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Until we meet again...

It is with a sad heart that I write my last ed's column today as I bid this fabulous company, Bizcommunity.com, and all our readers farewell.

I have always had the dratted travel bug (which cannot be cured with any vaccination unfortunately), and so, when the opportunity arrived to leave on a jet-plane to Northern Italy for a few months, I simply couldn't decline. As the Arab proverb goes: "He who lives sees much. He who travels sees more." And I really do want to see more...

It has been such a privilege to work here, learn here and play here and I am going to miss you all tons!

You will still however be able to get all your Marketing & Media Africa B2B news right here, every week.

Marketing & Media Africa press releases, content partnerships queries and other related communication can be sent to africanews@bizcommunity.com, and opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com. Review opportunities and Lifestyle news can be sent to lifestyle@bizcommunity.com. For any other queries, please contact Rod Baker at marketingnews@bizcommunity.com.

News-wise, Leigh Andrews writes about Ole! Media Group making waves in the African marketing industry; and as always, a highlight on Biz Africa, our annual Trends series which is jam-packed with world-class insights from top contributors and industry experts. If you missed the special edition Trends newsletter, you can view it here, or follow the hashtag #BizTrends2015 on Twitter.

Well, that's all from me! I wish you all a wonderful 2015.

Until we meet again, ciao!
Ilse van den Berg, Editor: Marketing & Media Africa (ilse_vdberg) / (@Biz_Africa)

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Today's top stories


SOUTH AFRICA
[Trends 2015] Online influencers are the billboards of 2015
[Mike Sharman] Influencer marketing, Africa and reaching the Millennials in the hidden, dark spaces they inhabit online, means brands need to enhance their cult status to win over Generation Z. read more>>

[Trends 2015] A return to marketing fundamentals

Adene van der Walt

There are five key strategies that marketers and advertisers need to embrace in the following year. The key take out: deliver products that are up to date and innovative, while remaining true to what your brand's core values are...

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Senegal bans Charlie Hebdo and Liberation daily

The Senegalese government banned the dissemination of Wednesday's editions of the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo and the French daily Liberation...

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Documentaries go mainstream with BBC's Storyville Global

Leigh Andrews

If the thought of sitting through a documentary has you flicking through the channels faster than you can say 'I prefer mindless entertainment', the new BBC World News series Storyville Global, might change your mind...

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Biz Takeouts
SOUTH AFRICA
[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 118: Money4Jam with Warren Venter and BizTrends 2015
On the very first Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show of 2015, show host Warren Harding interviewed Warren Venter from M4JAM and Louise Marsland about BizTrends2015... read more>>
Advertising
KENYA
GOtv, StarTimes to take TV stations to court for misleading ad

Michael Ouma

GOtv Kenya and StarTimes Kenya have come out to castigate four TV stations - NTV, KTN, QTV and Citizen - for an advert carried on their channels which has been advising people against purchasing decoders from the two firms... read more>>
CRM
AFRICA
Zimbabwean wins Young Visionaries Fellowship Award
The Indian Government has awarded its Young Visionaries Fellowship Award to Zimbabwean call centre expert, Rinos Mautsa for his contribution to the growth of the country's call centre industry... read more>>
Mobile
AFRICA
Availability of low-cost smartphones will increase in 2015 - A4AI
The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has predicted that availability of low-cost smartphones will increase in 2015... read more>>
International
FRANCE
Charlie Hebdo sells 1.9 million copies
PARIS, FRANCE: French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has sold 1.9 million copies of its latest issue, which has provoked protests by Muslims around the globe over a new cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed... read more>>
TURKEY
Turkish weekly defiantly refuses to soften satirical bite
ISTANBUL, TURKEY: Vilified by conservatives at home for standing by Charlie Hebdo after the Paris attacks, a Turkish satirical weekly is defiantly refusing to tone down its mockery of authority... read more>>
UNITED KINGDOM
Publisher prohibits pork talk
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Government news
SOUTH AFRICA
Why Africa must adapt or die

Martyn Davies

Is Africa's development inevitable? The conventional assumption is that all countries and regions will develop - albeit at different speeds - and eventually graduate from "emerging economy" status into the ranks of the First World... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Eskom 'years from rebuilding power'

Bianca Capazorio

Eskom has lost more power capacity over the past year than it will be able to build over the next two years... read more>>
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Indo-African Festival
OhFAfrica Limited - 17 Apr 2015 to 26 Apr 2015 Bangalore

18th East Africa International Trade Exhibition
Expogroup - 23 May 2015 to 25 May 2015 Dar-es-Salaam

Africa's Big Seven
Exhibition Management Services (Pty) Ltd - 21 Jun 2015 to 23 Jun 2015 Midrand

CIMEX Congo
Manikongo AfriVision - 15 Jul 2015 to 17 Jul 2015 Kinshasa

Africa Com
Informa - 17 Nov 2015 to 19 Nov 2015 Cape Town

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