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Bizcommunity turns 11!Bizcommunity.com would never be where it is today without the loyal support of our communities. During the month of August, Bizcommunity celebrates 11 years since our very first newsletter was sent out in 2001. Come and join in the fun and celebrate with us, wherever you might be in Africa.  Since its inception in 2001, Bizcommunity has expanded from a single marketing and media portal with a South Africa focus (and then extending into Africa) to a total of 35 industry-specific portals, each with various categories of defined interest. Just because it's our birthday, we're running two competitions and giving away awesome prizes, namely: a Big Boy Scooter, R20 000 in cash and Apple products. To win these prizes: - Go to our Facebook Page and leave us a message or take a picture of yourself and post to our Facebook wall. Best messages and photos win prizes.
- Go to Springleap for the Biz Bang t-shirt design competition and stand a chance to win your share of R20 000 for the best design.
Over the past 11 years, Bizcommunity has racked up a few interesting and impressive site statistics, here they are: - Over 300 000 subscribers to the Bizcommunity newsletters
- Over 135 million newsletters sent since 2001
- Over 130 000 job ads posted since 2001
- If Bizcommunity were to be made into a book, it would be rather hefty - having more than 270 000 pages.
- Such a book would be about 2.7m thick and weigh about 1 200kg.
- Bizcommunity is made up of 330 000 lines of code. Stretched out, the code would reach 34km.
We would love to hear from you what Bizcommunity.com has meant to you over the years, so Tweet us and use #happybiz11Cheers to many more years of Bizcommunity! Evan-Lee Courie (@evan1985) Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive. Send all your Africa marketing news to africanews@bizcommunity.com and opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com, also take a look at our guide "How to contribute to Bizcommunity, from op-ed pieces to news". Follow Bizcommunity on Twitter @Biz_Africa and join our Facebook page. Today's top stories
Special focus on media freedom & right to know
[Dave Oso] President Goodluck Jonathan signed the Freedom of Information Bill into law on Saturday, 4 August 2012, ending a decade-long intense lobbying and agitation by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), civil society groups, right activists and even individuals. Read more >>
Cinema
The Ugandan film industry keeps getting stronger by the day and its latest addition is David Maloba. At 22, Maloba is set to make history come Thursday, 9 August 2012, by becoming the first Ugandan to officially premiere a short film. Read more >>
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Digital
 [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Almost all telecommunication service providers in Malawi are selling internet devices called 'dongles' which use a telephone or mobile phone connectivity to provide internet services especially when stuck to a PC or laptop. There is now a debate within the media fraternity on performance of dongles sold by Airtel Malawi Limited, Telecoms Networks Malawi (TNM) Limited, Malawi Telecommunication Limited (MTL) and Access Communications Limited (ACL). Read more >>
Education & Training
 How can satellite technology help expand Africa's horizons into the future? This is what the 2012 DStv Eutelsat Star Awards want to know from African students. Read more >>
Media
 [Craig Wilson] Knight International journalism fellow and open-data advocate Justin Arenstein says the rise of digital platforms holds big surprises in store for SA media. Read more >>
Mobile
 Mi-Fone, the African mobile device brand, has launched the Mi-3000 model, reportedly Africa's first smart feature phone with a 60-day battery standby time with EDGE connectivity. Read more >>
Newspapers
The Herald senior business reporter, Bright Madera who died in Kariba last Friday was buried at his rural home in Chirarwe, Nyanga, yesterday, 5 August 2012. People from various walks of life, including journalists from across the media divide, attended the burial. Read more >>
Retail
 [Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] If you are a shopper in Nairobi and you walk into Nakumatt Lifestyle, you will notice something - baby milk is stored in a glass cabinet, under lock and key. That key is in the custody of one employee. These security measures by Nakumatt and other retail outlets are as a result of increased cases of operational losses occasioned by shoplifting and general theft. The losses (shrinkage) industry players fear could be a case of an emerging organised pilferage ring targeting local supermarkets. Read more >>
International retailers setting up shop in SA as a gateway to the rest of the continent are likely to take a measured expansion approach‚ as they gain knowledge and test the local market. Read more >>
TV
ABN Productions in partnership with CNBC Africa will on Wednesday, 8 August 2012, host the 'Leading Women Debate', an in-depth discussion of issues affecting women's advancement in business. Read more >>
Newly elected president of Egypt, Mohamed Mursi will appear on a weekly television program to chat with the people, Mursi's spokesman Yasser Ali said. Read more >>
 South African president Jacob Zuma, recently launched CNBC Africa's new political economy programme, 'Political Exchange', to be broadcast live every week day at 9pm. Read more >>
 Reporters, bloggers and other media trying to boost their Twitter presence can learn a few tips from an unexpected discipline: electrical engineering. Read more >>
More International...
Education & Training
 The ever-increasing speed of business and the wide diversity of business skills required by the average business owner, entrepreneur, SME, business manager/leader brought about the need for learning without the costs of failure. The Training Shop presents a two-day course with business development simulation training. Read more >>Recruitment
 Since its launch in 2001, Bizcommunity has always seen the benefit for our readers of having industry jobs available on the site, as well as the benefit to companies looking for applicants and recruiters and recruitment agencies having a targeted audience pool to search for good quality applicants and CVs. Read more >>
"After careful consideration I've decided not to make any submissions. There are a number of issues I have with the [Judge Willie] Seriti commission" Read more >>
 Chairperson of the African Union Commission and Home Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has challenged women to this month concentrate their activities on making sure that they remove barriers to their economic emancipation. Read more >>
 PRETORIA: South Africans must save electricity as the country cannot afford to go back to a situation where load shedding is necessary like in 2008, says Eskom board chairperson Zola Tsotsi. Read more >>
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