SOUTH AFRICA

Bizcommunity launches new dedicated sectors, newsletters

Bizcommunity.com - South Africa's largest online B2B publisher - is set to grow even more with the introduction of 16 new content channels, with weekly newsletters, as from yesterday Tuesday, 20 September 2011. Read more >>

AFRICA

AiM Film Festival takes lessons from African youth

Africa in Motion (AiM), a film festival aimed at providing an opportunity for African filmmakers to showcase their work and to gain exposure to an audience in the UK, takes place from 2 - 6 November 2011 at Filmhouse in Edinburgh, and will this year showcase representations for, by and about children and young people in the rural and urban areas of Africa. Read more >>

AFRICA

Airtel Rising Stars comes to an end

The Airtel Rising Stars tournament, a soccer development programme supported by Airtel Nigeria that focused on identifying and nurturing budding talent, has come to a closure with teams from North East and South Delta (South South) Zones coming out tops. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Nokia, Pearson, Airtel train public school teachers in Lagos

Nokia, the Pearson Foundation and Airtel Nigeria have completed the training of teachers in public schools in Lagos on the use of mobile technology to deliver rich media content to students in their classrooms. Read more >>

AFRICA

AMI, Google starts project to keep African media alive

[Walter Wafula] The Africa Media Initiative (AMI) and Google are rolling out an US$800 000 African News Innovation Challenge to help traditional media houses on the continent to thrive in the digital revolution. Read more >>

KENYA

Kenya's Nova Nee eyes more East African markets

[Walter Wafula] Nova Nee, a public relations agency in Kenya has set its eyes on the East African market amidst cut throat competition for accounts by established domestic and multinational firms in the region. Beth Maina-Mwaura, the firm's managing director spoke to Bizcommunity about the firm's plans. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Africa, get it while it's hot

[Zeenat Moorad] We know about the beady eyes of multinationals lasciviously sizing up Africa. Their markets are just about fished out and they're setting their sights on the burgeoning middle class that will take consumer spending to the often-quoted US$1,4 trillion by 2020. Read more >>

AFRICA

How to read your prospect like a book!

[John Boe] Top salespeople and the most successful managers recognise the importance of non-verbal communication in the selling process and have learned to "listen with their eyes". They understand that one of the easiest and most effective ways to close sales is to be aware of their prospect's "buy signals". Read more >>

AFRICA

Umuntu Media receives funding from eVA Fund

Umuntu Media, the company that runs the resource portals iNamibia and iZambia, have been granted $1 million series A funding from Netherlands based eVentures Africa Fund (eVA Fund) as a step to take the information portals to an additional nine countries on the continent. Read more >>

AFRICA

M-Net partners with Thema TV

M-Net, the South African pay-television channel, has been sub-licensed the rights of its Africa Magic content to international distributor Thema TV in a partnership that will see a selection of Nollywood content translated into French, to be broadcast to the French-speaking regions of Africa. Read more >>

DENMARK

Danish digital radio trials with DVB-T2 Lite go live in November

DVB-T2, which is used for broadcasting digital television can easily be used to broadcast digital radio in Denmark, and the standard is superior to DAB+ at all times, believes Open Channel, who has obtained a DVB-T2 trial license on a 1.7 MHz channel bandwidth, also called a T-DAB frequency. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

MARS Advertising, CROSSMARK create Twin Oaks

MICHIGAN, US: Marketing agency MARS Advertising and CROSSMARK, a sales and marketing services company in the consumer goods industry, have formed a new venture named Twin Oaks. Jointly operated, Twin Oaks will be managed as a separate company and will deliver integrated shopper marketing solutions for both new and existing CROSSMARK consumer goods and retailer clients. Read more >>

HONG KONG S.A.R.

Speakers announced for Asia digital conference

WAN-IFRA is gathering media experts on the latest innovations in tablets, social media, online and mobile for Digital Media Asia 2011, the region's premier digital event to be held from 23-25 November 2011 in Hong Kong. The event, which will present case studies and best practices from Asia and beyond, covers the three digital topics of tablets, social & online media, and mobile. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Spruced up Fortuner difficult to beat

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Toyota very cleverly booked its Fortuner range in for a bit of botox enhancement and a snip and nip of plastic surgery but, other than that, it wisely decided not to tinker too much with the successful formula that has made it South Africa's darling SUV. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Protea Hotel Breakwater Lodge: The new hottie on the waterfront

The hottest hotel in the Africa's top tourist attraction, the V&A Waterfront, is opening its doors on October 1 with a chic new look after a R50 million+ facelift. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Girls Only Amazing Space and Look and Feel Good Expo

[Jordan Scott] I have never been much of a "girly girl", yet last week I found myself in the throes of all things girly and, well, I loved it. First there was the Girls Only Amazing Space at the Aquarium, which was something that every woman ought to experience at least once. There were cocktails upon entering, snacks for everyone to enjoy and a DJ to get us all in the mood. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Jazzart trainees celebrate graduation in Waiting for Rain

[Debbie Hathway] Jazzart Dance Theatre's end-of-year season, Waiting for Rain, celebrates the culmination of its trainees' three-year Young Adult Training and Job Creation Programme at Artscape Theatre, Cape Town until 22 September. Read more >>