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 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Sisters Mo Mokone and Michelle Mokone lead the all-woman team behind Mo's Crib, a home decor business creating stylish products from recycled materials, and creating employment...read |
|  | ISSUED BY UBER To celebrate Women's Month, we are putting the spotlight on Uber's female drivers who wear many hats and continue to be industrious, focused and resilient...read |
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| |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE In 2017, Verashni Pillay resigned as HuffPost SA editor over the publication of a fake blog. It caused a huge uproar at the time. Pillay spent the next few years doing the work to figure out how things went so wrong... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY ADUMO ONLINE Adumo Online has evolved through a series of acquisitions, purposeful strategy execution, and innovative product and platform development to become a leading e-commerce payment provider... Read |
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 | The top three entrants stand the chance to win a cash prize and the opportunity to launch their own brandy brand with the support and mentorship of industry stalwarts... Read |
| Community |
 | The first round of the 2021 Engen Pitch & Polish competition, which is co-sponsored by Nedbank and powered by Raizcorp, has come to an end... Read |
| Funding |
 | African payments company PawaPay has secured a $9m seed raise. The round was co-led by MSA and UK-based investment fund 88mph... Read |
| Marketing & Media |
 | Did you know that, contrary to what one might think, older age groups are the fastest-growing segments of many social media platforms' audiences? Read |
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 | Massmart has entered into negotiations to acquire a controlling stake in OneCart, an on-demand grocery retail marketplace and logistics platform... Read |
| Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
 | ISSUED BY COMPANY PARTNERS Compliance with POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act) has had everyone in a flat spin, causing a lot of confusion since the POPI Act came into effect in July 2021... Read |
 | ISSUED BY THE PUBLICITY WORKSHOP ProfitShare Partners has been appointed as the official short-term funding service provider for the Abadali Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP), an initiative between J.P. Morgan and the dtic... Read |
 | ISSUED BY 356 OAK HOLDINGS It's near impossible for a new business to launch with thousands of customers. This is because finding customers is an obstacle that many budding business owners face, often because they don't know where and how to market their businesses... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EDGE GROWTH The newly launched Abadali Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP) aims to have a real, meaningful and direct impact on the South African economy and job creation, specifically within the SME sector... Read |
 | South African fashion designers Carina Louw and Natasha Jaume, founders of Erre Fashion, will be heading off to Paris to participate in the inaugural Africa Fashion Up show this September... Read |
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 | Surgical patients in Africa are twice as likely to die in hospital following surgery when compared to the global average... Read |
 | WAYNE HOWARD & MELINDA SUCHARD The 25 August marks the first anniversary of a milestone that took over 30 years to achieve. Africa being free from polio - a disease that has caused death and paralysis throughout recorded history... Read |
 | Facebook Marketplace has launched across sub-Saharan Africa, a significant move for the health of businesses during Covid-19... Read |
 | MERCY MUENDO The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift among businesses to solutions based on digital technology... Read |
 | Waste material from Angola's biggest diamond mine leaked into a river last month, filling waterways with sediment before the breach was sealed... Read |
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 | It's official, Loeries Creative Week 2021 will take place in Cape Town from 20-22 October 2021... Read |
 | Egypt is well placed to act as a key supplier of energy for the continent... Read |
 | Vedanta Zinc International (VZI) has received a mine closure completion certificate for its Lisheen mine in Ireland... Read |
 | The South African Reserve Bank is critical in formulating and implementing monetary policy and ensuring financial stability in the country... Read |
 | Adzooma announced the relaunch of its online platform - designed to help empower SMBs and support their growth through the power of digital marketing... Read |
 | Roxanne Wylie worked as a structural engineer for four years before moving to OIM Consulting as a management consultant... Read |
 | Fake news and misinformation have seen Covid-19 vaccine uptake dwindle in the past few weeks... Read |
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