| 24 May 2013 |
| Marketing & Media Africa |
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Today's top stories
 | [Issued by Bizcommunity.com] The young, the gifted and the motivated had the opportunity to present their portfolios at the inaugural Portfolio Night Johannesburg earlier this week, hosted by McCann Johannesburg, and Bizcommunity is thrilled to announce the judges' shortlist of five, one of whom will be the first SA Portfolio Night All-Star! Read more >> visit press office >> |
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|  | Forbes Africa magazine, the continent's first-ever international business publication localised for the African executive, has reached its highest-ever circulation with an average of 21,471 copies distributed each month during the first quarter of this year. Read more >> |
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 | Entries to Loeries close Friday, 31 May, so get in now, as the Loeries announce the two judges from Africa and Middle East who are preparing to judge their peers. R30 of every entry into the Loeries will go towards the funding of the Creative Future Scholarship. Read more >> |
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 | [Vanita 'Bezi Phiri] For as long as I have been working, I have heard moans and tantrums about briefs from creatives who just want to deliver fantastic results - without wasting time practising some wizardry in guessing what the brief may be entailing. Read more >> |
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 | [Issued by Ornico] Ornico CEO Oresti Patricios will share some insights on the trends that have defined the consumer landscape in both local and global markets on Thursday, 30 May, at Odd Cafe in Greenside, Johannesburg. Read more >> visit press office >> |
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Hughes Network Systems, the global broadband satellite networks and services company, have announced that they will showcase their latest technology innovations during the SatCom Africa 2013 conference and exhibition, taking place from 27-30 May 2013, at the Sandton Convention Centre, South Africa, and additionally hold its annual regional technology seminar on 27 May. Read more >> |
| [Issued by Bizcommunity.com] The young, the gifted and the motivated had the opportunity to present their portfolios at the inaugural Portfolio Night Johannesburg earlier this week, hosted by McCann Johannesburg, and Bizcommunity is thrilled to announce the judges' shortlist of five, one of whom will be the first SA Portfolio Night All-Star! Read more >> visit press office >> |
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New Media - New Image? is a practical workshop for journalists, bloggers and anyone with a story to tell about Africa. Taking place on 29 May 2013 in Windhoek, Namibia. This workshop will explore how the new media and technology can help to redress the balance in reporting and creating narratives of the new Africa. Read more >> |
 | Held at the Pearl of Africa Restaurant at the Kampala Serena Hotel, Uganda Breweries Limited and the Kampala Serena gathered a list of the who's who in society for a black tie dinner to celebrate the arrival of Johnnie Walker Platinum Label in Uganda. Read more >> |
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| Forbes Africa magazine, the continent's first-ever international business publication localised for the African executive, has reached its highest-ever circulation with an average of 21,471 copies distributed each month during the first quarter of this year. Read more >> |
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[Michelle Atagana] "Africa's current environment is ripe for gaming to take off," says Michael Szymanski, the director of Business Development for the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), an incubator that manages the MEST seed fund in Accra. Read more >> |
Zamtel in partnership with Samsung has unveiled the fourth generation Samsung Galaxy Series of mobile phones, the Galaxy S4, designed to meet the business and personal communication needs of our time. Read more >> |
Côte D'Ivoire may be one of the few places where birther conspiracies run hotter than in America. For decades, opponents of the president, Alassane Ouattara, have accused him of hailing from neighboring Burkina Faso. They successfully exploited the controversy to keep him off the ballot in the 1995 and 2000 presidential elections. When he triumphed in the 2010 election, supporters of the incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, blamed their man's defeat on hordes of "non-Ivorian" Ouattara voters. Read more >> |
 | Connectivity is changing the face of Nigerian business. To get this message across to its client base, Vodacom Business had an innovative invitation produced by PocketMedia Solutions, called the Changer, which served as an invitation to the launch of its new Machine-to-Machine Solutions. Read more >> |
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 | PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY: Steve Crocker, one of the founding fathers of the Internet, and Jeff Jarvis, a provocative voice about alternative business models for news in the connected age, have joined the programme for the World Newspaper Congress, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 2 to 5 June next. Read more >> |
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 | DOHA, UAE: Al-Jazeera is the Middle East and North Africa's most-watched Arabic-language television channel, according to an independent survey, the Qatar-based broadcaster said earlier this week. Read more >> |
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Online retailer Amazon said on Thursday (23 May) that it is expanding sales of its Kindle tablet computers to "over 170 countries and territories around the world," and its Appstore to almost 200 countries. Read more >> |
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 | LONDON, UK: Google boss Eric Schmidt insisted on Wednesday his company was trying to do the "right thing" as it faces criticism in Britain over the amount of tax it pays, saying it was for countries not companies to decide tax policies. Read more >> |
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 | CANNES, FRANCE: Every year, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity organisers present The Media Person of the Year Award to a prominent personality who is an influential figure in the development of today's media landscape, ultimately playing an integral part in shaping the future of the industry. Read more >> |
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More International
 | Trade union leaders should engage with union members to ensure that unnecessary labour action does not take place, President Jacob Zuma said yesterday, adding that wildcat strikes were no way to advance the interests of marginalised South Africans. Read more >> |
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 | The Public Administration Management Bill - which will set uniform standards for all three spheres of government - will allow Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu to address "unjustifiable disparities" in the level of pay given to municipal employees relative to those in national and provincial government. Read more >> |
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More Government news
 | [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Citroen's cute little neck-twisting DS3 Cabrio, which caused as much of a stir at the Paris Motor Show last year as French supermodel Laetitia Casta strutting her haute courtier stuff on the runways of the fashion capital, is now brazenly flaunting its sexy topless appeal in local dealer showrooms. Read more >> |
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 | [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The Chinese carmakers have negotiated the twisty bits of the difficult circuit and are now entering the main straight in the race for South African car-buyers' hearts and wallets - clearly illustrated by the newly-launched Geely Emgrand EC7. Read more >> |
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