Africa has many strong, innovative, capable thought-leaders across the continent. From educators to entrepreneurs, they inspire us all to aspire to more. Researchers and opinion leaders now have an opportunity to share their knowledge on an
online platform called Africa Portal. Available to the public, this project in itself is inspiring as a young ambitious Zimbabwean could potentially have access to the works of a successful Egyptian professor - the sharing of knowledge will have a chance to grow even wider and as such become more valuable to the people it reaches.
Africa Portal is yet another giant leap in the right direction for the continent.
If you are a thought-leader in Africa within the media, marketing, advertising arena and would like to forecast possible trends in 2011 for the industry, either in your specific country or for the African industry as a whole, please contact me at
africanewsbizcommunity.com. These pieces will be published in early 2011 as part of the Biz 2011 Trends initiative on Bizcommunity Africa.
We're on the homestretch to a much anticipated festive season; as said in sunny South Africa,
hou vas (hold on tight).
Viva Africa, viva,
Sindy Peters, Africa editor
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Marketing
[Yoray Narainpersad] Getting traffic to any website is the most important task of a webmaster. Getting this traffic repeatedly is the key if you want your website to rank so you can reap the benefits. Here are some internet marketing techniques that will get your website traffic at no cost.
Read more >> JOHANNESBURG: Frost & Sullivan's third annual African Excellence Awards banquet was held late last week at the Hilton Sandton Hotel in South Africa. Companies across a variety of sectors including energy, healthcare, ICT, industrial automation and chemicals were awarded.
Read more >>Advertising
[Dumisani Ndlela] The Population Services International (PSI) Zimbabwe is to withdraw all advertisements discouraging promiscuous behaviour by men after women's rights activists condemned it as sexist. The PSI, which has been at the forefront of campaigns against the spread of HIV/AIDS for over a decade in Zimbabwe, said it would completely pull out its billboards on the campaign by the end of November.
Read more >> Digital
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The African continent will have 13 submarine cables by the end of 2011, a process that will redefine the technology environment and set the continent on a major broadband explosion, Sadiq Malik, director of operations at Broadband Communication Technologies (BCT) told a workshop at the Africa Media and Broadcasting 2010 Congress at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Read more >> Education and Training
[Linda Hamman] It's reassuring to think that leaders are born. Frankly, I don't buy that. Oh, there may be some exceptions, mostly in history, but good business leaders do not feature among them.
Read more >> Mobile
OSLO: According to the Opera State of the Mobile Web report released on Wednesday, 24 November 2010, most 18-27 year-old Opera Mini users use their mobile phones to browse the web more often than they use a desktop or laptop computer for the same purpose.
Read more >>Former chief officer: international business of the Vodacom Group, Willem Hendrik Swart has taken over the mantle as CEO of Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM). Swart has been given a three-year contract succeeding Werner Schrijver who has been at the helm since 2008.
Read more >>Public Relations
The African Press Organisation has signed a contract with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) encompassing virtual press conferencing and media monitoring services.
Read more >>Research
WATERLOO: The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) late last week announced the launch of the Africa Portal, an online knowledge resource offering researchers and opinion leaders a forum to share their insights on Africa and publish their work on areas of concern to policymakers and the public.
Read more >>Retail
NIGERIA
Western Union, United Bank for Africa expand relationshipThe Western Union Company and United Bank for Africa (UBA), a pan-African banking group with operations in 19 African countries, announced late last week that the Western Union Money Transfer service is now live across more than 500 UBA locations in Nigeria. This adds to their existing joint offering in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Senegal, Tanzania with Gabon and Kenya soon to be added. The announcement brings Western Union's Agent network in Africa to nearly 21,000.
MAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS: The European Journalism Centre has announced the winners of its TH!NK 4: Climate Change blogging competition. More than 173 bloggers and journalists participated in the competition from around the world, reporting on both global and local climate change issues.
Read more >>LONDON, UK: The D&AD Awards recognise the best creative work in advertising and design from around the world with the Yellow and Black Pencils. The 2011 juries have been announced and they include a number of South Africans.
Read more >> More International news...
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] "Every cloud has a silver lining", the saying goes and right now Land Rover is hoping (and probably praying) that a few new fancies, nip-and-tuck surgery and a touch of silver could give its new-look Freelander the extra traction its needs to get it out of the low-sales mud it has been stuck in for some time.
Read more >> More Motoring news...
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