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| | [Duncan McLeod] South Africa appears to be losing its status as the preferred investment destination on the continent for international technology companies. That honour, increasingly, is going to Kenya, which may be on the cusp of a technology-fuelled era of economic growth. Read more >> |
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Sweet Spot Content tells Econet's story Mobile music blooms in Africa
| iROKO Partners, Africa's source of Nigerian entertainment with its platforms iROKOtv and iROKING, has announced a strategic development via its entry into the South African DVD market and the launch of 10,000 new Nigerian movie DVDs. Read more >> |
| [Duncan McLeod] South Africa appears to be losing its status as the preferred investment destination on the continent for international technology companies. That honour, increasingly, is going to Kenya, which may be on the cusp of a technology-fuelled era of economic growth. Read more >> |
The African Union celebrated the African Day of Borders, also known as Border Day, on Friday, 7 June 2103, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as well as officially launching the African Union Border Programme guidebooks. Read more >>
[Eugene Kwibuka] Whether local journalists were wondering whether to give or deny active members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) a platform to air their views through their media, whether political parties should own media enterprises, or if the government was looking to controlling social media, a one day workshop on media social responsibility helped provide some answers. Read more >>
[Russell Southwood] Music is not as bandwidth-heavy as video, and there have been a significant number of online mobile music platforms launched in Africa in the past 12 months. Read more >>
| The DFM takes place from 19-22 July 2013 during the Durban International Film Festival and promises an exciting programme of masterclasses and networking opportunities. Read more >> |
| [Issued by Sweet Spot Content] Sweet Spot Content took an authentic story about a fishing boat in Zimbabwe - a story that illustrates how Econet Wireless Zimbabwe is helping local communities - and turned it into a piece of cinema. Read more >> visit press office >> |
| [Catherine Milward-Bridges] While it's prudent to take direction from the experts, it's as important to heed feedback from those at the receiving end of leadership. Read more >> |
Eskimi, one of Nigeria's social networking platforms. has announced that it has joined forces with Jobberman, a jobs website in Nigeria to launch a Job section on Eskimi. Read more >> [South African College of Business] On Day 3 at the eLearning Africa Conference, one presentation in particular stood out. It focused on the idea that if the Learner Management System was the online classroom then surely social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter could serve as the cafeteria? Read more >> WASHINGTON, US: America's top spy chief James Clapper has warned that leaks of secret court documents about a scheme to capture millions of phone records risked US national security. Read more >>TEHRAN, IRAN: Press cartoonists say they are dodging "moving red lines" in the run-up to a June 14 presidential election in Iran, a country where a satirical image can get a newspaper banned or an editor jailed. Read more >> | PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY: The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has launched a new initiative to ensure that users of news sites are protected from unauthorised collection of data. Read more >> |
More International
| The rules governing executive appointments at the SABC are headed down the road of more government control rather than much-needed independence. Read more >> |
| [Charlotte Mathews] SA's catalytic converter once responsible for 16% of global production, will hit a wall over the next two or three years when a new European Union regulations kicks in. Thousands of jobs may be at stake. Read more >> |
More Government news
SOUTH AFRICA GreenQueen Communications to work on TEMPUR account - more info
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