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A clean slate for 2014 Need a fresh start in 2014? Juliette Attwell answers some questions on whether January is a good time to look for a new job and also clarifies what constitutes valid reasons for leaving your current job. Speaking of employment, Tony O. Elumelu says that Africa needs a 'Marshal Plan', similar to America's 'Marshall Plan' in Europe after World War II, to solve its unemployment crises. Economists expect Africa to create 54 million new jobs by 2020, but 122 million Africans will enter the labour force during that time frame. I would say that's quite a predicament that needs some attention asap... On the mobile front, a Kenyan government official has warned that the country's mobile network operators risk losing their licences if they do not improve services rendered to clients. Last but not least, our annual Biz Trends series kicked off today, so make sure you check out our special section and see what our trend-spotters have to say. Cheers! Ilse van den Berg, Editor: Marketing & Media Africa (@Biz_Africa)Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Today's top stories |
Juliette Attwell Many people would like to know whether January is a good time to look for a new job, we tackle this below as well as clarify what constitutes valid reasons for leaving your present job. Read more >> | Tony O. Elumelu Unemployment, independent of any other factor, threatens to derail the economic promise that Africa deserves. It's a time bomb with no geographical boundaries... Read more >> | Cabinet Secretary for Information and Communication Technology, Fred Matiang'i, has warned that Kenya's mobile network operators risk losing their licences if they do not improve services rendered to clients. Read more >> |
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 | The chairman of the Royal Media Services (RMS), Dr Samuel Makau Macharia, called plans to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting an affront to media freedom. Read more >>
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 | Paul Adepoju Microsoft is partnering with MyDigitalBridge Foundation, the Millennium Challenge Account Namibia and Namibia's Communications Regulatory Authority for the Citizen Connect pilot project. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Millward Brown Millward Brown has released its annual digital and media predictions for the year ahead. The report identifies the need for marketers to better understand consumer behaviour across devices and adjust their investment accordingly. Read more >>
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 | Modern Ghana reports that Samsung Electronics West Africa has introduced its latest, super-sized 85-inch Ultra High-Definition (UHD) TVs to the Ghanaian market. Read more >>
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 | Airtel Nigeria has launched a new campaign, Come Alive, which aims to attract Nigeria's 70% teeming youth population to its network. Read more >>
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|  | NEW YORK, USA: The White House is poised to sign a year-long contract with global consulting firm Accenture, worth roughly US$90m, to maintain the government's troubled health insurance website, according to reports in the US. Read more >>
|  | CANNES, FRANCE: Lions Health (13-14 June), a new bespoke festival celebrating the power of creativity in healthcare marketing and communications from around the world, is now open for delegate registration. Read more >>
|  | NEW YORK CITY, US: New York Festivals World's Best Radio Programs is now accepting entries. Read more >>
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|  | A farmer in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, has been granted a protection order against land grabbers. Read more >>
|  | Nashira Davids Big companies in narcotics trafficking are shifting their focus to the illicit tobacco trade - causing the government to lose billions of rands in taxes every year. Read more >>
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