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SOUTH AFRICA
10 top trends to emerge from MWC 2014
[Nick Durrant] The Mobile World Congress is described as one of the biggest global events in the smartphone and tablet calendar. Bluegrass Digital highlights the top 10 trends that has emerged from the congress. Read more >>

Eleven newspapers seized in less than a week

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the oppressive climate the Sudanese authorities are imposing on the media community.

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The anatomy of content marketing

Erik de Jager

If you don't know what content means, don't bother looking it up in a dictionary, you may not find the answer you seek.

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Integrating with 'internet of everything'

Louise Marsland

Do you remember life before the internet? More importantly, have you imagined how we will be further integrated with the World Wide Web in another decade?

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CRM
SOUTH AFRICA
Flexibility key to doing business
Responses to this year's supply chain foresight survey show a growing maturity towards the role of the supply chain in relation to the business, compared with previous years. Read more >>

Digital
NIGERIA
New mobile app to assist with traffic jams
Through using internal reporting and crowdsourcing to give traffic information and updates, mobile app Traffic Butter has been designed to provide traffic solutions for road users in Nigeria often frustrated by traffic jams. Read more >>




Mobile
SOUTH AFRICA
Driving mobile from Cape to Cairo

Charles Foster, Issued by Millward Brown

Mobile is now a critical channel for marketers who want to embrace new technology and benefit from the huge opportunity for growth in mobile marketing communications. Read more >>

OOH
MALAWI
Alliance Media donates footbridge

Issued by Alliance Media

Alliance Media Malawi, the country's largest outdoor advertising firm, recently unveiled a unique footbridge on the Chipembere Highway at Blantyre's Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. Read more >>

Research
AFRICA
SA and Egypt most active on Twitter
News24 reports that, according to a study by a strategic communications agency in Portland, the Egyptian uprisings and the passing of Nelson Mandela in South Africa have resulted in the two African countries being rated the most active on Twitter. Read more >>

Retail
EGYPT
Egypt's retail industry to benefit from investment
Majid Al-Futtaim, a Dubai-based retail giant, is planning to build four new shopping malls in Cairo for $1.6 billion as well as establish 32 new hypermarkets for $700 million, according to a report on Ventures Africa. Read more >>

TV
ETHIOPIA
SatLink to distribute Ethiopian news channel
SatLink Communications has been appointed by the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA) for the global distribution of its government-owned ETV news channel. Read more >>


International

UNITED STATES
Facebook airs TV-style ads
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Facebook on Thursday (13 March) began weaving video advertisements into people's news feeds at the leading online social network in a move to grab revenue from the lucrative television market. Read more >>

RUSSIA
Kaspersky Lab: How Turla and 'worst breach of US military computers in history' are connected
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Experts from G-Data and BAE Systems recently released information about a persistent cyber espionage operation codenamed Turla (also referred to as Snake or Uroburos). Read more >>

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Dubai Lynx honours 2014 winners
DUBAI, UAE: The much-anticipated winners of the 8th Dubai Lynx Awards were revealed last night and celebrated at the region's biggest awards ceremony, which was attended by over 1,800 guests. Read more >>

CHINA
WeChat revolution speaks to the masses
UNITED KINGDOM
Candy Crush empire worth up to US$7.6bn?

More International


Government

SOUTH AFRICA
Load shedding - a media-related chronology

Ed Herbst

Part 1 of this article covers the lead up to our current electricity crisis. Part 2 deals with the media coverage - or not, in the case of State media - of the crisis. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
National disaster centre on high alert
The National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) has advised provincial and municipal centres in areas affected by the recent floods to begin the necessary response preparedness. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
SAA takes delivery of new aircraft

More Government news


New events to diarise

1st Annual Peter Mokaba Tribute 2014
Aptitude Consulting - 3 Apr 2014 to 6 Apr 2014 Polokwane (Pietersburg)

Africa Rail 2014
terrapinn Ltd - 1 Jul 2014 to 2 Jul 2014 Johannesburg

Power, Steel & Housing Exhibition and Conference
West Africa Exhibitions & Conferences - 26 Aug 2014 to 28 Aug 2014 Abuja

Chinese law and investments in Africa
UCT Professional Development Project - 10 Sep 2014 to 12 Sep 2014 Cape Town

Legal aspects of business in West & Central Africa
UCT Professional Development Project - 6 Oct 2014 to 10 Oct 2014 Cape Town


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