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SOUTH AFRICA
Bizcommunity's new look lays foundation for future growth
Having leveraged on its reputation as the business hub of choice for over a decade, attaining the status of South Africa's and Africa's largest online multi-industry news site, Bizcommunity.com today goes public with an upgraded interface. Read more >>

Marketing
SOUTH AFRICA
Marketing for business sake

Mike Taberner

Marketing relies on businesses that have stories to tell, on great strategy development, excellent creative deployment of the message and a budget to achieve this. Read more >>


Advertising
SOUTH AFRICA
Africa: An advertising voyage of discovery

Vanita 'Bezi Phiri

After a year of my boss convincing me that real opportunities are in the rest of Africa, I decided to follow him to Kenya. Read more >>


Cinema
AFRICA
Many African filmmakers, no African cinemas
Yesterday, 15 October 2013 was the start of FCAT Espacio Profesional at the African Film Festival of Cordoba, a spaced conceived for the critical debate on African cinemas. Read more >>


CSI
UGANDA
Mobile Money fundraising platform launched
As a joint venture, MTN Uganda and the Kingdom of Buganda has launched a Mobile Money fundraising platform where the kingdom's subjects and well-wishers will contribute funds to support Kabaka's various development initiatives. Read more >>


Digital
SOUTH AFRICA
Hey you there, influencer...

Monica Braganca

So you consider yourself an "influencer" in our little online society. Why? Do you have your own blog? Do you have 5,000+ followers on Twitter and over 1,000+ close friends on your Facebook profile? Read more >>

AFRICA
MySmartFarm wins at IBM SmartCamp
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the winner of its second South Africa SmartCamp at Tech4Africa Conference late last week. MySmartFarm (@mysmartfarm), a Cape Town based company took the honours for its high tech innovative cloud based analytics solution to empower the agricultural sector. Read more >>


Events & Conferencing
AFRICA
AfricaCom Awards 2013 - shortlists announced
With entries received from all over the continent, the judges have made their decisions and the official AfricaCom Awards 2013 shortlists have been announced. Read more >>


Online Media
SOUTH AFRICA
Twitter hits 232 million active users, but it still. isn't. making. any. profit.

Lauren Granger

Twitter has a climbing number of daily active users - 100-million at the end of last month. But it still isn't making any profit. Read more >>


PR & Communications
SOUTH AFRICA
It's not always what you say but how you say it

Marion Scher

Using words to soothe or shout isn't always that easy, because the receiver can't hear you. But in front of an audience, be it a presentation, press conference or a televised interview, your voice and face says it all. Read more >>


International

UNITED STATES
Samsung breaks ground at US research centre
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Samsung has made a start on its huge Silicon Valley research centre, just down the road from its arch-rival Apple. Read more >>

UNITED STATES
NYF International Advertising Awards 2014 calls for entries; launches new award
NEW YORK, US: New York Festivals for the World's Best Advertising is now accepting entries for their 2014 competition and has launched a new award - 'Agency of the Year by Region'. Read more >>

JAPAN
comScore releases the 2013 Japan Digital Future in Focus report
TOKYO, JAPAN: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released the 2013 Japan Digital Future in Focus report. Read more >>


More International


Government

SOUTH AFRICA
Commission awaits 'sensitive documents'
The arms procurement commission resumed on Monday, 14 October, and cynics are waiting to see whether the Department of Defence and its procurement agency, Armscor, have declassified "sensitive documents". Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
DA bemoans hurdles for 'urgent' youth wage bill

Linda Ensor

Considerable obstacles stand in the way of the adoption by Parliament of the draft Employment Tax Incentive Bill‚ which is required urgently to address the crisis of youth unemployment‚ the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Tuesday, 15 October. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Ramphele calls for SA to abandon empowerment

Linda Ensor

Black economic empowerment (BEE) has not worked in transforming the economy in a fundamental way and should be abandoned‚ Agang SA leader Mamphela Ramphele said last week. Read more >>


More Government news


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New events to diarise

Google Engage Academy
17 Oct 2013 Cape Town

eKasi Entrepreneurship Week
eKasi Entrepreneurs - 20 Nov 2013 to 23 Nov 2013 Cape Town

Urban Rail Africa 2013
Informa Australia - 10 Dec 2013 to 11 Dec 2013 Cape Town

Smart Procurement World Western Cape 2014
Commerce Edge - 10 Mar 2014 to 13 Mar 2014 Cape Town

FIDIC
Alusani Skills & Training Network - 24 Mar 2014 to 25 Mar 2014 Johannesburg


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