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 | DANETTE BREITENBACH WATCH: While Covid-19 has sped up the move to e-commerce, digital has been part of the marketing mix for many brands for years. A panel at the Ecom Africa conference unpacked the complexities of building a digital brand... Read |
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 | According to new by Mimecast, 75% of South African consumers will stop buying from a brand if they get tricked by cybercriminals... Read |
 | Sophos has released new insight on an international cryptocurrency trading scam targeting iPhone users through popular dating apps, such as Bumble and Tinder... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MAXIMIZER SOFTWARE The live webinar being held is on the best practices to adopt a holistic data protection strategy to identify, protect, detect, respond and recover from ransomware and other cyberattacks... Read |
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 | Prudence Mabitsela, founder and managing director of Dynamic DNA, provides the top six most in-demand IT jobs and the skills you need to get ahead in your career... Read |
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 | FNB card data reveals that consumer spending is recovering better than expected in most categories, with eased lockdown likely to boost it even further... Read |
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 | DANIEL JUNOWICZ Standing out in a competitive mobile app market is even more crucial for marketers and developers to build and market scalable, engaging and user-friendly app experiences... Read |
 | VodaPay, Vodacom Financial and Digital Services' super app, delivers a digital shopping, lifestyle and financial platform for both consumers and businesses... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY AGILOCITY Join the global conference on Enterprise Agility on 6 and 7 November and learn techniques to navigate and thrive today's exponential markets. Attended by up to 990 delegates, it runs in English and Spanish and has 50+ global speakers... Read |
 | A new study from Juniper Research has found that global revenue from 5G services will reach $73bn by the end of 2021; rising from $20bn last year... Read |
 | International Business Magazine has named Mastercard the country's most innovative payment solutions provider for this year... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Delia Sieff, head of communications at SAP Africa, believes that the beauty of PR is having a holistic view across the organisation... Read |
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 | Sendbox, the Nigeria-based e-commerce fulfillment platform for merchants in Africa, has announced the completion of a $1.8m seed round... Read |
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 | Rapid population growth and increased urbanisation will have a significant impact on South Africa's transport infrastructure as freight and passenger transport demand rises... Read |
 | Spend through voice assistant-enabled smart TVs will reach nearly $500m in 2023, up sharply from the $126m expected in 2021, according to a report from Juniper Research... Read |
 | ISSUED BY YEHBABY DIGITAL A South African health tech start-up is working to improve the quality of care and support kids with mental health challenges receive by providing an app-based communication and tracking tool for parents... Read |
 | LINDA EALES Can robots help alleviate South Africa's low-cost housing shortage and give the local construction industry the boost it needs to get back on the path to profitability? Read |
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 | African unicorns have made big news in recent months, with four startups having recently reached a $1bn valuation or more this year alone... Read |
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 | NQOBILE DLUDLA Icasa will oppose litigation brought by Telkom to stop the watchdog from withdrawing temporary radio frequency spectrum assigned last year... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EUPHORIA SMEs are considered to be the growth engine of South Africa's economy, providing employment for millions and contributing significantly to the country's gross domestic product... Read |
 | MTN and Vodacom have joined Telkom in a lawsuit to stop the regulator from withdrawing a temporary frequency spectrum assigned at the start of the Covid-19 outbreak... Read |
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 | Netflix and Unesco have partnered to launch an innovative short film competition on 'African Folktales, Reimagined' across sub-Saharan Africa... Read |
 | Lisbon-based international public relations agency ThirdEyeMedia has been selected as part of a European Commission initiative, the Portugal 2020 programme, which aims to promote and grow small businesses... Read |
 | According to a recently published white paper from Kearney, A new energy path to viability for African utilities, Africa is on the cusp of a transition into a new energy... Read |
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 | The hikes in diesel and illuminating paraffin would be the largest in South African history Read |
 | Despite the backdrop of Covid-19 and the nation's longest recession in nearly three decades, South Africa has recorded an 8% rise in brand value to $175bn... Read |
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