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 | BRENDAN SEERY There's nothing like a good crisis to bring out the best in brands ... and a number of our household name companies stepped up this week to throw their weight behind President Cyril Ramaphosa's plea for people to stay at home... read |
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 | JARRED MAILER-LYONS Jarred Mailer-Lyons, head of digital at The MediaShop says that we're moving into a world where the boundaries of physical and digital are becoming blurred...read |
|  | ISSUED BY KANTAR It seems like the script for an apocalyptic movie, but none of us will even be venturing into cinemas - until much later in 2020, at least - as much of the world as we know it is in lockdown. Here's how the #lockdown is affecting brand and consumer behaviour alike within our borders...read |
|  | | Scopen and R3's biennial Agency Scope study shows 68% of China marketers seek specialised agencies to meet the complex demands of digital media...read |
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 | In an open letter published over the weekend, Wan-Ifra president, Fernando de Yarza López-Madrazo, has called for short-term financing to overcome the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus. ... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY GO CONTENT LAB Brands spend a lot of their time and budget getting to know their customers, and rightly so. Unfortunately, they seldom put the same effort into the way they connect with their employees... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY HOT 102.7FM We have engaged with Mike Anderson and the amazing team from the National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) to help roll out a Covid-19 business relief plan in the form of a relief centre... Read |
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 | WURAOLA AKANDE-SHOLABI The spread of Covid-19 has been slow in Nigeria compared to other countries on the continent. Nevertheless, the federal government has a taken steps in readiness for a more rapid outbreak... Read |
 | CARLOS LOPES Since 2000, European and African leaders have been talking about giving the partnership between the two continents a "new strategic" dimension... Read |
 | DOROTHY TEMBO With the novel coronavirus Covid-19 having reached the African continent, countries are getting ready to manage the spread of the virus and ensure that their fragile health systems can cope... Read |
 | SAMUEL AYOKUNLE OLOWOSEJEJE Nigeria may have to implement a nationwide lockdown to stem the rise in Covid-19 cases. Such a drastic measure would alter the country's energy consumption pattern. This would further burden an already dilapidated power supply system... Read |
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 | Ford Motor Company, in collaboration with GE Healthcare, will begin producing third-party ventilators to help coronavirus patients... Read |
 | Addressing reporters during a social cluster press briefing on Tuesday, 31 March, the minister revealed that some employers were still not adhering to the relevant laws... Read |
 | ADAM IKDAL We are in the midst of an unprecedented crisis. It started as a health crisis, within days became a real economic crisis, and is now on a swift path to becoming a massive fiscal challenge... Read |
 | Paxful highlights 10 women in Africa who are making waves in the rapidly growing blockchain and Bitcoin industries... Read |
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