10 May 2013

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AFRICA
Innovation Prize for Africa 2013 announces winners
With the global population expected to grow to 9 billion by 2050 and more than 900 million people living in hunger, the need for nutritious food is on a rapid increase. Acknowledging this need and the impact of hunger in Africa, the AgriProtein team from South Africa was announced as the overall winner of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) earlier this week. Read more >>


Editorial news

Branding
SOUTH AFRICA
Millward Brown identifies top drivers of brand value growth in BrandZ Top 100 Global Brands Report
[Issued by Millward Brown] In advance of the 2013 rankings, to be announced on Tuesday, 21 May, Millward Brown has analysed all the previous results since 2006 to reveal the eight Top Risers overall, the brands with the strongest, most sustainable value growth over time. Read more >>  visit press office >>


Digital
NIGERIA
iROKO to 'SPARK' Nigerian startups
Internet entrepreneurs of iROKOtv and Nollywood fame, Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter on Wednesday, 8 May 2013, announced the official launch of SPARK, a $1m-backed company to support and develop aspiring Nigerian tech and internet entrepreneurs. Read more >>

AFRICA
SatADSL announces growth strategy in Africa
SatADSL, a Belgian Company providing satellite internet access and communications service in sub-Saharan Africa,on Wednesday, 8 May 2013, announced the successful completion of a capital increase aiming at financing its development over the next five years. Read more >>


Education & Training
AFRICA
Minister wants entrepreneurship studied in higher learning institutions
Ghana's minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Nii Armah Ashietey, has called for the introduction of entrepreneurship as a course in institutions of higher learning in ECOWAS Member States. Read more >>


Events & Conferencing
AFRICA
Innovation Prize for Africa 2013 announces winners
With the global population expected to grow to 9 billion by 2050 and more than 900 million people living in hunger, the need for nutritious food is on a rapid increase. Acknowledging this need and the impact of hunger in Africa, the AgriProtein team from South Africa was announced as the overall winner of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) earlier this week. Read more >>


Magazines
GHANA
Ozwald Boateng guest edits New African
The pan-African current affairs magazine, New African, has just published its May edition and is guest edited by Ghanaian designer, Ozwald Boateng, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and founder of the Made in Africa foundation. Read more >>


Media
AFRICA
Moshito's new board prepares to celebrate a decade of success
At the forefront of the African music industry, the Moshito Music Conference & Exhibition prepares to celebrate ten years of industry insights, music know-how and industry accomplishments. With fresh ideas and a change in venue, the newly elected board of directors promises a stand out year. Read more >>

AFRICA
Channel Africa to broadcast live from African Utility Week
Channel Africa has entered into an exclusive broadcasting partnership with African Utility Week, which is taking place in Cape Town ,South Africa from 14-15 May 2013. Read more >>


Mobile
AFRICA
Gartner recognises Flytxt as a 'Cool Vendor in Emerging Markets, 2013'
Flytxt, the provider of Big Data analytics powered revenue and customer experience management solutions for Cellular Service Providers (CSPs), have announced that it has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in Gartner's report "Cool Vendors in Emerging Markets, 2013". Read more >>

GHANA
Siendon expands phone distribution network across Ghana
British phone manufacturer, Siendon, is expanding its distribution network throughout Ghana. The company is engaging wholesalers and sub-dealers across both continents to distribute its leading range of quality smartphones, feature phones and tablets. Read more >>


Out of Home
AFRICA
Z-CARD Social Innovation Programme Guide for SHAPE Africa
The Cape Town Global Shapers Hub handed out a credit card-sized Z-CARD, inside a PVC pouch with a lanyard, to 100 young talented leaders from over 30 African countries who gathered in Cape Town, South Africa from 6-7 May 2013, for SHAPE Africa, the inaugural meeting of African Global Shapers. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Future of urban furniture, bus shelters in Africa
[Craig Page-Lee] South Africa is definitely not lagging behind in understanding the value of bus shelters or other transport nodes as an advertising medium, but in most instances, the design and construction of these elements is rather rudimentary and unrefined and the use of these elements varies significantly from city to city or region to region. Read more >>


Recruitment
AFRICA
Africa's job-seekers get good news
Key regions in Africa can look forward to improved employment prospects in the year ahead, with many firms planning to add to the headcount. The positive perspective comes from Regus, the global provider of flexible workspace with direct representation in 16 African nations. Read more >>


International
UNITED STATES
Twitter plug-in stops shows being ruined
LOS ANGELES, USA: Fed up with Twitter friends ruining the plots of her favorite TV shows, high school senior and budding software engineer Jennie Lamere took matters into her own hands. Read more >>

SINGAPORE
Connectivity options widen in and out of Africa
SINGAPORE: An agreement between Epsilon Telecommunications described as the world's largest global telecommunications network exchange, and Seacom Interconnect, a privately owned communications service provider will offer greater global access to and from Africa. Read more >>

MEXICO
IPI and WAN-IFRA hail passage of Mexican legislation to combat impunity
MEXICO: On Tuesday, 7 May 2013, The International Press Institute and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) welcomed the passage of seminal legislation in Mexico designed to combat the almost complete impunity in cases of crimes committed against the country's journalists. Read more >>

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