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AFRICA
AfricaCom 2013 Awards winners
On Wednesday, 13 November 2013, the ICT, Telecommunications and Media industries came together to celebrate and acknowledge some of the industry's best achievements that have taken place across the African continent over the past year. Read more >>

The YouTube opportunity in Africa

Ilse van den Berg

Brett St Clair, head of new products sub-Saharan Africa for Google, talked at AfricaCom's day two AfricaCast session about understanding the role YouTube can play in Africa.

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Predictive analytics delivers marketing edge

Effective use of data, and predictive analytics, can give businesses a strong competitive advantage, SAS has told the business community in Kenya.

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Imposing one story on Africa is doing it a disservice

Anton Harber

The African Media Leaders Forum in Addis Ababa last week ended on a weak note: Politicians want the media to generate a new, positive African narrative.

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Media Freedom & Right to Know
KENYA
Kenyan media face fines, prison terms under proposed media bills
Thirty minutes was all it took. On Thursday, 31 October, 60 Members of Parliament debated and then passed the highly contentious Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2013. Read more >>

Advertising
SOUTH AFRICA
Native advertising vs Native content?

Athar Naser

By now we all know there has been a shift in the way companies are doing business. The social era has been long upon us and it's a case of "adapt or die". Read more >>

Digital
CAMEROON
Alcatel-Lucent and YooMee Africa join forces
YooMee Africa, a wireless broadband operator in Cameroon, will use Alcatel-Lucent equipment when expanding as its main partner. The partnership will aim to build ultra-broadband wireless internet access based on TDD LTE. Read more >>

Events & Conferencing
AFRICA
[AfricaCom 2013] Day two
Day two at AfricaCom continued with a buzz and ended off with a bang with the AfricaCom Awards evening. Congratulations to all the winners! Read more >>

AFRICA
[AfricaCom 2013] Day three
AfricaCom 2013 came to an end yesterday, 14 November 2013, with approximately 8000 delegates attending the conference. Here are some highlights of day three. Read more >>

Mobile
SOUTH AFRICA
Vodacom data usage soars

Thabiso Mochiko

Data usage on Vodacom South Africa's network grew 79% in the past year‚ driven by lower handset prices and data costs. Read more >>

Research
SOUTH AFRICA
A world in need of trailblazers

Francois van Dyk, Issued by Ornico

The Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013, issued in May 2013 by the International Labour Office (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland, paints a bleak picture. Titled "A generation at risk" it cites some disturbing numbers, which include 73 million young people without employment this year. Read more >>

Retail
SOUTH AFRICA
Mr Price Home‚ Sheet Street get online stores

Zeenat Moorad

Mr Price Home and Sheet Street are building capacity to launch their local e-commerce sites before the festive season‚ Mr Price Group said. Read more >>


International

UNITED STATES
Google says government data requests surging
WASHINGTON, USA: Google said the number of requests for user data from governments and law enforcement has doubled since 2010, as it renewed a push to reveal more about countries seeking to monitor data. Read more >>

UNITED STATES
Google Glass integrates music service
NEW YORK CITY, USA: Google's new Internet-connected eyewear will have the capacity to play music as specially designed earbuds will be incorporated into the device to deliver high-quality audio from the eyewear. Read more >>

BRAZIL
Motorola unveils 'affordable' Moto G smartphone
UNITED STATES
Microsoft opens new cybercrime centre

More International


Government

SOUTH AFRICA
Bill threatens independence say attorneys
The Legal Practice Bill passed by the National Assembly this week risks hampering the effective functioning of the legal profession, the SA Attorney's Association said on Wednesday (13 November). Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Outa welcomes new toll attack
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) has welcomed a new legal offensive against e-tolling by two political parties. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Conservation programme introduced at schools
SOUTH AFRICA
WWF welcomes rock lobster recovery plan

More Government news


Lifestyle

SOUTH AFRICA
Guidelines to avoid road accidents

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

The Festive season is almost upon us and while it a time to be happy and relax with friends and family, it is sadly also the one time of the year when many South African motorists are injured or killed in car accidents, many of which could have been avoided. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Long Beach wins 'Luxury Family Hotel' award at the 2013 World Luxury Hotel Awards
Long Beach, a Sun Resorts property located on the east coast of Mauritius, has been commended as 'Country Winner' in the 'Luxury Family Hotel' category at the 2013 World Luxury Hotel Awards held in Phuket, Thailand. Read more >>


Jobs offered




New events to diarise

BWASA Entrepreneurship Expo
Business Woman's Association - 15 Nov 2013 Johannesburg

Social Media 101
Cerebra - 27 Nov 2013 Johannesburg

Social Media, Web and InDesign workshops
Multidimensions - 2 Dec 2013 to 6 Dec 2013 Johannesburg

Electra Mining West Africa
Montgomery West Africa - 3 Mar 2014 to 5 Mar 2014 Accra, Ghana

The Wedding Expo®
The Wedding Expo - 5 Apr 2014 to 6 Apr 2014 Johannesburg

Africa Travel Week
Cut Communications - 28 Apr 2014 to 3 May 2014 Cape Town


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