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| Marketing & Media |
 | EMMA GLOVER Communications agencies are always on the lookout for fresh new talent, but there are many reasons why your CV and cover note could be stopping you getting a slice of the action... Read |
 | PAUL DIVALL Broadcasters and video producers across the world are moving to computer-based platforms... Read |
 | United Nations and African Union sign new partnership framework to better respond to evolving challenges... Read |
 | AU Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression asked to intervene in Cameroon human rights and freedom of expression crisis... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This week we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with technophile Ashish Williams, former COO now relatively new CEO of MediaCom South Africa... Read |
 | TOM JACKSON Ethiopian water network management startup Triple Bottom Line Enterprises has been accepted into the Silicon Valley-based water innovation accelerator ImagineH2O... Read |
 | ICASA signs a technical agreement with the communications regulator of Mozambique to collaborate on telecommunications and broadcasting services... Read |
 | African youth are yearning for a greener existence after mass urbanisation has created overcrowding and other societal changes... Read |
 | The International Association of Business Communicators has announced the excellence and merit winners of the 2017 IABC Gold Quill Awards programme... Read |
 | PARUSHA PARTAB In prehistoric times, great stories were told sitting around a campfire. In the glow of the flames storytellers would share exciting tales to impart information, to teach, to encourage and to entertain. Storytelling is an evolutionary mechanism crucial to human communication and central to our success... Read |
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| Retail |
 | As Starbucks turns one in South Africa, it opened its fourth store in Menlyn Park, Pretoria, on 19 April 2017... Read |
 | Apple wants to "one day" end the need to mine materials from the earth to make its gadgets, the technology giant said in its annual environmental responsibility report out Thursday. Read |
 | Mastercard has launched a biometric card that uses fingerprints to enable purchases, revealing that it had been piloting the card, a global first for the company, in SA... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | According to Jervis Zimba, president of the Zambia National Farmers' Union (ZNFU), “The only way we can achieve the status of being a breadbasket is to zero rate agriculture.” Read |
 | Rwanda's government announced on Wednesday, 19 April, it had discovered Fall armyworm on its crops, making it the third east African country afflicted by the plant-eating pest also recently spotted in Kenya. Read |
 | According to the latest Agri Trends report from Absa's AgriBusiness unit covering livestock and fibre, weaner calf prices have followed an upward trend over the past three months... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | MIKE WHITFIELD Almost four years after Nissan ventured into auto assembly in Nigeria, it fills me with pride when I comment on our success as an auto company operating in Africa... Read |
 | TransUnion released Q1 of the Vehicle Price Index 2017 today. The VPI report examines the link between the year-on-year increase in vehicle pricing for new and used vehicles... Read |
 | MONACO: Two flying car prototypes were launched on Thursday on the French Riviera, at an event showcasing "supercars" in Monaco... [video] Read |
 | NEW YORK, US: Tesla is recalling 53,000 cars to address a manufacturing defect that could prevent parking brakes from releasing... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | Kwane Capital has acquired a 63.75% stake in the TFM Group in a cash transaction... Read |
 | Urban property developer Blok will be launching a new development concept in Cape Town's Bo-Kaap with the aim of providing urban homes to a more diverse range of incomes... Read |
 | GINA ZIERVOGEL AND LORENA PASQUINI Resilience is a word that's thrown around a lot these days. It means different things to different people... Read |
 | LAURA CAETANO South Africa is predicted to continue experiencing high levels of water stress... Read |
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| Education |
 | With 50.9% of the country's youth unemployed, more focus should be placed on how youth can enter the job market without a formal tertiary qualification to contribute positively to the country's economy. Read |
 | MICHELLE GUMEDE The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has rejected the appeals of more than 2,000 students against their unsuccessful applications for study funding in the 2017 academic year... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | JAN-PHILIPP SCHOLZ A Milan court is to decide whether to go ahead with criminal proceedings against Shell and ENI over rights to a Nigerian oilfield... Read |
 | Eskom puts money into renewable energy research by academic institutions, even though the utility is not moving forward with its renewable PPAs... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has challenged communities to awaken to the possibilities available in the biodiversity economy... Read |
 | Graça Machel is the keynote speaker at the tenth annual Trialogue Business in Society Conference... Read |
 | A new producer responsibility organisation has been formed to represent the interests of the metal packaging industry in South Africa... Read |
 | Increasingly prolonged periods of severe hot and dry weather during the first summer after wild fires is inhibiting vegetation recovery and causing loss of plant diversity in fynbos... Read |
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| Finance |
 | Thursday, 20 April 2017, saw the announcement of the top 10 companies selected for the Barclays Accelerator 2017 Africa programme... Read |
 | Radical economic transformation. The nebulous term being liberally bandied about by politicians with little clarity on what it actually means.,, Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | The entire genome of a prostate cancer tumour has been mapped for the first time... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | JARRED MANASSE With its magnificent natural landscapes, diverse and unique wildlife and unforgettable scenic beauty, South Africa prides itself as a premiere African safari destination. Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN Bolshoi Ballet presents A Contemporary Evening, Silence, American Pastoral, In Dubious Battle, Table 19, and Asterix and Obelix: The Mansions of the Gods are releases on the big screen this weekend. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | Emirates has announced that it will reduce flights to the United States after tightened visa and security measures under president Donald Trump hit demand... Read |
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| Property |
 | Costa da Gama and Capricorn Beach are not only achieving record prices for property sales, but the rental market has also recently skyrocketed... Read |
 | The desire to avoid traffic jams is informing many current property purchasing decisions in Johannesburg and Cape Town, says Gerhard Kotzé, MD of the RealNet estate agency group... Read |
 | RONALD ENNIK The Johannesburg residential property market is set for an upturn after a long period of uncertainty and flat-lining prices... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | “Our winners have a vision that extends beyond the commercial - linking business success with the wellbeing of local communities and the longevity of their environments." Read |
 | A 51-metre glass elevator will provide a whole new perspective on God's Window, one of South Africa's most well-known natural beauty spots... Read |
 | RUTH COOPER Craig Rodney, managing director of Cerebra Communication and founder of the @SouthAfrica Instagram account, says being heard is all about making sure you are telling a story worth listening to. Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu on Friday launched the Centre for Entrepreneurship in Welkom, Free State, saying such a centre will promote entrepreneurship as a career of choice... Read |
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| ICT |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, US: Google on Tuesday launched a re-imagined version of its free Earth mapping service, weaving in storytelling and artificial intelligence and freeing it from apps... Read |
 | MIKE LAWS What's becoming clear from watching young coffee shop patrons, in particular, is that mobile technology is stepping in to fill certain voids and it's doing so at an extremely reasonable cost. ... Read |
 | JACO MARITZ Transportation network company Uber had to tweak its developed-country business practices to align with the local realities in African countries such as South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria... Read |
 | Startupbootcamp (SBC) will be launching its new accelerator programme in Cape Town. Startups from around the world are invited to apply now... Read |
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