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Today's top stories
 | The digital ecosystem is going through great changes in Africa, this is according to attendees at the Digital Services Africa, currently taking place in Johannesburg, South Africa at the Hilton Sandton. Read more >> |
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 | MTV Base and the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, have joined forces with the Nigerian government's National Agency for the Control of AIDS and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to combat a lack of awareness and misinformation about HIV, sexual responsibility and teen pregnancy among Nigerian youth, using the medium of Shuga, MTV's TV series and multimedia campaign. Read more >> |
 | Q-KON has launched a HotZone internet access and distribution solution. The offering is primarily aimed at entrepreneurs who want to leverage off connectivity for their businesses as well as establishments that want to provide this service to patrons and guests. Read more >> |
Advanced process technology, Rubi-Flow, from FlowCentric Technologies, a local provider of integrated business process management solutions is being used to automate and power the business process components of Guideline BizTech's enterprise business management tool, RUBiQ - a service solution selected for Pamoja's cloud services offering for Africa. Read more >>
 | Aggreko, the global company in the provision of temporary power and temperature control services, has announced the launch of its inaugural 'Aggreko University' technical training programme at an event in Abidjan. Read more >> |
 | AFRICA 2013 BFMA conference kicks off todayThe 2013 Broadcast, Film and Music Africa (BFMA) conference, a creative content and electronic broadcasting event in East Africa that promotes knowledge sharing and networking among high-level electronic media professionals, is kicks off today at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, in Nairobi, Kenya and will come to an end tomorrow, 27 June. Download the conference programme. |
Burundi's new media law continues to cause unrest among the international community. It certainly doesn't please the Dutch ambassador to Burundi, Jolke Oppewal. Once a journalist himself and someone who remains passionate about his past profession, Oppewal recently spoke with principal Burundian newspaper IWACU. Read more >>
[Alvar Mwakyusa] Retired attorney general, Mark Bomani has urged media practitioners to embrace ethics and professionalism in their undertakings to discourage hate speech and extremism in the society. Read more >>
 | MasterCard, the National Bank of Egypt and Etisalat, have announced the launch of 'Flous', the mobile payment wallet in Egypt, which will bring Etisalat Egypt's subscriber base safe and convenient payment services through the power of their mobile phones. Read more >> |
 | The Morocco government, earlier this week, held closed door discussions with senior Kenya government officials in an effort to overcome barriers of trade between the two sea-port endowed countries. The talks, lasting an hour, were held in the sidelines of a business exchange visit to Nairobi by over 106 Moroccan investors under the banner of the Maroc Export Promotion Centre. Read more >> |
 | PARIS, FRANCE: Tired of checking your smartphone every few minutes for new emails, likes or retweets? Do you spend more time looking at your device than chatting to your date? Are you close to a digital burn-out? Read more >> |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Microsoft said on Monday (24 June) it would offer an advertising-free version of its Bing search engine for schools, which also includes extra privacy and filtering of adult content. Read more >> |
 | KANSAS CITY, US / JOHANNESBURG, SA: David Sable, Global CEO of Y&R and Jon Cook, President and CEO of VML, and Jason Xenopoulos, CEO of NATIVE, have announced the launch of NATIVE VML, subject to regulatory approval. Read more >> |
More International
The upcoming visit to South Africa by United States President Barack Obama will further affirm relations between Pretoria and Washington, particularly in the area of trade and the fight against the HIV/Aids pandemic. Read more >>
Former President Nelson Mandela's condition remains unchanged, the Presidency said late yesterday. Read more >>
 | President Jacob Zuma says Madiba's doctors are doing everything they can to ensure the former statesman is comfortable. Read more >> |
 | [Helmo Preuss] The number of tourist arrivals rose by 13.9% year-on-year (y/y) in March to 815‚075‚ with the number of overseas tourists increasing by 14.0% y/y to 249‚009‚ Statistics SA (Stats SA) said on Monday (24 June). Read more >> |
More Government news
 | [Rod Baker] Lion Sands Tinga Lodge is right on the Sabie River, so you can enjoy game up close and comfortable or... read on... perhaps too up close... (All images: Rod Baker) Read more >> |
NIGERIA  Aviat Networks appoints local technical marketing manager - more info
 Paul Berney will be in South Africa on 26 to 28 June for the MMA SA's annual AGM and these two breakfast briefing sessions in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Read more >> By attending one these sessions, you will be engaged on how marketers can drive value in organisations. Read more >> Surviving the StoryInstitute for the Advancement of Journalism - 31 Jul 2013 to 1 Aug 2013 Johannesburg
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