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12Nov

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Energy, Kenya News

d.light Co-Founder and CEO Nedjip Tozun Recognized on 2024 TIME100 Climate List for Pioneering Clean Energy Access Impact

Nedjip Tozun, Co-Founder and CEO of d.light, has been honored with a spot on the prestigious *TIME100 Climate* list for 2024. This annual list highlights the world's most influential leaders driving meaningful climate action and pioneering sustainable solutions across industries. Tozun’s inclusion recognizes his transformative work in expanding access to clean energy for underserved communities in Africa and Asia. Since co-founding d.light in 2007 at Stanford University, Tozun has dedicated himself to providing affordable, off-grid clean energy solutions that empower lives and protect the planet. Under his leadership, d.light has positively impacted over 180 million people by delivering solar-powered products—ranging from home systems and lanterns to appliances—that have improved energy...

11Nov

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Business

Virgin Atlantic returns to Mexico with new flights to Cancun

Three weekly flights between London Heathrow and Cancun for Winter 2025, starting 19th October 2025 The new service will be the only direct route between London Heathrow and Cancun, operating on one of Virgin Atlantic's new, fuel efficient aircraft, the Airbus A350-1000 Virgin Atlantic Holidays customers will be able to book premium sunshine, eco and adventure holidays in Cancun, Playa del Carmen and beyond Virgin Atlantic is set to return to Mexico with three weekly flights from London Heathrow to Cancun commencing on 19 October 2025. The new service provides easy access to Central America, offering travellers premium sunshine holidays to the amazing beaches, history, nightlife and food scene of Mexico. The route will be the only direct service between London Heathrow to Cancun, ...

10Nov

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Business, South Africa News

Magpie Instincts: Gathering Market Intelligence for Better B2B Strategies

By Kara Dean, Outbound Marketing and HubSpot Administrator With care, it gathers these shiny treasures and stores them in its nest. Now, think of your business as this magpie, but instead of trinkets, you're collecting valuable market insights. In today’s fast-paced B2B environment, companies that effectively gather and utilise these ‘shiny’ insights secure a clear advantage in decision-making and long-term growth. Uncovering Valuable Insights: What is Market Intelligence? Market intelligence involves gathering, analysing and applying information relevant to a company’s market, including customers, competitors, industry trends and regulations. It plays a crucial role in the B2B world, where decisions are complex and stakes are high. Market intelligence equips companies with a better un...

10Nov

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Startups

SeaO₂ Secures €2+ Million for Pioneering Ocean Carbon Removal Technology

Dutch climate tech startup SeaO₂ has announced a major funding boost of over €2 million, aimed at accelerating its innovative carbon removal technology. Specializing in Direct Ocean Capture (DOC), SeaO₂ extracts CO₂ directly from seawater, helping reduce atmospheric CO₂ levels by enhancing the ocean’s natural absorption capacity. With backing from investors including DOEN Participaties, NEW-TTT fund, Future Tech Ventures, and CarbonFix, this funding will support SeaO₂ in scaling from prototype to a pilot plant with a planned capacity of 250 tons of CO₂ per year by 2025. “This investment is a recognition of our team’s dedication,” said CEO Ruben Brands, “and it’s a crucial step towards our mission of removing one gigaton of CO₂ by 2045.” SeaO₂’s partnerships with organizations like XPRIZE...

10Nov

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Kenya News

COP29 Climate Christmas in Azerbaijan

By Ashay Abbhi, Principal, Energy and Climate Change, Intellecap The festival season is upon us again. Shimmering lights, exotic foods, heartfelt greetings, people flying over from all around the world to be with family and friends, gifts and rewards, gala times, great conversations, and promises to do better this year. Like all its previous editions, COP29 guarantees all of this and much more under the presidency of H.E. Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 President-Designate. The annual climate Christmas taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, also aspires to be what every COP before it did – different. But will Climate Christmas really be different this year? In this article, let’s explore the possibility and what it means for Kenya and Africa. Kenya’s contribution in Baku will be more pronounced this y...

10Nov

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South Africa News

State of the Retail Nation Q3: Consumer confidence starts to recover ahead of Black Friday

NIQ South Africa has released its latest State of the Retail Nation analysis for the first nine months of 2024, showing healthy revenue prospects for the FMCG and Tech & Durables retail sectors. The report highlights a positive shift in consumer sentiment throughout the year, setting the stage for healthy sales growth during the Black Friday and festive season periods. NIQ’s data shows that 42% of South African consumers believe they are in a better financial position than they were a year ago. However, higher costs of living, low wage growth and unemployment continue to be a challenge for many. Among the 33% that report they feel worse off, the reasons for this sentiment included increased living costs (80%), the economic slowdown (54%), and concerns regarding job security (39%). Z...

10Nov

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Tech

Digital sovereignty: the key to data control, security, and independence

By Alex Galbraith, CTO, Cloud Services at SoftwareOne Working with data can be a blessing and a curse. While it is the definitive factor that empowers digital transformation efforts, aids decision-making and stores an organisation’s most valuable and confidential assets, dealing with data is often a business’ greatest challenge. As the world’s dependence on data grows and the threat of cyberattacks increases, businesses need solutions that will them manage, govern, and safeguard their data more efficiently – and this is where digital sovereignty comes in. Digital sovereignty helps people, businesses, and countries to stay in control of their digital assets and data. It goes beyond ownership of data – it means having full authority over everything from where and how data is stored and pro...

7Nov

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Business, Events, South Africa News, Tech

Digital Marketing Conference back in Cape Town on 20 & 21 November 2024

Excitement is building as industry leaders, marketing professionals, and digital enthusiasts prepare to gather at the Digital Marketing Conference 2024 (DMC) in Cape Town this November. This not to be missed marketing event is set to take place on 20 & 21 November 2024 at CTICC, Cape Town. The conference will bring together marketing professionals from various industries to explore the latest trends, strategies, and innovations in the ever-evolving landscape of digital marketing. Now is the time to sharpen your company’s digital marketing efforts. Continued marketing is critical to any business and online digital marketing is offering affordable opportunities to get your brand out there and noticed. As more people are spending more time online, savvy marketers are capitalising on th...

7Nov

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Business

Data democracy, much like political democracy, seeks to empower everyone for transformative change

By Upuli de Abrew, Co-Founder and Director at Insight Consulting Democratisation of data enables a new kind of AI: Augmented intelligence In January, a Time Magazine article called 2024 a make-or-break year for democracy, with more than half of the planet’s population heading to the polls. South Africans saw peaceful democracy at play when the ruling party lost its majority for the first time since 1994. Dozens of other countries had elections with varying degrees of peaceful acceptance of the results. The “year of democracy’s” climax is no doubt the US general election. While politics around the world can be described as messy, the goal of democracy, the end – as it were – is equal rights for all. It is the democratisation of choice, voice, opportunity and more. That, despite challenge...

5Nov

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Africa Travel, Kenya News

Fairmont The Norfolk Awarded Africa’s Leading City Hotel 2024 at World Travel Awards

Fairmont The Norfolk, an iconic luxury establishment owned by CG Hospitality under the CG Corp Global umbrella, has been honored as Africa’s Leading City Hotel 2024 at the prestigious World Travel Awards. This accolade reinforces the property’s legacy of excellence and its status as a paragon of African hospitality. Fairmont The Norfolk, Kenya - Elma Labuschagne, Cluster Director of Operations A Legacy of Distinction This esteemed recognition arrives as Fairmont The Norfolk nears its 120th anniversary, celebrating more than a century of exemplary service and luxurious hospitality in Nairobi. Since its inception in 1904, the hotel has maintained its revered position as a distinguished landmark, seamlessly blending timeless colonial elegance with contemporary sophistication. ...