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The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) has identified the top 10 finalists for its grand finale event... read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
With a global movement towards consciousness and sustainability becoming more apparent, more brands are looking to biotech as a solution... Read
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Awards
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Three women-owned businesses from various provinces in South Africa have been selected as finalists for the 2019 Tsogo Sun Entrepreneur of the Year... Read
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Community
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It has been seven years since Microsoft first launched its 4Afrika Initiative - a continent-wide, multi-million dollar investment to accelerate digital transformation in Africa... Read
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Dynamic DNA has launched a programme aimed at creating employment and promoting entrepreneurship opportunities in South Africa... Read
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Kaizer Chiefs and PinkCodrs Africa have started an exciting partnership that seeks to develop young women into fully fledged data scientists and developers... Read
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Funding
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South African payment service provider, PayGate has teamed up with Retail Capital to launch Easy Advance, a short-term finance product... Read
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Many factors go into the decision-making pot when funders decide to approve or decline a loan... Read
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Marketing & Media
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GREG CHEN
Smaller businesses face numerous obstacles when it comes to surviving. One of the biggest of those obstacles is brand recognition... Read
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Partnerships
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UWC has entered into a five-year agreement with WearSA that involves the launch of a retail clothing store at the Community and Health Sciences Faculty building in the Bellville CBD... Read
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Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
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"The rest of the world is excited about African opportunities and the dynamism of the region echoes what we have experienced in many of Asia's emerging markets - fragmented, diverse, connected and full of promise - and we look forward to learning how the industry is changing and growing on the continent." Read
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Starting Up
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ISSUED BY DENTSU AEGIS NETWORK
Dentsu Aegis Network South Africa announced the launch of Female Foundry at the beginning of October, an initiative to support local female entrepreneurs... Read
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Starting out in business is challenging, but a big positive is that you can usually manually keep up with transactional relationships... Read
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No one actually plans on finding themselves in a season of manoeuvring through the tough waters of single parenthood... Read
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NICCI BOTHA
African oil and gas champion, NJ Ayuk, is unabashed in his support of free market capitalism, saying it is the economic model that will work best for Africa... Read
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NICCI BOTHA
The African narrative is very different to the global narrative, and it is one that cannot be ignored, said Guillaume Doane, CEO of Africa Oil and Power at the opening of the industry conference in Cape Town... Read
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ROBYN CURNOW
I've lost count of the number of times I've heard business leaders from outside Africa refer to the continent's enormous potential. It's a cliché, as well as a source of frustration for many Africans... Read
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SINDY PETERS
The University of Stellenbosch Business School recently hosted a special business breakfast addressing the current state of boardroom gender diversity in SA... Read
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SAMEERA MUNSHI
The welfare sector is facing an increasingly challenging time in terms of funding, which is unlikely to change in the current economic environment... Read
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OjuChat is a fully functional, hyper-localised and culturally diverse messaging application now bringing a dash of colour with region-specific and culturally appropriate communication tools... Read
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