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AFRICA
Akinwumi Adesina is Forbes Africa Person of the Year
Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, has been named the 2013 Forbes Africa Person of the Year which celebrates the individual who has had the most influence on events of the year gone by. Read more >>

Channel O Africa Music Video Awards 2013 winners

Saturday, 30 November, saw the Channel O Music Video Awards take place at Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown Soweto. Winners were chosen based on votes by the public.

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The African market for satellite services

Arie Vered

The African market for satellite communications has experienced a feeding frenzy over the last few years as international players vie for the lion's share of a market that is attracting massive interest from investors.

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Microsoft welcomes first female country manager in Africa

Otema Yirenkyi has been appointed as Microsoft's first country manager for Ghana, which reportedly remains one of company's critical investment markets in Africa.

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Digital
AFRICA
Facebook's head of MENA on ads, mobile and the focus on Africa

Michelle Atagana

Africa is an important market for everybody. Facebook is well aware of this and ready to jump abroad the great innovation train blazing through the continent. Read more >>

NIGERIA
iROKING appoints new CEO
Nigerian digital music platform, iROKING, has announced the appointment of Jason Njoku as its new CEO. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Publicis Groupe acquires leading digital marketing agency 'Synergize' in South Africa

Issued by Synergize Online

Publicis Groupe has announced the 100% acquisition of South African digital search marketing company, Synergize. Read more >>

Education & Training
AFRICA
AfDB, AVU discuss benefits of e-learning
The main objective of the first international conference African Virtual University organised, was to discuss the future of e-learning in Africa and the role of Open Education Resources (OERs) including the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in the ICT learning revolution. Read more >>

Mobile
ETHIOPIA
SA's Vodacom Group takes to Ethiopia
A report released by Reuters yesterday, 3 December, states that South Africa's Vodacom Group opened its first office in Ethiopia. Read more >>

TV
MALAWI
TV white spaces pilot project commissioned
In an aim to provide rural communities with internet connections at affordable cost using the identified gaps (White Spaces) in the TV UHF Band, a television white spaces (TVWS) pilot project is being run in Malawi. Read more >>


International

FRANCE
France's low-cost Free offers 4G for free
PARIS, FRANCE: Low-cost telecommunications company Free stirred up France's mobile phone market on Tuesday, 3 December, by announcing an offer that includes 4G data services at no additional cost to the customer. Read more >>

UNITED STATES
'Cyber Monday' sales top USD2bn, boosted by mobile
WASHINGTON, USA: Online retail sales for Cyber Monday grew 16% from last year to US$2.29bn, lifted by more shopping on mobile devices, a market tracker said on Tuesday, 3 December. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM
It's time to get your D&AD annual
IRAN
Police chief slams use of social media by Iranian officials

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Government

SOUTH AFRICA
Long road to Nkandla cost R290m

Linda Ensor

The road leading to the Nkandla village where President Jacob Zuma has his residence cost R290m to build‚ Transport Minister Dipuo Peters said in a written reply to a parliamentary question on Tuesday, 3 December. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
The brave men who patrol Kruger Park
Lieutenant Tumelo Ntwagae faces the daily threat of coming face to face with men armed with high calibre rifles, machine guns, axes and deadly, sharp knives. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Clerics call for e-toll resistance

Khulekani Magubane

SOUTH AFRICA
Consensus emerges on NDP implementation

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Lifestyle

SOUTH AFRICA
E-tolls and media fleets
Fleet owners respond to Department of Transport announcement that the Gauteng E-tolls system would go live today, Tuesday 3 December 2013. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Travel Europe and Britain in 2014
Trafalgar has devised a programme for its guests that is designed to give them even more and take them further beyond the expected in 2014. Read more >>


Jobs offered




New events to diarise

Media Management Scholarships at Rhodes University
Rhodes University - 28 Nov 2013 to 9 Dec 2013 Grahamstown

Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership
Rhodes University - 28 Nov 2013 to 31 Jan 2014 Grahamstown

Writing Masterclass
Institute for the Advancement of Journalism - 23 Jan 2014 to 24 Jan 2014 Johannesburg

Sports Africa Summit
Gerom Media - 30 Jan 2014 to 31 Jan 2014 Cape Town

Power & Electricity World Africa 2014
Terrapinn - 11 Mar 2014 to 12 Mar 2014 Johannesburg


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