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Let's make 2015 a year to remember - for all the right reasons2014 has come and gone, and it's history... even though much of what began last year seems destined to continue... Eskom leaving us in the dark with monotonous and irritating regularity and all the other trials and challenges we had to face. Africa faced its challenges during 2014, though a number of key economies are growing at a pace that should make us in SA green with envy... not that you'll be able to see much in the dark, anyway. That means, however, that Africa is rich with possibilities. So let's make 2015 a year to remember, for all the right reasons... meeting and beating challenges, making sure the advertising, marketing and media sectors, and all the others as well, a 2015 of success and achievement. It won't be easy, and we won't always succeed, but if the hits outweigh the misses, 2015 will be a year we can look back on with some satisfaction, across SA and Africa. We at Bizcommunity are starting 2015 with a bang... with an even better overview of the trends you can expect in 2015, and a range of products designed to help your business prosper. All the best for 2015 to you all from the Bizcommunity Team. 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".![](https://biz-file.com/res/img/sprite/social/biz_24.png) | Today's top stories |
| [Leigh Andrews] NEWSWATCH: Fox8 reports that Facebook has apologised to at least one person over the design of its Year in Review feature. Yes, for realsies... read more>>
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Leigh Andrews Few jobs involve 24/7 input, but this is set to change for those who work in social media, as social media-savvy consumers don't limit their tweets to business hours... Read more >> | | Tom Jackson Increasingly, African mobile manufacturers are in vogue. In South Africa, there is Zest and Dream Mobile. Congo has VMK. The latest Africa-based phone company to claim attention is Nigeria's Nerve Mobile... Read more >> |
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![](https://biz-file.com/c/1412/248364.jpg) | NEWSWATCH: Kenya's government is going after the global news network Al Jazeera for running a documentary that exposes widespread government-sponsored violence, reports The Huffington Post... read more>> | | ![](https://biz-file.com/c/1501/249105.jpg) | CAIRO, EGYPT: Egypt's top court hears an appeal today by three jailed Al-Jazeera journalists as expectations of their release grew amid a thawing of Cairo's ties with Qatar, the channel's base... read more>> | | | | |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1412/248008.jpg) | To avoid name clash issues, from today, 19 December 2014, Kwenta Media's Essence of Africa magazine has changed its name to Essays of Africa... read more>> | | ![](https://biz-file.com/c/1412/247983.jpg) | Nomad Africa Magazine has refreshed its website for 2015. It has been more than three years since its last redesign, during which time the Web has changed a lot, so it started over from scratch... read more>> | | |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1412/248784.png) | Emmanuel Ntirenganya The Association of Rwandan Female Journalists (ARFEM), over the weekend, elected new leaders to run the association for the next three years... read more>> | | Mfonobong Nsehe | | |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1412/248708.jpg) | Gabriella Mulligan Nigerian startup, SceneFlix, has launched Android and iOS apps, with the aim of becoming Africa's leading mobile cinema portal... read more>> | | |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1412/247740.jpg) | NEWSWATCH: He's been likened to Angola's Zapiro... satirist Sérgio Piçarra continues to expose the faults in this African state, reports Mail & Guardian... read more>> | | |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1412/249006.jpg) | Leigh Andrews It's always exciting finding out that one of your favourite authors has released a new novel... But what if it's only available in digital format, and you're a firm believer that a physical book is better? read more>> | | |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1501/249127.jpg) | James Kunda The United Church of Zambia (UCZ) in Ndola has pledged to support the growth of community radio stations as this enhances public awareness on issues of national governance... read more>> | | |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1412/248753.jpg) | The South African retail sector is the largest on the African continent and has been a key driver of the South African economy since the global financial crisis in 2008... read more>> | | |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1501/249169.jpg) | John Vianney Nsimbe A struggle for rights to broadcast Uganda's domestic football live on TV is looming between Supersport and the little-known pay-TV from Tanzania, Azam... read more>> | | | ![](https://biz-file.com/c/1501/249070.jpg) | NEWSWATCH: Three Al Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt are to be retried. Their original trial (the 'evidence' included footage of sheep and horses) has been slammed as a sham by international media and the international community... read more>> | | ![](https://biz-file.com/c/1412/248897.jpg) | NEW YORK CITY, US: New York Festivals International Advertising Awards patented Matrix Judging System earns huge kudos within the international advertising community...(Video) read more>> | | ![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/b/1402/6674.jpg?7) | Naseem Javed No matter what your position, location or size of your operation, the following 15 trends start to collide and open up amazing and instant opportunities for you... read more>> | | | | | | More International | |
| ![](https://biz-file.com/c/1412/248307.jpg) | Allegations that his appointment is a "clear case of jobs for pals", are groundless, says new Wesgro CEO Tim Harris... read more>> | | ![](https://biz-file.com/c/1412/248287.jpg) | Ibrahim Thiaw Illegal trade in wildlife is no longer an abstract issue. Organised transnational as well as trans-regional environmental crimes are rapidly rising threats to the environment, to revenues from natural resources, to state security and to global sustainable development... read more>> | | ![](https://biz-file.com/c/1412/248232.jpg) | "It would be extremely short sighted, if not inhumane, not to acknowledge the desperate situation many fellow South Africans find themselves in," says Johannes Möller, President of Agri SA... read more>> | | | | More Government news | |
| ![](https://biz-file.com/c/1412/248588.jpg) | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor If you think that Mercedes-Benz will never stoop to down-sizing its potent AMG cars you are in for a huge surprise... read more>> | | More Motoring news | |
| ![](https://biz-file.com/c/1412/247617.jpg) | For the airline, the focus in 2015 will be on the 'New Lufthansa Premium Quality'... read more>> | | More Travel news | |
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