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Agro-food, plastics, printing and packaging trade shows move to Abidjan
African Hope via [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palmier_a_huile_fili%C3%A8re_(25).JPG Wikimedia Commons]]</span>Côte d'Ivoire is becoming the breadbasket of West Africa with the...
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Harnessing the evolutionary power of smart packaging in Africa
For the last few years, packaging industry professionals have been curious about the future of smart packaging. Whilst barcodes and quick-response (QR) codes were once considered the "next big thing"...
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#Apex2018: How to build a global brand with a local insight
Veteran marketer Sharon Keith shared on the topic 'Our world: a small global village' four basic principles in explaining how to build global brands at the local level and examples to demonstrate these...
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Sustainable packaging solutions needed to reduce food waste, scale up trade...
Food losses and waste are an enormous drain on natural resources. Roughly one-third of the annual food produced globally for human consumption - approximately 1.3 billion tonnes - is lost or wasted....
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How we can turn plastic waste into green energy
© Warut Chinsai – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>In the adventure classic Back to the Future, Emmett "Doc" Brown uses energy generated from rubbish to power his DeLorean time machine. But...
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#EntrepreneurMonth: Meet SA's pioneer of biodegradable food packaging
As the founder of Green Home, South Africa's first completely compostable food packaging company, Catherine Morris wants to make plant-based packaging the norm.Read more... | Send to a friend
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New CEO for Coca-Cola Beverages Africa
Jacques Vermeulen has been appointed group CEO of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), effective from 1 December 2018.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Coca-Cola pledges $38m towards recycling initiatives in Africa
Coca-Cola Africa has committed to investing $38million (more than half a billion rand) over three years to stimulate recycling industries across Southern and Eastern Africa, and also announced its new...
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#BizTrends2019: Single-use plastic, circular economy, ethical supply chains...
More than ever before in 2018 we saw sustainability playing a major role in shaping trends in the retail sector. Sustainability took the centre stage in Cape Town as it came close to being the first...
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Recycling is not enough. Zero-packaging stores show we can kick our plastic...
Wrapped, sealed, boxed, cling-filmed and vacuum packed. We have become used to consumables being packaged in every way imaginable.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Connected and engaged consumers driving change in food and beverage industry
© dotshock via [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]].</span>With the biennial food & drink technology Africa (fdt Africa) trade fair happening in Johannesburg in July this year, food and drink industry...
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5 ways our food supply chain will transform in 5 years
IBM has revealed the five significant changes driven by innovation in science and technology that will transform every stage of the food supply chain within the next five years.Read more... | Send to a...
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Is your product packaging the 'whole package'? 4 unboxing trends for 2019
Who cares what it looks like on the outside when it's what's on the inside that counts, right? Wrong! At least when it comes to product packaging, that is.Read more... | Send to a friend
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5 branding and packaging trends R&D managers need to know
If 2018 was the year of limited-edition packaging and personalisation (think FIFA World Cup 2018), 2019 promises to be the year of retro designs and futuristic formulations as research and development...
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#DesignIndaba2019: Making packaging disappear
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez started day 2 of Design Indaba on a high note when he presented on the Ooho! - the disappearing biodegradable water-filled bead made from brown algae and calcium chloride...
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#GlobalRecyclingDay: Coca-Cola's plan to tackle the plastic waste problem in...
In line with its World Without Waste campaign, The Coca-Cola Company is accelerating the collection and recycling of PET plastic bottles across Southern and East Africa, the company announced today in...
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FMCG recycling commitments no cure for plastic crisis
The launch of the Africa Plastics Recycling Alliance by consumer goods companies including Diageo, Unilever, The Coca Cola Company and Nestlé is not a cure-all for the plastic crisis, says Greenpeace...
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Plastic warms the planet twice as much as aviation - here's how to make it...
© Warut Chinsai – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>We're all too aware of the consequences of plastics in the oceans and on land. However, beyond the visible pollution of our once pristine...
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Coca-Cola to retain majority stake in Africa bottling business
The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it will maintain its majority stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, abandoning plans to refranchise its Africa bottling business.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Nestlé launches innovation challenge in 6 African countries
Nestlé has launched a Research and Development (R&D) innovation challenge in sub-Saharan Africa to provide a platform for startups and universities to contribute to local sustainable growth by...
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