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Africa is on trend... If you still aren't completely sure if 'Africa is rising' or gaining ground in the industry, perhaps Oresti Patricios will be able to convince you. In his 2014 trends piece he says that Africa is surely on trend. He reckons the top four trends to look out for in 2014 are online retail; African art, culture and design; African tech that solves African problems; and Africa's smartphone surge. Still think that social media is just for IT and marketing departments? Conrad David's opinion on the matter might change your mind. According to him, social media is your entire business, you need to create a complete social ecosystem of your business for all departments to embrace with open arms. All you talented mobile software developers and designers (aka devigners) out there, make sure you register for Mobile Monday Nigeria's DevCon Alpha contest and stand a chance of winning prizes of up to US$250,000! Finally, if you missed last week's trends pieces, go ahead and have a catch-up session in our Biz Trends special section. 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 |
 | [Oresti Patricios] The world is going gaga over culture, design and art from Africa, but back here on the continent we're innovating exciting solutions to uniquely African challenges. Here are my thoughts on the four biggest trends related to Africa... Read more >>
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 | Conrad David Social media is your entire business, you need to create a complete social ecosystem of your business for all departments to embrace with open arms. Read more >>
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 | Airtel Nigeria has launched a technology, football and music focused social blog with the aim of further deepening relationship with its telecom subscribers nationwide. Read more >>
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 | Local information and communications technology development firm, Mobile Monday (MoMo Nigeria), will be running a contest for mobile software application developers and designers in the country. Read more >>
|  | Issued by MobileMoneyAfrica The Helix Institute of Digital Finance has partnered with MobileMoneyExpo to host a workshop on agent network management during the 4th MobileMoneyExpo in Lagos, Nigeria. The 2014 edition taking place 12-13 February is themed 'Promoting financial inclusion'. Read more >>
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 | Juliette Attwell This week we tackle how to handle interviews - before-hand preparation, selling yourself well, and dressing for success, as well as how to approach your first day at a new company. Read more >>
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 | Issued by TNS South Africa African markets defy easy generalisation, and understanding the precise size and shape of opportunities is essential for companies weighing up the decision to pursue them. When a genuine opportunity is identified, the scale of African markets means that the potential of that opportunity is likely to be vast. Read more >>
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|  | WASHINGTON, USA: It's a fully encrypted smartphone which aims to foil snooping by governments, industry rivals or hackers. Read more >>
|  | WASHINGTON, USA: Call it the attack of the rogue refrigerators. Read more >>
|  | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Hewlett-Packard announced it was launching a line of "voice tablets," or outsized smartphones, for consumers in India. Read more >>
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|  | The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) says motorists without e-tags should pay their e-toll bills at the earliest opportunity to avoid losing out on their discounts. Read more >>
|  | Natasha Marrian Hot on the heels of the African National Congress's (ANC's) election manifesto promising to create 6m jobs in the next five years‚ President Jacob Zuma has told business that relying only on the state to create employment was a "non-starter" and he urged the private sector to play its part. Read more >>
|  | Bobby Jordan Johnny Felix and his boat, Mary-Ann, have survived many storms at sea in one of the windiest places on earth, only to be sunk on land. Read more >>
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| The 4th MobileMoneyExpo delivers two full days of engaging discussions designed to address developments, challenges, opportunities and success stories within the financial inclusion ecosystem around Africa in 2014. Read more >> | |
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