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| [Eugene Kwibuka] Delegates at a two-day media forum on hate speech in Kigali late last week have launched a continental campaign against hate speech to put media houses at the centre of fighting the vice and promoting peace. Read more >>
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Matthew Arnold Social community management and paid media campaign management are often treated as two separate entities. Read more >> | Gareth Slaven Social media channels should be constantly monitored and tweaked according to your market's response. If you're looking for some fail-safe social media tips, you've come to the right place. Read more >> | The Loeries Africa Roadshow reached its final destination in Accra, Ghana last week after stopping in Harare, Dar es Salaam, Lagos and Nairobi along the way. Read more >> |
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 | Tune in to the Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show on Thursday, 24 April from 9am-10am as we chat to Pete Case from GLOO and Duncan Wares from Hg80. [twitterfall] Read more >>
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 | Issued by Bizcommunity.com According to ongoing research by UK-based CMO institute, confidence in the effectiveness of content marketing is spurring 60% of marketers to devote increased budgets to this form of promotion year-on-year. Here's why content marketing should be an integral part of a communications campaign strategy. Read more >>
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 | Entries for the Africa Design Award are still open until 30 April for players of 'African' design (designers, aspiring designers, design agencies, businesses that have incorporated the notion of design into their strategy of development, states, local authorities, associations, architects, cooperatives, craftsmen etc.) Read more >>
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 | Michele McCann There's a new wave of growth on the horizon for African internet companies and it's being driven by a worldwide phenomenon called remote peering. Read more >>
|  | Since its acquisition of iWayAfrica and Africa Online, pan African telecoms operator, Gondwana International Networks has focused on the development of its terrestrial and satellite network products and solutions. Read more >>
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 | Juliette Attwell This week we cover good questions to ask during an interview, how to avoid falling into the trap of job spec misrepresentation, and how to follow up after an interview. Read more >>
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 | GfK, one of the world's largest research companies delving into the marketing trends around the way people live, think and shop, has released its research conducted in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. Read more >>
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 | The sports TV segment in Africa is largely under-developed despite several paradoxes; the fact that Africa holds, 1) a very strong sports audience, especially for football games; 2) a large number of TV channels and radio stations; 3) a pool of talented African sports players active in international games. Read more >>
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|  | NEW YORK CITY, US: Fast-food chain McDonald's said yesterday its first-quarter profit dropped 5.2% amid declining sales in its key US home market, and vowed to boost global sales. Read more >>
|  | WASHINGTON, USA: IBM reported a 21% slump in first quarter earnings, as the computer company saw weaker hardware sales and focused more on services and the Internet cloud. Read more >>
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|  | Franny Rabkin Companies tendering to deliver important government services risk being forced to open their books and operational information to the public, after a landmark decision of the Constitutional Court last week. Read more >>
|  | Tralone Khoza Are South Africans looking forward to casting their votes, and be active participants in how their country with be managed going forward? Read more >>
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|  | Eugene Yiga Jack Hardcastle may not exist, but that hasn't stopped him from writing Dirty Words, a hilarious new comedy about sex. Read more >>
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| Visit the CTICC, 13 to 14 May, for the African Utility Week and Clean Power Africa Conference and Exhibition Read more >> | |
| Woodrow Wilson "I would rather lose in a cause that will someday win, than win in a cause that will someday lose." |
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