| 3 Apr 2013 |
| Marketing & Media | Africa |
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Today's top stories'Coffee shop working' may be trendy in some Western cities, but laptops with latte are not to the taste of Rwanda business people, according to Regus, the global provider of flexible workspace. Read more >> |
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 Q-KON, a Pan-African distributor of Alvarion solutions, has provided Alvarion Wi-Fi technology to Malawi's Bishop Mackenzie International School (BMIS), enhancing the academic institution's existing network and equipping it with valuable wireless connectivity. Read more >> |
 [Jessica Basson] Digital media buying is shifting from both a client and agency perspective. With clients cutting their budgets and becoming more and more concerned with their ROI, agencies are shifting their buying mind-set. Read more >> |
 SchoolMedia, which serves as a platform for organisations such as Rotary International to get its branding and messaging into schools in Southern Africa, has expanded provincially and into Botswana. Read more >> |
 The 10th Annual Conference of the Africa Venture Capital Association (AVCA), an industry gathering in the area of private equity, is scheduled to take place at the Westin Cape Town Hotel, South Africa from 8-10 April 2013. Read more >> |
 MTV Base is set to launch the inaugural MTV Africa All Stars, a pan-African music and youth empowerment campaign saluting the star quality and widespread appeal of contemporary African musicians. Read more >> |
 The London-based BRICS Media Network, established in 2012 to bring fresh perspectives to coverage of the emerging new economic world order, has launched BRICS Age, a print magazine commemorating the historic 5th BRICS Summit in Durban, South Africa. Read more >> |
 Bharti Airtel, the telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, have announced the appointment of Charity Chanda Lumpa as managing director of Airtel's operation in Zambia with effect from 1 May 2013. Read more >> |
 Bharti Airtel, a telecommunications services provider with operations Africa, has been named the Most Socially Responsible Company in Niger at the 3rd Edition of the National Excellence Awards Ceremony. Read more >> |
The Western Union Company and Virtual Terminal Network (VTN), a Nigerian mobile payment operator, launched a mobile money transfer service in Nigeria - giving Nigerians, for the first time, the choice to use their mobile phones to direct Western Union remittances into their electronic VTN VCASH account. Read more >> |
 [Keenan Harduth] One of the biggest things I have noticed about SXSW 2013 is the glaring contrast between Africa and the rest of the world, specifically America. The people, the food, the landscape, even our strategy is all vastly different. What's not, however, is one thing - Black Twitter. Read more >> |
'Coffee shop working' may be trendy in some Western cities, but laptops with latte are not to the taste of Rwanda business people, according to Regus, the global provider of flexible workspace. Read more >> |
Barclays recently released the results of a survey that questioned retailers on their attitudes towards international expansion. While, for now, the USA and China remain firm favourites for British retailers, the island's brands see Africa as the retail growth story of the next decade. Read more >> |
Gulf African Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC), today, Thursday 28 March 2013 announced a partnership which will see IFC join the bank as an equity partner. Read more >> |
 BEIJING, CHINA: Apple chief executive Tim Cook has apologised to Chinese consumers after the US technology giant was subjected to a barrage of criticism in state-run media over alleged "arrogance" and double standards. Read more >> |
 COLOMBO, SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's state broadcaster has denied meddling with BBC programmes after the British corporation abruptly suspended FM radio feeds to the country, alleging ongoing interference. Read more >> |
 SAN FRANCISCO, US: Facebook has fuelled fresh talk about its own mobile phone after the leading social network scheduled a press announcement for this week. Read more >> |
SAN FRANCISCO, US: The booming popularity of play on smartphones or tablet computers in a realm once dominated by videogame consoles was a hot theme at the major Game Developers Conference that ended here on Good Friday. Read more >> |
 [Subhash Chandra] As technology continuously develops, negative effects concerning them develop as well. With the help of the internet, shopping, trading, transacting and paying off bills online are now totally possible. Read more >> |
More International...
 [Sue Blaine] Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa signed two memoranda of understanding with the Chinese government‚ after a delegation travelled to South Africa for the Brics summit in Durban‚ where a number of agreements between the Brics nations - Brazil‚ Russia‚ India‚ China and South Africa - were concluded. Read more >> |
 An online database of municipal officials dismissed for misconduct will soon be running and it is hoped that this will prevent transgressors being re-employed at other municipalities, the Ministry for Co-operative Governance said last week. Read more >> |
 [Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: If the ANC has its way, there will be no judicial oversight over eavesdropping on communications originating outside of SA, reports BD Live, and Dina Pule's going to have her conduct investigated, reports Mail & Guardian. Read more >> |
More Government news...
SOUTH AFRICA - Butter Knife PR to manage Grant's and Glenfiddich - more info
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