AFRICA

Icograda appoints new African rep

At the biennial general assembly of the International Council of Communication Design (Icograda), held in Taiwan last week, the council elected Switch ECD Gaby de Abreu as Africa's new representative on its executive board. He was nominated for this role in his capacity as representative of the Brand Design Council of South Africa, which has now been incorporated within the new Brand Council of SA (BCSA) . Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Africa finally gets to tell its story - Africa.com founder Teresa Clarke

[Herman Manson: @marklives] Teresa Clarke, the chairman and CEO of Africa.com which she launched in 2010, is visiting South Africa as an international judge at the Bookmarks Awards taking place this Thursday, 9 November 2011, in Cape Town. Bizcommunity.com spoke to her about her company, Bookmarks entries, and emerging trends. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Howzit MSN a template for successful localisation, says Microsoft

[Herman Manson: @marklives] Following its recent upgrade, Howzit MSN, the South African version of Microsoft's MSN portal run by Kagiso Media, is being held up as a template for the successful localisation of the global portal. Read more >>

AFRICA

Spinlet to debut technology at AfricaCom 2011

Spinlet, a San Francisco-based company dedicated to meeting the needs of music lovers and artists allowing them to buy, listen, share, and manage music within a user-friendly mobile platform, will debut their technology at AfricaCom 2011, which takes place from Wednesday 9 November until Thursday 10 November 2011 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa. Read more >>

AFRICA

IndoAfricanBusiness partners with APO

IndoAfricanBusiness, the bilateral trade magazine, launched eight years ago in partnership with Export-Import Bank, under the focus Africa Programe of the Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India in English and French, and with the present circulation of over 10 000 copies, has gone live with content news partnership with African Press Organisation (APO). Read more >>

MALAWI

MACRA courts media on 'spy machine'

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) which has been taken to task for purchasing an equipment expected to be snooping people's phone records and emails has courted support of Malawi media in an attempt to ensure that the machine rolls out. Read more >>

AFRICA

Ad networks: the scale and insight to beat fragmentation

[Michael de Souza] The past few years have shown remarkable growth of the mobile internet, driven by rapid consumer adoption and major advances in the capabilities of mobile devices. In recent months, mobile ad networks received a great vote of confidence from investors, who bet substantial sums that the space will continue growing, become more valuable, and attract an increasing share of marketing budgets. Read more >>

AFRICA

SA ready to embrace mobile government services

Mobilising public services in Africa, the white paper compiled by Informa Telecoms & Media and available at the AfricaCom event taking place from today, Wednesday, 9 November until Thursday 10 November 2011 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa, reveals that South Africa is more ready than Kenya and Egypt in terms of embracing mobile government services. Read more >>

AFRICA

Kaspersky Lab launches online store in Africa

Kaspersky Lab, a computer security company which offers anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, and anti-intrusion products, on Monday 7 November 2011, announced the opening of their first online store in Africa. The online store will offer consumers a range of consumer and corporate products and services. Read more >>

AFRICA

MACRA issues TV licences

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has taken three years to deny 30 plus applicants of television operating licences and only gave the licences to President Bingu wa Mutharika. Only four radio licences and four television licences were issued. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

Consumer Confidence Survey: Economy again top global concern

NEW YORK, US: Global online consumer confidence fell for the seventh consecutive quarter as confidence in 31 of 56 global markets measured declined, according to from Nielsen, a leading global provider of insights and analytics into what consumers watch and buy. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

October sees fall in UK's consumer confidence

LONDON, UK: The latest index shows consumer confidence in the UK at its 10th lowest figure since it began in 1974. In fact, it is only the third occasion in its history that it has breached -32. On both previous occasions - June 2008 and March 1990 - consumer confidence was entering periods of sustained weakness and the UK economy was going into recession. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

September 2011 US mobile subscriber market share

RESTON, US: comScore Inc has released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the US mobile phone industry during the three-month average period ending September 2011. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Toll roads - what motorists must do

Business Live warns that Gauteng motorists must either buy e-tags for their cars or have the new number plates fitted to comply with the introduction of toll roads around Gauteng that start operating in February next year. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Ranger outguns the opposition

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Makers of spirited cars constantly strive to find the optimum balance between comfortable drive and dynamic handling while bakkie-makers these days face the challenge of building capable workhorses that are also comfortable and safe - something which Ford has achieved with remarkable success with its newly launched Ranger bakkies. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

New single cab for under R50 000?

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] A shining new half-ton bakkie for less than R50 000 on sale in South Africa? Yep, your eyes aren't deceiving you, nor is it April Fools Day. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Air France now flying into Cape Town

Air France is operating a direct flight between Paris and Cape Town making it the 17th international airline to offer direct flights to the city according to IOL. This means that Cape Town will have an average of 12 international flights landing at the airport each day. Economic Development and Tourism MEC, Alan Winde welcomed Air France to the city and then departed on the airline's inaugural flight to Paris. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

East3Route may boost regional tourism

KwaZulu-Natal's tourism initiative East3Route has been hailed by residents in Swaziland and Mozambique as being great for business in the province and the neighbouring states, according to a report in Travel Wires. Read more >>