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Customer Experience Africa Awards return for 2nd Edition

Customer Experience Africa Awards return for 2nd Edition

Geoff Seeley is the CMO for PayPal. Source: PayPal.

PayPal appoints Geoff Seeley as new CMO amid job cuts

By Karabo Ledwaba 27 Feb 2024

Revolutionising fashion education: The power of partnerships, tech, and digitisation

Revolutionising fashion education: The power of partnerships, tech, and digitisation

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Instant, secure, cashless payment for 33 African countries

Instant, secure, cashless payment for 33 African countries

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A new distribution landscape: Bringing blockchain to the travel industry

11 Oct 2017

Dangote: Nigeria is learning how to produce the entire value chain

Dangote: Nigeria is learning how to produce the entire value chain

10 Oct 2017

Deacons East Africa to negotiate sale of Mr Price to SA retailer

Deacons East Africa to negotiate sale of Mr Price to SA retailer

10 Oct 2017

DHL-Mall for Africa partnership gives African products access to global stage

DHL-Mall for Africa partnership gives African products access to global stage

6 Oct 2017

AB InBev completes deal to sell interest in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa

AB InBev completes deal to sell interest in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa

5 Oct 2017

Jumia Nigeria launches e-commerce bot

Jumia Nigeria launches e-commerce bot

4 Oct 2017

Nigerians spent $3bn annually on foreign goods - MAN

Nigerians spent $3bn annually on foreign goods - MAN

Olajide Fabamise 4 Oct 2017

SA companies explore opportunities in Tunisia, Algeria

SA companies explore opportunities in Tunisia, Algeria

3 Oct 2017

A barley harvest from a local sourcing partnership Heineken initiated in Ethiopia.

Heineken on the ins and outs of local sourcing in Africa

Justin Probyn 27 Sep 2017

Mozambican designer on taking back the African textile market

Mozambican designer on taking back the African textile market

Jamie Matroos 26 Sep 2017

Bruno Witvoet, Unilever Africa president and Mechell Chetty, Unilever vice president for HR, Africa, at the opening of Unilever’s new Africa hub.

Unilever's brand plan to grow business across Africa

19 Sep 2017

Pick n Pay trials bitcoin payments

Pick n Pay trials bitcoin payments

19 Sep 2017

How safe is the food on your plate?

19 Sep 2017

Big data divide: what traditional retailers can learn from e-commerce

Big data divide: what traditional retailers can learn from e-commerce

Garth Meier 19 Sep 2017

#SACSCCongress: The artisanal food revolution and the modern retail space

#SACSCCongress: The artisanal food revolution and the modern retail space

Lauren Hartzenberg 14 Sep 2017

Apple lays claim to smartphone future with new flagship iPhone X

Apple lays claim to smartphone future with new flagship iPhone X

13 Sep 2017

Automation, smart technology ushers in new era of manufacturing

Automation, smart technology ushers in new era of manufacturing

8 Sep 2017

Launching your brand into Africa

6 Sep 2017

#MediaAlert! Windhoek Beer and Jupiter part ways

#MediaAlert! Windhoek Beer and Jupiter part ways

31 Aug 2017

Research indicates payment markets to pass $5tn by 2020

Research indicates payment markets to pass $5tn by 2020

30 Aug 2017

#Pamro2017: Data is becoming the oil of consumer marketing

Juanita Pienaar 29 Aug 2017

Massmart sticks to expansion strategy

Massmart sticks to expansion strategy

Colleen Goko 28 Aug 2017

#CEMAfrica2017: ‘Remember that I'm human' - your customer

Louise Marsland 21 Aug 2017

Youtap solutions aim to simplify mobile payments in Africa and Asia

Youtap solutions aim to simplify mobile payments in Africa and Asia

21 Aug 2017

#CEMAfrica2017: Embracing a CX ‘citizen first' strategy in government

Louise Marsland 18 Aug 2017

Maksym Chornii © –

#CEMAfrica2017: "Be an experience business or be out of business" - Adobe

Leigh Andrews 17 Aug 2017

You hired them, now trust them to get the job done. JR Bale © –

#CEMAfrica2017: Your employees are always on - now TRUST THEM

Leigh Andrews 17 Aug 2017

Simply put? Cut the red tape and empower your staff. Scott Griessel © –

#CEMAfrica2017: CX predictions for the future, action to take TODAY

Leigh Andrews 16 Aug 2017

Cash is no longer king. All hail digitisation

Cash is no longer king. All hail digitisation

Peter Alkema 14 Aug 2017

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Deacons East Africa to negotiate sale of Mr Price to SA retailer

Deacons East Africa to negotiate sale of Mr Price to SA retailer

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DHL-Mall for Africa partnership gives African products access to global stage

DHL-Mall for Africa partnership gives African products access to global stage

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AB InBev completes deal to sell interest in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa

AB InBev completes deal to sell interest in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa

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Jumia Nigeria launches e-commerce bot

Jumia Nigeria launches e-commerce bot

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Nigerians spent $3bn annually on foreign goods - MAN

Nigerians spent $3bn annually on foreign goods - MAN

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SA companies explore opportunities in Tunisia, Algeria

SA companies explore opportunities in Tunisia, Algeria

3 Oct 2017

A barley harvest from a local sourcing partnership Heineken initiated in Ethiopia.

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Mozambican designer on taking back the African textile market

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19 Sep 2017

Pick n Pay trials bitcoin payments

Pick n Pay trials bitcoin payments

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19 Sep 2017

Big data divide: what traditional retailers can learn from e-commerce

Big data divide: what traditional retailers can learn from e-commerce

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#SACSCCongress: The artisanal food revolution and the modern retail space

#SACSCCongress: The artisanal food revolution and the modern retail space

Lauren Hartzenberg 14 Sep 2017

Apple lays claim to smartphone future with new flagship iPhone X

Apple lays claim to smartphone future with new flagship iPhone X

13 Sep 2017

Automation, smart technology ushers in new era of manufacturing

Automation, smart technology ushers in new era of manufacturing

8 Sep 2017

Launching your brand into Africa

6 Sep 2017

#MediaAlert! Windhoek Beer and Jupiter part ways

#MediaAlert! Windhoek Beer and Jupiter part ways

31 Aug 2017

Research indicates payment markets to pass $5tn by 2020

Research indicates payment markets to pass $5tn by 2020

30 Aug 2017

#Pamro2017: Data is becoming the oil of consumer marketing

Juanita Pienaar 29 Aug 2017

Massmart sticks to expansion strategy

Massmart sticks to expansion strategy

Colleen Goko 28 Aug 2017

#CEMAfrica2017: ‘Remember that I'm human' - your customer

Louise Marsland 21 Aug 2017

Youtap solutions aim to simplify mobile payments in Africa and Asia

Youtap solutions aim to simplify mobile payments in Africa and Asia

21 Aug 2017

#CEMAfrica2017: Embracing a CX ‘citizen first' strategy in government

Louise Marsland 18 Aug 2017

Maksym Chornii © –

#CEMAfrica2017: "Be an experience business or be out of business" - Adobe

Leigh Andrews 17 Aug 2017

You hired them, now trust them to get the job done. JR Bale © –

#CEMAfrica2017: Your employees are always on - now TRUST THEM

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Cash is no longer king. All hail digitisation

Cash is no longer king. All hail digitisation

Peter Alkema 14 Aug 2017

The convergence of credit card and cash in Africa

The convergence of credit card and cash in Africa

Simeon Tassev 1 Aug 2017

Negotiations for a single continental market for goods and services on track

Negotiations for a single continental market for goods and services on track

1 Aug 2017

Sweet end of packaging

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1 Aug 2017

Jack Ma launches African Young Entrepreneurs Fund

Jack Ma launches African Young Entrepreneurs Fund

27 Jul 2017

Digital solution for retail networks in Africa

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27 Jul 2017

Digitalisation pushing boundaries of manufacturing

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Dereshin Pillay 27 Jul 2017

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Partial lifting of ban on South African eggs

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Huge new shopping mall opens in Mozambique's Pemba

Alistair Anderson 11 Jul 2017

Dubai-based investment firm acquires Java House, Africa expansion next

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Dannish Odongo 7 Jul 2017

Nigeria's TradPeek wants to be Africa's Alibaba

Nigeria's TradPeek wants to be Africa's Alibaba

Tom Jackson 5 Jul 2017