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'Women in News' programme open for applications

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:04:00 +0200

The Women in News (WIN) programme, a leadership programme for African women working in media and launched by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) in 2010, is now accepting applications from women media professionals from either the business or editorial side of newspapers in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia.
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Retail rewind - a year in review 2011

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:19:00 +0200

The approval of the Wal-Mart/Massmart deal will go down as the highlight of the retail sector in 2011.
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Consumer Confidence Survey: Economy again top global concern

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:36:00 +0200

NEW YORK, US: Global online consumer confidence fell for the seventh consecutive quarter as confidence in 31 of 56 global markets measured declined, according to from Nielsen, a leading global provider of insights and analytics into what consumers watch and buy.
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Southern Times relaunched in city

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:47:00 +0200

Southern Africa's premier paper, The Southern Times, a joint venture between Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited and New Era of Namibia, was officially relaunched on Thursday, 3 November 2011, in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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TransUnion expands into Africa

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:19:00 +0200

TransUnion, a global credit and information management organisation, has acquired majority shareholding in CRB Holdings Limited, signifying its bold expansion steps into Africa.
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WTC Africa Initiative and Italy join hands in trade

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:52:00 +0200

Following a trade agreement reached between the World Trade Center Africa Initiative and Italy, business between Africa and Europe is set to receive a significant boost. The agreement will see business leaders from 12 African countries meet their Italian counterparts in on-site deal rooms next year, at the inaugural Afritalia Commerce Exchange.
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Fresh Living now available in Mauritius

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:27:00 +0200

Fresh Living, the food magazine on South African shelves, continues to expand on its African footprint as it goes on sale this month in Mauritius.
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FNB Namibia introduces lifestyle banking Z-card

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:18:00 +0200

The First National Bank (FNB) Namibia have introduced a new Lifestyle Banking offering to its consumers, with a Z-Card produced by Pocket Solutions.The new offering provides consumers with four different lifestyle accounts.
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Umuntu Media receives funding from eVA Fund

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:03:00 +0200

Umuntu Media, the company that runs the resource portals iNamibia and iZambia, have been granted $1 million series A funding from Netherlands based eVentures Africa Fund (eVA Fund) as a step to take the information portals to an additional nine countries on the continent.
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Africa's housing crisis: conference outlines remedies

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:18:00 +0200

Despite having 3% of the population earning an income viable for mortgage and 10.8% earning between US$10-20 per day, the UN Habitat says about 40.3% of Africans still live in slums. Inadequate and overcrowded dwellings, mostly without clean water, electricity and proper sanitation, line the streets of major cities as the population grows, banks close their doors on the poor and corruption infests the housing sector.
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