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Retail in Africa making wavesThe 2014 Retail Congress Africa Award for Innovation has been awarded to the Okunoren Twins - Nigerian clothing icons. The awards celebrates retailers who are driving change with inspirational vision and foresight. The Okunoren Twins will be at the Retail Congress Africa happening on 18-19 November in Johannesburg to accept their award and share insights into their success. How did Facebook manage to become global so fast, reaching 500-million users in two years? Ian Henderson looks into localisation, and how this strategy helped the social media giant. It's no secret that mobile is taking the world by storm, especially in Africa, but what about mobile money? Vahid Monadjem shares his views into this solution for cash to digital convergence. Last but not least, the winners of the AABLA West African winners have been announced, so be sure to check them out. PS: Don't forget to enter our #myofficeinafrica competition on Instagram. 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 |
| Nigerian clothing icons, the Okunoren Twins, have been awarded the 2014 Retail Congress Africa Award for Innovation. read more>>
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Ian Henderson It's no secret that Facebook is a global phenomenon with 1.3 billion active users accounting for almost half of the world's entire internet population of 2.9 billion people... Read more >> | Vahid Monadjem The growth of mobile money in Africa over the last seven years has been phenomenal. Figures doing the rounds include the calculation that 43%of Kenyan GDP is channelled through M-PESA each year... Read more >> | CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) presented by Johnnie Walker Blue Label, announced the winners of the West African round in a ceremony at Lagos' Oriental Hotel on Thursday, 23 October. Read more >> |
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 | Marketing and communications executives are under a tremendous amount of pressure to prove the effectiveness of corporate online initiatives. To ensure funding, marketing offices must measure the return on investment of their strategies and communicate their success in tangible ways. read more>> | | |
 | Thabiso Mochiko Shares in MTN Group fell 3.79% to close at R235.03 on concerns about regulatory pressure in the mobile operator's largest market‚ Nigeria‚ which dragged down its subscriber growth there for the three months to September. read more>> | | |
 | Emirates is placing a strategic focus on Africa in the coming decade by increasing operations by over 40%, said Sir Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airline, speaking at the recent Africa Global Business Forum 2014. read more>> | |  | According to IT News Africa, MoboFree.com, a social marketplace with a strong presence across Africa, is set to launch its local presence in Lagos, Nigeria. read more>> | | |  | NEW YORK, US: The Global Awards competition has announced the 2014 shortlist. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Global Awards dedication to recognising the World's Best Healthcare & Wellness Advertising. read more>> | |  | WASHINGTON, USA: Nine days before Ebola was declared an epidemic, a group of researchers and computer scientists in Boston spotted the haemorrhagic fever starting to spread in Guinea. read more>> | | | | | | | More International | |
|  | The Presidency dismissed claims that President Jacob Zuma will no longer attend the 3rd Annual innovaBRICS Conference in the United Kingdom because he has been refused an audience with Prime Minister David Cameron. read more>> | | | More Government news | |
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