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This Angolan innovation hub is helping to transform the nation’s creative sector
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We chat to some of the Fábrica de Sabão team about innovation, community upliftment and serving Africa first.
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25 Apr 19
Samuel's Streets documents a radio show in Kinshasa run by homeless young people
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Film & Animation
#WorldRadioDay: Makhulu Productions' virtual reality film tells the story of how a homeless child found his voice on a Kinshasa radio show.
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13 Feb 19
Gareth Cliff
Founder and President of CliffCentral.com as well as an MNet Idols judge, Gareth Cliff is one of South African radio's most prominent personalities.
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8 Dec 15
Radio Ga Ga
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Music & Sound Design
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If you think radios will follow the same fate as snail mail – becoming an artefact of bygone days – Mathieu Lehanneur's latest design will make you think twice.
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22 Jan 14
Maurice Sendak: On Life, Death And Children's Lit
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Christoph Niemann illustrates a moving 2011 interview between children's author Maurice Sendak and "Fresh Air" producer Terry Gross.
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14 Oct 13
Mobile lifeline
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The Lifeplayer is a new mobile innovation with the potential to dramatically improve the state of education in Africa.
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18 Sep 10
Entries open for the Loerie Awards
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Creative Economy
The biggest advertising, communication design and experiential media awards in Africa are now accepting entries.
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23 Mar 10
Marcelo Rosenbaum at DI2010
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Brazilian designer Marcelo Rosenbaum is bigger than mere design circles. He is a rare designer who wards off autograph mobs in the street.
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19 Jan 10
Creative Circle for Design Indaba
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Creative Economy
Design Indaba's recycled radio advert won first prize for best radio advert in the February Creative Circle awards.
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2 May 08
All-round design
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Christine Moosmann, editor of Novum magazine, interviews world-famous product designer Dieter Rams.
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1 Nov 04
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