AFRICA

Rick de Kock appointed MD of M&CSaatchi Africa

Until recently, Rick de Kock was the director of Africa Operations for TBWA\Africa where he managed the network of 15 offices across 13 countries on the continent. M&C Saatchi has now appointed him to lead its charge into Africa. Read more >>

AFRICA

Kings of Social Video

[Jerome Mouton] The first Goviral Social Video Equity Report lists the Top 100 brands in branded content in 2012. The report looks at how online video is being used by global brands as part of their marketing strategy. Read more >>

AFRICA

SA minister collaborates with Lesotho on digital migration

South African minister of Communications, Dina Pule yesterday, 4 December 2012, hosted her Lesotho counterpart, minister Tšeliso Mokhosi, who is visiting South Africa to benchmark the progress made on Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT). Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

AfricaCom 2012 produces two new bloggers

As part of AfricaCom 2012, two new writers were launched into the technical writing world, as the successful winners of a youth competition. The winners, Lauren Leonard (19) and Simone Johnson (21) spent three days at the event immersing themselves into the world of technology and are now blogging. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

WorldVentures brings training to Zimbabwe

WorldVentures, a global direct seller of vacation club memberships, will bring in-depth training to 350 of its independent representatives in Africa. Read more >>

AFRICA

Amadou Mahtar Ba features on 'Most Influential Africans' list

AllAfrica co-founder and chair, Amadou Mahtar Ba has been included on New African magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential Africans - for the second time. Read more >>

AFRICA

Understand the social networks ecosystem for effective adspend

Most people use multiple social networks, says Marc Herson of 2go - and brands need to become familiar with the landscape to ensure they target their spending effectively. Read more >>

CONGO

UN protests suspension of Radio Okapi

The United Nations has expressed "deep disappointment" at a 30 November 2012 decision of the Congolese media regulatory body to suspend transmissions of Radio Okapi. Broadcasts of Okapi, a partnership between the UN and Fondation Hirondelle, have been scrambled since Saturday in some parts of the country. Read more >>

AFRICA

China-Africa ties deepen as China eyes new markets

Despite erosion of the cost competitiveness of China's exports, expectations that China will sell less manufactured goods to Africa have proven misplaced as China's exports to Africa are likely to have increased to over US$80 billion while Sino-African trade is forecast to surpass US$200 billion this year, up from US$166 billion last year, according to a report co-authored by Standard Bank economists Jeremy Stevens and Simon Freemantle. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

98% of mobile operators say small cells essential for future of networks

LONDON, UK: Informa Telecoms & Media has issued its latest quarterly small-cell market status report, which includes the results of a survey showing that 98% of mobile operator respondents believe small cells are essential for the future of their networks. Interest continues to grow in public-access small-cell deployments as well as integrated Wi-Fi and LTE. Read more >>

RUSSIA

Starbucks: Every coffee should be a Starbucks

MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Starbucks embarks on a sneaky campaign that is sure to ruffle the feathers of its competition. Read more >>

AUSTRALIA

Blogged & Bound

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Salon brand Toni & Guy makes use of fashion bloggers to assert its fashion credentials. Read more >>

NORTH AMERICA

Positive outlook for chief marketers globally

PALO ALTO, US: Despite a varied and mixed outlook for the global economy, chief marketers report positive outlooks for their roles and functional areas. Nearly 70% received a salary or bonus in 2011, and 73% expect the same at the end of this year depending on the performance of their businesses, reports the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council. Read more >>

PORTUGAL

Eurobest announces winners: The 25th awards

LISBON, PORTUGAL: Cinemark, the local representatives of Cannes Lions and its affiliates, are passionate about both great film and advertising making this the perfect synergy to bring you the latest information from the world's premier advertising festivals. Read more >>

ICELAND

Iceland's celebrity Christmas

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND: Iceland Foods associates with a TV show in an interactive manner, in order to drive sales. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

SA, Vietnam to sign agreement on rhino poaching

South Africa and Vietnam are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding next week in a bid to address the scourge of rhino poaching in the country. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Police minister welcomes Supreme Court judgement

Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal's dismissal of the appeal by the Justice Alliance of South Africa and the False Bay Gun Club, where the appellants sought compensation for all firearms voluntarily surrendered for destruction. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Infiniti performance sedans arrive

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Infiniti could not have timed it better if they tried - in the same week that Sebastian Vettel put up a spectacular pits-to-podium performance in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with the Infiniti emblem emblazoned on his Red Bull racing car and on his racing suit, the brand launched its exciting new range of M sedans in South Africa. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

La Grenadine Petit has a certain je ne sais quoi

[Sindy Peters] They've been open for business for roughly 11 months and this new kid on the block is already 70% booked out until next May! So what's so great about the La Grenadine Petit, a guest house tucked away deep in the heart of Cape Town's CBD? Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Top of The Table - now there's a baie slim idea

[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] When it came to selecting a location for new photographs reflecting the new, slimmer me, I thought immediately of The Table Bay Hotel. I asked Fabiani's Waterfront store to lend me garments to use for the shoot for which I'd hired photographer Hetty Zantman. Read more >>