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Pan-African Youth Forum Will be held from 1-3 Nov. For more information – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItfu2hqTMsHdDUYFoevNRqpCXaQGlDLJpc CANEX WKND CANEX WKND, the annual creative and artistic fair for Africa is taking place in the Cote d’Ivoire from…
Read MoreLastly, The Latest Victim of Theft
Wigs and hair extensions imports are increasingly becoming prone to cargo theft and hijackings once they reach SA, and are becoming one of the most insured goods likely to be…
Read MoreNews on Data Privacy in Kenya and SA
The Kenyan Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC)’s powers were strengthen by the 2021 Data Protection (Complaints Handling and Enforcement Procedures) Regulations, which set down the complaints mechanisms and remedies for data…
Read MoreAfrica is emerging as a major apparel producing and supplying hub in the world.
According to experts at the Asian Sustainable Textile Summit last month, textile manufacturing is shifting from Asia to Africa due to cost saturation in Asia. Apparel exports from Africa crossed…
Read MoreEveryone’s Excited About the Metaverse – or so MTN Hopes
South Africa’s MTN Group wants to tap into its wide network of 34.5m subscribers in Africa to lead the way in popularizing the metaverse in the continent. MTN is present in…
Read MoreSafaricom Launches 5G Services in Five Cities
Following the lead of SA and a handful of other African countries, Safaricom has switched on 5G services in 5 Kenyan cities. 5G provides data speeds 10 times faster than a 4G connection. For example, if…
Read MoreUganda Takes a Lead in Financial Markets in East Africa
Uganda trounced all regional peers this year to emerge as a leader in terms of growth of foreign exchange markets, macroeconomic opportunities, and enforceability of standard master agreements—3 of the “pillars”…
Read MoreMauritius – the Most Innovative Country in Africa in 2022
A report by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has evaluated innovation levels across 130 economies to determine the most innovative markets in the world in 2022. The 2022 Global…
Read MoreUNCTAD’s Annual Economic Development in Africa Report 2022
UNCTAD is critical of African states for neglecting the potentially transformative role of high knowledge-intensive services, such as information and communications technology services and financial services. The Report believes that the…
Read MoreThe SA Company Act and Nigerian Startup Act
These 2 laws are not related, but provide a quick view of different approaches to ease business processes. The SA Companies Act – Amendments were first proposed in 2018, then…
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