SOUTH AFRICA

[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 35: The impact and planning of event marketing

Find out more about the impact, planning and management of event marketing and how it all ties back to brand building and brand communication, by listening to the podcast of last week's Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show, which airs every Thursday 5pm-6pm streamed live via 2oceansVibe Radio. [twitterfall] Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

The hidden cost of creativity

[Vanita 'Bezi Phiri] I've been exposed to a myriad of advertising campaigns that are inspiring in terms of creativity, but essentially poor in selling the product they're advertising. It explains why ad agencies lose accounts that have won them prestigious awards. A lot of ads may get the audience's attention, and perhaps even entertain them, yet they fail to drive them as consumers: the worst example being clever ads whose products the audience forgets. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Time for a long hard look at The Loerie Awards

[Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] The only possible justification for an event such as the annual Loerie Awards is that it gives the people who work in advertising agencies an opportunity to escape the daily grind of watching creativity stifled by commercial interests. Read more >>

ANGOLA

President unveils Benguela Media Library

BENGUELA, ANGOLA: The Benguela Media Library with a capacity to attend 250 people simultaneously, was inaugurated Monday, by the Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos. Read more >>

AFRICA

African Utility Week gets new event director

Conference organiser Spintelligent, based in Cape Town, South Africa, has announced the appointment of Russell Hughes as event director for its upcoming event, African Utility Week, which will take place in Cape Town in May 2013. Read more >>

GHANA

African Leadership Network set for Ghana in October

The Annual Gathering of the African Leadership Network (ALN), a membership network of a new generation of leaders in Africa with a single mission is to drive Africa's prosperity, will take place in from 10-13 October 2012 at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel, in Accra, Ghana. Read more >>

UGANDA

[PAMRO 2012] Day 1: Ways of measuring media audiences

[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] The 14th Pan African Media Research Organisation (PAMRO) and All Africa Media Research Conference is currently going on in Uganda's capital, Kampala. The opening day of conference involved engaging discussions on ways of measuring media audiences. Read more >>

NAMIBIA

Lessons from the NBC strike

[Robin Tyson] The recent strike at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation has underlined some important issues. Read more >>

UGANDA

India's Flytxt signs mobile marketing deal with Warid

[Walter Wafula] Uganda mobile operator Warid Telecom has contracted India's Flytxt, a provider of global real-time closed loop mobile marketing solutions, to manage its marketing campaigns. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Young researchers excel at the 2012 SAMRA conference

The increasing consumerisation of technology, the role of the mobile phone and social media in consumer marketing and brand research, and the relevance of behavioural economics to research were just some of the issues and trends under scrutiny at the recent 33rd annual Southern African Marketing Research Association (SAMRA) conference themed Reflection and progress: from the present and into the future. Read more >>

AFRICA

50 Cent to launch SK Energy Shots in Africa

Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson and SK Energy Shots are giving African entrepreneurs the chance to bring the energy shot to their country and give back at the same time. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

Amazon expands streaming with NBCUniversal

NEW YORK, US: Amazon and NBCUniversal on Friday announced they were expanding their alliance for streaming video to include "hundreds" of popular NBC television shows. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

Facebook, CNN unveil 'Election Insights'

ATLANTA, US: CNN, which claims to be America's most trusted source of news and information for the 2012 presidential campaigns, and Facebook today unveiled the Facebook-CNN Election Insights. This tool displays the real-time number of people talking about President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his vice presidential pick Rep. Paul Ryan. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

Nike, sponsors stand by Armstrong after he loses titles

NEW YORK, US: sporting goods giant Nike was one of several sponsors sticking by Lance Armstrong after the US Anti-Doping Agency stripped the cycling legend of his record seven Tour de France titles. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Lekota dares ministers on claims of using army

Congress of the People leader Mosiuoa Lekota has challenged two Cabinet ministers to repeat accusations outside Parliament that he "brutally" used soldiers against the people of Khutsong so that he "has recourse to justice". Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Zuma fails to convince investors that labour unrest is under control

President Jacob Zuma is failing to convince investors that the worst mine violence since the fall of apartheid is under control, Mineweb reports. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

SA water infrastructure needs investment

Investment in South Africa's water resources needs to double in the next 10 years if the country is to meet the growing demand, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said on Monday. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Ministry bids farewell to GCIS CEO

The Ministry in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation has announced the expiry of the contract of the Chief Executive Officer of the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and Cabinet spokesperson, Jimmy Manyi. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Economic fundamentals bearing fruit: Thabethe

Measures put in place by government to grow the economy are bearing fruit, with South Africa being regarded as a desirable trade nation, says Deputy Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Elizabeth Thabethe. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

[10 Things I love...] About the bush

[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] Contributing Editor Brian Berkman spoke to Mark Witney, Singita's CEO, about the lure of the bush... the silence, the smells, the rhythms of the bush... and much, much more. Read more >>