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One of the biggest challenges facing sub-Saharan Africa is how to generate sufficient power to unlock its economic potential. Speaking at the recent annual Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) conference, Africa Dialogue 2012, Deloitte's director for power solutions, Shamal Sivasanker said the time had come to stop merely talking and start "doing". 
The East Africa Outsourcing Summit, set to take place at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi from 5-6 June 2012 has confirmed Jim McFie, the academic and research director at the School of Management and Commerce, Strathmore University in Nairobi, as a speaker. 
The conference 'Future of Trade 2012' is to be included with the DHL BRICS Africa Export Import Forum in July this year alongside two major shows, Africa's Big Seven food and beverage trade exhibition and the Southern African International Trade Exhibition (SAITAX) at Gallagher, Midrand. 
MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND: Pepsico CMO Salman Amin opened Day 2 of the Festival of Media and urged agencies not to bring him any media plans but to 
LONDON, UK: Work from the US and France has taken the top marks in the Music Video category at the 50th annual D&AD judging event taking place this week at London's Olympia Exhibition Centre. However, South Africa's Orange Films was among the entries awarded In-Book status for Control by Spoek Mathambo. 
NEW YORK, US: 92% of consumers around the world say they trust earned media, such as word-of-mouth and recommendations from friends and family, above all other forms of advertising - an increase of 18% since 2007, according to a new study from Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy. | Government |
SOUTH AFRICAXingwana aims to clarify New York trip expenditure
[Gabi Khumalo] The Department for Women, Children and People with Disabilities has refuted claims that it spent over R6m for a delegation to undertake a trip to New York last year. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAPlan to probe BEE credentials alarms fishing industry
[Annaleigh Vallie and Hopewell Radebe] The Supreme Court of Appeal's recent ruling that Foodcorp's black economic empowerment (BEE) credentials were not the same as at the time it was awarded fishing rights, has spooked the industry as the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries prepares to conduct an overall assessment of the BEE status of major players. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAManyi on centralised media buying issue
Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) CEO Jimmy Manyi has issued a statement aimed at dispelling claims of "suspect motives" in the decision to centralise media buying for government. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAGordhan questions World Bank appointment processes
[Ntsakisi Maswanganyi] Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has questioned the processes through which the World Bank president is appointed. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAE-toll places burden on non-Gauteng drivers
The cost to administer and enforce the regulations for the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), or e-tolling, just added to motorists' burden and a simple fuel levy would have reduced this, say the Cape and Durban chambers of commerce. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASA, Italy boost police cooperation
SOUTH AFRICAState bid to speed up infrastructure
SOUTH AFRICANew Durban port approved
SOUTH AFRICASanral response on alternate use tariff
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICARed Carnation staff shines at international staff appreciation awards
Twenty staff members from The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa in Cape Town and five from the Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat in the Cederberg travelled abroad to London this past for the glamorous Red Carnation Hotel Collection Staff Appreciation Awards - with 14 returning as the ultimate winners! Read more >>More Travel news...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICAIt's a plunderful life
[Eugene Yiga] They've done it again. The studio that brought us brilliant animated films like Arthur Christmas, Flushed Away, Wallace and Gromit, and Chicken Run has come out with another hit in The Pirates! Band of Misfits. With a story that's simple enough for kids to follow and humour that's complex enough for adults to appreciate, seeing this movie is bound to be a barrel of fun. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAThe Grey runs red
[Daniel Dercksen] The nerve-wracking and petrifying The Grey is fear in action! If there is one thing worse than being afraid of an unseen threat, it's staring the enemy in the eyes; and if you discover that your rival is a hungry pack of vicious and territorial wolves, and that you are trapped in the middle of their nest, there's no easy way out. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICADoodsnikke dysfunction [Jana van Heerden]
SOUTH AFRICAClap Your Hands said dance [Ruth Cooper]
| Food |
SOUTH AFRICAI Love Cooking features best bloggers' recipes
The I Love Cooking website has launched an "Our Best Bloggers' Recipes" feature, which will show video clips of bloggers cooking their favourite dishes and will share information about who the bloggers are and what they love most. Read more >>More Food food...
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