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Bad karma? Hackers hit Gaborone daily

GABORONE, BOTSWANA: The Editor of the Gaborone Mmegi suspects a state organisation is behind a hacking attack last week, reports Mail & Guardian...

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Networks in Africa: The year ahead

Matthew Barker

SUNNYVALE, US: Major data breaches continue with a significant rise in those originating from mobile devices...

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Tanzania shuts major East African newspaper

Arusha - Tanzania has suspended the publication of a major regional newspaper, the East African, with diplomats voicing concern at a possible crackdown on press freedom ahead of elections in October...

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Biz Takeouts
SOUTH AFRICA
[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 120: Melissa Attree on Brands vs Publishers
In the latest Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Melissa Attree and Candice Winterboer... read more>>
IAB Digital Summit & Bookmarks 2015
SOUTH AFRICA
Finalists announced for the IAB Bookmark Awards 2015
The finalists have been confirmed for this year's IAB Bookmarks Awards. The selected agencies, publishers, developers and individuals were picked from a record number of entries... read more>>
BizTrendsĀ 2015
SOUTH AFRICA
[Trends 2015] Power to the have-nots

Wayne Naidoo

As conventional models of reaching consumers become radically undermined, initially by mobile, the very notion of what a consumer is will change... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
[Trends 2015] Full adoption of mobile marketing in Africa

Henk Swanepoel

The impact of the mobile phone is one of the most important changes to have taken place in Africa in the last century. It has changed people, societies, communities and relationships... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
[Trends 2015] e-Sports outstrips mainstream sports

Vincent Maher

While big data, content marketing and the cloud are up there in his trends for 2015 too, Vincent Maher, chief innovation officer at Kagiso Media, has also highlighted the growth of e-Sports... read more>>


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Digital
SOUTH AFRICA
Blame poor internet for SA's lack of cutting-edge marketing

Leigh Andrews

If we don't make great strides with SA's internet growth, we'll lag even further behind the rest of the world, says Strategy Worx CEO Steven Ambrose... read more>>
Radio
SOUTH AFRICA
The great podcast resurgence and the rebirth of radio

Matthew Buckland

Like one of those birds that are attracted to shiny jewellery, I love new gadgets and new technology. As someone with the expensive Early Adopter Disease, I embraced podcasting in its nascence... read more>>
Social Media
SOUTH AFRICA
Social media 101 for small businesses
Years ago, most small businesses were community based brick and mortar stores, who got by on support from locals in the town or village they were built in. Later, social media erupted and gave businesses a new way to connect with their customers. read more>>
Youth Marketing
SOUTH AFRICA
Marketing to millenials

Nicholas Barenblatt

Around 10 million South Africans are aged between 18 and 33. These are the millennials, also known as Generation Y, and if you aren't factoring them into your marketing strategies already, you'd better hop to it... read more>>
International
SOUTH AFRICA
China defends aid role in Africa
China on Wednesday, 28 January, offered a spirited defence of its aid to Africa, rejecting charges of "concrete diplomacy", following a major infrastructure deal with the continent... read more>>
THAILAND
Thai junta chief defends controversial cyber law plans
BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thailand's junta chief has defended proposals for a cyber law that critics say will grant the government unprecedented surveillance powers with little judicial oversight... read more>>
UNITED STATES
World News Media Congress expecting delegates from 80 countries
WASHINGTON DC, US: The World News Media Congress, along with the World Editors Forum and the World Advertising Forum, is expected to draw more than 1,000 publishers, CEOs, managing directors, chief editors and other senior newspaper and news media executives from 80 countries around the world... read more>>
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
2015 Advertiser of the Year is Henkel
DUBAI, UAE: Henkel, the global manufacturing company known for some of MENA's best-known brands, will be honoured at the Dubai Lynx Awards as the 2015 Advertiser of the Year... read more>>
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Government news
SOUTH AFRICA
Repo rate to remain unchanged: Reserve Bank
The repo rate is to remain unchanged at 5.75%, Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Thursday, 29 January... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
High-income earners can expect significant tax increases
High net worth South Africans should brace themselves for significant tax increases across the board when Finance Minister, Nhlanhla Nene, announces the Budget for the new tax year on 25 February... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
BEE: Business to bite the (silver) bullet?

Derick van der Walt

President Jacob Zuma signed the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Amendment Act 46 of 2013 into law in January 2014, while the new Phase 1 and Phase 2 B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice were gazetted in respectively October 2013 and October 2014... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Load shedding and electricity supply (infographic)
As South Africa enters a period of tight electricity supply, power utility Eskom has produced a series of handy infographics to answer these and other questions... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Land offensive

Kingdom Mabuza, TJ Strydom and Penwell Dlamini

SOUTH AFRICA
SARS confirms CCMA resolution
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New events to diarise
Africa Energy Indaba 2015
Siyenza - 16 Feb 2015 to 20 Feb 2015 Johannesburg

WorkinAfrica Virtual Career Fair
WorkInAfrica - 1 Mar 2015 to 31 Mar 2015 Sub-Saharan Africa

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

VAS Africa
Informa - 30 Jun 2015 to 1 Jul 2015 146 Rivonia Rd

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