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| Marketing & Media |
 | DHARMESH NAGAR SONA 2017 highlighted two key issues that must be carefully balanced: addressing economic inequality and encouraging FDI... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS First came Marketing2020, then came Insights2020. In their latest industry shakeup, Kantar Vermeer has put the wheel in motion for the formation of a local South African CMO Council. Frank van den Driest, Kantar Vermeer's chief client officer, shares how this will strengthen the local marketing industry... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS Liam Wielopolski, chief creative officer at DDB SA, shares the essence of this year's Loeries campaign and what the 2017 Loerie Awards judged on... Read |
 | There is a growing body of research that attempts to analyse and understand the newest generation of employees and consumers. You can find advice on how to sell to them, talk to them and how to manage their expectations. But is anyone actually asking them? Read |
 | Prolonged and worsening drought conditions across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya means that more than 11 million people are facing severe hunger and are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance... Read |
 | GABRIELLA MULLIGAN IBM has announced a US$70 million initiative to provide free digital skills training for 25 million African youth over five years... Read |
 | The Africa CEO Forum and McKinsey & Company are pooling their expertise to launch the African Women in Business initiative at the 2017 Africa CEO Forum, 20-21 March 2017 in Geneva… Read |
 | The UN Special Rapporteur will continue to monitor developments in Cameroon closely, and is at the disposal of the authorities to provide assistance or advice as required… Read |
 | THE HAGUE - Brandishing a gun, his face contorted with rage, the shocking image of an off-duty Turkish policeman assassinating the Russian envoy to Turkey on Monday won the prestigious World Press Photo Award... Read |
 | ANDY WALKER Twitter is just not having a good end to the decade. After disappointing Q4 2016 financial results marred the platform's active role in the US Elections, a new report now suggests that Twitter is valued less than its Chinese rival Weibo... Read |
 | PHILIPPA DODS Some want flowers, others want followers – here we provide a number of tips and hints to implement into your digital marketing strategy to really feel the love this Valentine's Day... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Ocean Basket has signed an agreement with Kuwait-based food distributor Al-Ghunaim Trading Company to roll out five new stores in the country... Read |
 | The annual ‘Mastercard Love Index' reveals South African shoppers feel loved and are spending more on Valentine's Day... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | SA produced 7.778-million tonnes of maize for commercial use in 2016, which was 3.21% or 241,625 tonnes more than the final crop estimate figure of 7.537-million tonnes provided in September... Read |
 | A researcher from North West University has raised the alarm over the high levels of mycotoxins in the food we eat on the African continent. Affected foods potentially include... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | According to a recent article by Johnson Kanamugire on The East African, the Rwandan government is abandoning a US$35m biodiesel pilot project... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | COLLEEN GOKO ArcelorMittal SA is planning to step up its efforts to protect the local steel industry from cheap Chinese imports... Read |
 | COLLEEN GOKO Italtile says it expects the second half of its financial year to be tougher than the first and will introduce a number of initiatives to cut costs... Read |
 | The construction companies implicated in collusion have paid their first sum of R117m in terms of the settlement agreement they entered into with the National Revenue Fund, following the findings of investigations by competition authorities... Read |
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| Education |
 | The Wits Campus Personal Navigator Challenge is calling on developers and entrepreneurs to develop innovative systems to assist students with visual and physical disabilities to independently navigate Wits' vast campus... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | The first set of speakers on the programme at the West African International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference 2017 (WAIPEC) have been announced... Read |
 | Alphamin has announced that it has completed the front-end engineering design (FEED) and control budget estimate (CBE) for its 80.75%-owned Bisie Tin Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | Joint efforts between the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), SAPS and custom officials have led to the confiscation of R30m worth of poached abalone in the Western Cape... Read |
 | CRAIG DODDS Minister Senzeni Zokwana accused of reneging on recovery plan... Read |
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| Finance |
 | HANNA ZIADY In its latest push to diversify beyond insurance, Outsurance has hired a team of digital financial services experts from Take Your Money Everywhere (Tyme), the mobile payment provider... Read |
 | South Africa's drone operation regulations have had significant licensing cost implications for businesses, but consumers may be at the highest risk for financial cost... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | FRANCK KUWONU Pneumonia, an acute infection of the lungs, is the biggest killer of children worldwide even though it is treatable and easily preventable with vaccines... Read |
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| Legal |
 | While South Africa's regulations on drone operation have had significant licensing cost implications for businesses, consumers may be at the highest risk for financial loss too... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | All out of original ideas? We can help. Surprise your partner this Valentine's month with one of these exciting out-the-box date ideas. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | A Nigerian government agency said it had taken over the country's main private airline Arik Air to prevent it from going bust... Read |
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| Property |
 | BRUCE SWAIN Property is pricey and for many first time home owners the only way to get onto the property ladder is by doing it with a partner... Read |
 | RONALD ENNIK It is a global real estate fact that well-managed cities that are clean, relatively crime-free, with solid infrastructure and reliable service delivery, invariably protect – and grow– home values within their municipal boundaries... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Previously, solo travellers were ‘punished' for wanting to travel alone – single supplements meant that solo travel was even more expensive than travelling with a partner or friend... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | The standoff between Cooperative Governance MEC Fikile Xasa and Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip over the appointment of the city manager continues, with neither willing to back down... Read |
 | KEVIN WELMAN So we've been in operation for about 150 days, and there have been a few lessons, many in fact, and looking back, a few things have surprised me and stand out... Read |
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| ICT |
 | CASSIE LESSING Charles Darwin said that it won't be the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it's the one that is the most adaptable to change… Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT A simple and common sense message that came across loud and clear at the Ask Afrika Orange Index Conference on Thursday, 9 February 2017 that seems to be the key to success in customer service was to create more real, meaningful human connections... Read |
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