Merck Living Innovation (http://www.merckgroup.com),
UNESCO, and the Minister of State for Health of Uganda will host an
interactive webcast on 19 October, 09:30GMT, on the occasion of the UNESCO
Merck Africa Research Summit - MARS (http://www.mars2015summit.org)
to be held on the 19th and 20th of October in Geneva, Switzerland.
Up to 100 scientists/researchers
from all over Africa, were selected to attend the Summit in Geneva.
Merck Living Innovation will announce the five African winners of the awards
for Emergent Young Researchers. The first three award winners will have a
fellowship program for 6 month in Merck R&D hub in Germany and
Switzerland.
Journalists interested in participating in this interactive webcast will be
able to ASK QUESTIONS LIVE VIA THE
INTERNET.
The UNESCO-Merck Africa Research Summit - MARS aims to bring together
researchers from across Africa (more than 30 countries) to discuss the
generation, sharing and dissemination of research data and to prepare for the
road ahead in Africa’s development as an international hub for research
excellence and scientific innovation.
The annual Summit aims to contribute to building research capacity in the
African research community, with special focus on Ebola and emergent
infectious diseases. The Summit will also showcase innovative research taking
place in projects, programs and initiatives across African universities, and
by the wider African research community. It also aims to Identify Scientific
Research Priorities for Evolving Health Needs, and identify opportunities to
Capitalise on HIV Research Capacities for Emerging Infectious Diseases in
Africa such as Ebola.
UNESCO-MARS will be conducted on a yearly basis which will ensure significant
sustainable impact on access to high quality and innovative healthcare
solutions, building research capacity and sustaining innovation across
Africa.
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Brand
Africa to Announce the Africa’s Top 100 Most Admired and Most Valuable
Brands
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Brand Africa (www.brandafrica.org) is
to release its highly anticipated 4th Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best
Brands rankings of the Top 100 Most Admired and Most Valuable brands in
Africa at a Gala event at Sandton Convention Center on 22 October
2015.
The rankings, first launched in 2011 at the second Brand Africa FORUM, have
been held in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2011 in partnership with Brand
South Africa, in Nairobi, Kenya in 2014 in partnership with the Kenya
Securities Exchange and in New York in 2013 partnership with African
Business ion the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
This year, the scope and sample countries have been vastly expanded from a
base of 8 countries in the past years to 22 countries covering every
leading African economy, all 5 political regions and economic zones –
making it the only and most representative and comprehensive pan-African
study on brands in Africa.
Brand Africa 100 is a proprietary approach developed by Brand Leadership
Group in partnership with Brand Finance plc, the world’s leading
independent valuation consultancy, TNS, the globally respected consumer
knowledge and information company and Geopoll, the leading mobile survey
platform with a database of nearly 200m users in emerging markets.
“These rankings are an important metric of the progress Africa is making in
building made in Africa brands and challenging the dominant non-African
brands in Africa which over the years have accounted for 80% of the most
admired brands in Africa and a dominant 99% share of the value of the Top
100,” says Thebe Ikalafeng, Founder and Chairman – Brand Africa.
“While non-African brands dominate Africa because of their sheer volumes,
historical admiration and investment, it is important for Africa’s ultimate
economic independence that it competes for a larger share of its own
consumer base, which is estimated will reach a population of 2bn by 2050
and achieve consumer expenditure of $1 trillion by 2020. Equally, the
license for non-African brands to thrive in Africa will be determined no longer
by history and economic might, but by how they adapt to the evolving and
increasingly assertive African consumer who demand brands that reflect
their needs, conditions and ambitions.”
The Gala will be hosted by Brand South Africa and supported by Brand
Finance, TNS, Geopoll, SA Mint, Fresh RSVP, SA Mint, African Business, CNBC
Africa, M&G Africa, African Media Agency, Blue Media and Fresh RSVP.
Simphiwe Dana, a multi-platinum-selling award-winning South African
Afro-Jazz-Soul singer and songwriter and Congolese-born TRESOR, a multi
platinum selling DRC born singer-songwriter will entertain the guest, who
will be feasting on the pan-African culinary delights of award-winning and
international culinary star and Foodnetwork host, Siba Mtongana.
The Brand Africa 100® results will be published by African Business
magazine on sale globally from the 26 October 2015 and online by
Mail&Guardian Africa post the awards, and broadcast on CNBC Africa in
an awards highlights special.
Brand Africa (www.brandafrica.org) is
a brand-led pan-African intergenerational movement to inspire a great
Africa through creating a positive image of Africa, celebrating its
diversity and driving its competitiveness.
Distributed by APO (African
Press Organization) on behalf of Brand South Africa.
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