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Topical Focus : Celebrating 10 Years of Africa Outlook 

As Outlook Publishing’s original brand, the founding members of Africa Outlook reflect on the magazine’s journey as we celebrate our 100th issue.

What legacy does your company hope to leave?

We like to round up each issue by giving featured business leaders the final word. In issue 100 we asked “What legacy does your company hope to leave?”

Transforming Quality Through Intelligent Data and Analytics

Robotic process automation (RPA) and a better, more streamlined and automated collection of data, can really transform businesses across a variety of industries, making them more powerful and efficient.

Could this be the end of coffee as we know it?…

The coffee industry is faced with a desperate need to drastically reinvent itself and turn towards a new crop variation in the face of global warming.

CIPS : The Changing Face of Procurement

The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply explains why the talents of procurement professionals are now more needed than ever

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) : Investing in Growth

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is unlocking the key to delivering cost savings, improving business transaction efficiency and improving performance metrics.

Prioritising Sustainable Urbanisation at COP27

Ahead of COP27, Aamena Desai, Senior Urban Designer at Arup, explains the need to future-proof cities across Africa and create more sustainable outcomes.

COP27 : Together for Implementation

Countries are set to come together and take action towards achieving the world’s collective climate goals at COP27 in Egypt, the first climate change conference held in Africa for six years.

Youth Sustainability Development Network

Encouraging Africa’s youth to take action against climate change, we speak with Damilola Hamid Balogun, delegate at COP27 and co-Founder of the Youth Sustainability Development Network.

The Big 5 Construct Kenya

The ‘Made in Italy’ stamp of quality combines with African ingenuity, as industry players prepare to gather in Nairobi for The Big 5 Construct Kenya