Tag Archives: Africa

‘One size fits all’ marketing by global companies fails in Africa – FT.com

When a television advertising campaign promoting Indian mobile phone company Bharti Airtel in Africa fell flat a few years ago, the marketers went back into the cutting room to work out why. GIBS Information Centre / GIBSIC‘s insight: GIBS DMI – See on http://www.ft.com

Africa: Big Data and the Cancer “Tidal Wave”- IDG Connect

How Big Data initiatives across Africa can help provide solutions to a range of social problems GIBS Information Centre / GIBSIC‘s insight: big data, cancer registry, Africa  –  “IBM has sat at the forefront of numerous Big Data initiatives across Africa for some time now and was even awarded leadership recognition for its work in this arena […]
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Africa in Transition » African Economies: Growing Quickly But Transforming Slowly

This is a guest post by Diptesh Soni. Diptesh is a master’s degree candidate at the Columbia University School …   GIBS Information Centre / GIBSIC‘s insight: CFR  – African Transformation report   ” . . .  compares a group of fifteen African countries to the performance of sub-Saharan Africa at large, as well as […]
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Reshaping African PhDs for development – UKAfrica, AfricaWatch

GIBS Information Centre / GIBSIC‘s insight: Development research, Africa –     ” . . .  policy objectives of the National Development Plan and of the newly published White Paper for Post-School Education and Training. Many universities have responded with keenness and enthusiasm to the call to increase doctoral education. They have been introducing new […]
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Oil, minerals but where are Africa’s intellectuals?

After a long time of watching news on BBC and CNN (and Fareed Zakaria’s Global Public Square on the latter), one thing strikes you: No matter the crisis, in Africa, Middle East, Europe, or some remote corner of the world, they will always find a scholar or expert from an American, British, or a European […]
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SMEs can fill African gap

Africa’s growth potential coupled with its burgeoning middle class will provide African SMEs with many opportunities, says Charles Brewer. GIBS Information Centre / GIBSIC‘s insight: SMEs See on business.iafrica.com

African Business and Economy News – Page 109 – SkyscraperCity

Page 109- African Business and Economy News Business, Economy and Infrastructure GIBS Information Centre / GIBSIC‘s insight: regional trade agreements – Angola See on http://www.skyscrapercity.com

Smart cities will help Africa leapfrog says Deloitte | IT News Africa- Africa’s Technology News Leader

Deloitte says due to increased access to connectivity and the associated predicted urbanisation, African cities wishing to uplift their populations into the GIBS Information Centre / GIBSIC‘s insight: Deloitte report – Smart cities, Africa “The Deloitte report states that African cities have the opportunity to start with the latest technology available, thereby immediately thrusting them […]
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New Africa: From Growth to Jobs – IGD

New Africa: From Growth to Jobs, a report launched recently by IGD and Business Action for Africa, makes the case that Africa is open for business. GIBS Information Centre / GIBSIC‘s insight: Initiative for Global Development –  See on http://www.igdleaders.org

Africa’s rising risks jeopardizing recent mining growth: report

Analysts claim Sub-Saharan Africa’s investment environment is deteriorating. GIBS Information Centre / GIBSIC‘s insight: risk and resilience – ” . . . 6th annual Global Risks and Resilience Atlas (GRRA), which features 36 threat indices used to identify emerging global risks related dangers to business in 179 countries, Maplecroft experts say 30% of the African economies […]
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