging 173.5 points for the month, a tiny notch up from March and 2.7 percent higher than in the same month of 2017. read |
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 | "It was definitely one of the most challenging harvesting seasons in recent years. But from what we can judge at this stage, the dry growing conditions seem to have had a relatively favourable impact on the quality of our premium quality grapes, depending on growing area." read |
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 | A new low-GI bread, Bread-A-Betix, suitable for the health-conscious, and for those who want to manage their blood sugar levels and control body weight, when eaten as part of a balanced diet, has been launched by Albany Bakeries... read |
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 | South Africans may not be able to fully appreciate how far-reaching the so-called sugar tax, which Treasury introduced on 1 April 2018, really is... read |
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 | Samantha Snedorf What sets Hope on Hopkins apart from many other distilleries is that they create their very own spirits in-house... read |
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 | NuMe has launched a new and premium range of "Not So Naughty" gluten-free baking products... read |
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 | FairPlay is appealing to the Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, to allow additional time for the panel of experts reviewing the list of VAT zero-rated food items... read |
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 | Research conducted by the Franchise Association of South Africa in 2017 shows that the fast food and quick service restaurant (QSRs) sector is the largest sector in the franchise industry... read |
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 | "Geographical indications are an approach to food production and marketing systems that place social, cultural and environmental considerations at the heart of the value chain." read |
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 | In the past decade, generic competition allowed millions of patients access to medicines for key therapeutic areas... read |
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 | Kristof Titeca The population of African elephants is estimated to have declined by 111,000 over the past ten years... read |
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 | Global production of pineapples reached 26.9 million tonnes in 2016, with an upward dynamics over the last nine years... read |
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 | Zephania Ubwani Tanzania and Uganda consume 50% of bananas grown in Africa, but realise only nine percent of the potential yield due to poor productivity due to pests and diseases... read |
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 | South Africa's soya bean and oilcake (meal) imports could decline by 27% and 17% year-on-year in the 2018/2019 marketing year, to 20,000 tons and 458,992 tons, respectively... read |
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 | Issued By Mpact Plastics Mpact Versapak has launched a motiongraphic corporate profile that outlines its business offering, operating ethos and accreditations, in a simplistic manner... read |
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 | Mologadi Makwela By understanding and working with different levels and spheres of government on, for example, land use, informal retailers and other food security issues, De Visser hopes to promote a more inclusive and just food system in South Africa... read |
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 | Recent BMi Research reports confirmed that the flavoured alcoholic beverage category declined in volume during 2017, the mageu category volumes suffered a loss in 2017 and the drinking yoghurt category experienced both volume and value declining compared to 2016... read |
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 | Paul Makube The cost of distributing produce across the country is still highly depended on road transport - for example, about 80% of grain is transported by road... read |
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 | From personal use to enterprise use, wearable tech is becoming increasingly popular across the globe... read |
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 | Issued By Perfect Word In the fast-moving, volatile and critical poultry industry, control over processes within various divisions and sites is essential... read |
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 | Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster What can a marketing or communications worker expect to earn in Malta? New figures released in April by Eurostat give broad sectoral outlines across five areas of economic activity providing an indication of wages across the EU in general and the Maltese islands in particular... read |
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 | Old Mutual and Startupbootcamp (SBC) Africa will be hosting an SBC Africa FastTrack in Johannesburg on 9 May 2018 as part of a global tour to source, grow, and scale the next generation of Africa-focused innovators... read |
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 | Warren Green The internet of things (IoT) is a digital revolution that not only has the potential to impact how we live but also how we work... read |
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 | leigh andrews Last week's AfricArena media event highlighted the continent's 'funding starvation syndrome', the African startup pyramid, and why we need to boost both the African startup gazelles and unicorns alike... read |
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 | leigh andrews AfricArena panellists offered various case studies on doing business in Africa and explained why it's time to focus on partnerships and collaboration across the continent before setting sights off our shores... read |
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 | Tom Jackson "For a country with inadequate public transport systems and a general cultural aversion towards bicycles, the uptake in Namibia has been surprisingly good." read |
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 | Cari Coetzee The 1On19 series continues but with a new chef at the helm, Stephen Mandes - the Ultimate Braai Master of 2014. Far from slapping a chop on the braai, Mandes delighted with delicate and well-balanced dishes celebrating the ingredients - fynbos and Shiraz... read |
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 | Ruth Cooper Grande Provence in Franschhoek has been serving up classic and delicious French-style dishes since 2004. October 2017 saw Chef Guy Bennet take over the kitchen and instil a stronger focus on championing locally sourced produce and a more modern style of South African cooking. read |
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Mark Russell "The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage." Donatella Versace "Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas." Albert Camus "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." Willie Nelson "Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results." |
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