Business

IKEA Soft Toys for Education Campaign Raises $16.2 Million (€12.4)

January 30, 2012
IKEA

IKEA customers and co-workers have partnered with the IKEA Foundation on a $16.2 million (€12.4) million gift for UNICEF and Save the Children projects to help realise every child’s right to a quality education. Thanks to this donation, UNICEF and [...]

Fashion Business: African Designers Connect With Fashion’s Most Influential Retailers, Press and Personalities at PROJECT Las Vegas

January 30, 2012
PROJECT

African fashion designers, we would like to see you participate in the next PROJECT show to be held in Las Vegas. The PROJECT show is a trade event that unites both emerging and established designers with fashion’s most influential retailers, [...]

Into Africa, Institutional Investors Intentions to 2016

January 30, 2012
Africa Walk for Water

The ‘Into Africa’ report from Invest AD and the Economist Intelligence Unit shows that global institutional investors see Africa as the most attractive region for investment in the next decade. Head of asset management at Invest AD, Mohammed Al Hashemi, [...]

Three Americans Embark on a 7,000 Mile, 2Year Journey Across Africa in Pursuit of Clean Water

January 30, 2012
Africa Walk for Water

THREE AMERICANS EMBARK ON A 7,000 MILE, 2 YEAR JOURNEY ACROSS AFRICA IN PURSUIT OF CLEAN WATER Non-profit organization Walk4Water makes an unprecedented journey to bring awareness and resources to those in need (Chicago – January (29), 2012)- Walk4Water, a [...]

Research: African Tweeters Young at 20-29; Led by South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria

January 27, 2012
Twitter

“JOHANNESBURG — Young people tweeting from BlackBerrys and iPhones are driving the growth of Twitter in Africa, with South Africans by far the most vociferous, according to new research published Thursday. Kenya-based Portland Communications and Tweetminster published findings indicating Twitter [...]

Fashion Business: Organizers Settle Dispute Over Fashion Week Dates

January 24, 2012
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2012 - Official Coverage - Best of Runway Day 1

“Just as the men’s runway collections came to a close in Milan on Tuesday, organizers of the shows in New York and London announced that they have settled, for now, a dispute over the dates of the women’s runway shows [...]