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Engaging with connected consumers - Part 1

Danette Breitenbach

Yes, consumers are all in the digital space. Not all consumers are not the same, and no, not all digital consumers are same...

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[eCommerce Africa] Merging the physical and virtual for total future retail

Leigh Andrews

Instead of seeing ecommerce as the 'next big thing', see it as part of total future retail, where the traditional still plays an important role...

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Calling Africa's top bloggers

Following its successful launch last year, the 2015 African Blogger Awards, the only pan-African event that measures online and social influencers reach, is now open for entries to all African bloggers...

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Biz Takeouts
SOUTH AFRICA
[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 122: The show not to miss: World Wide Web Foundation
Tune in to the Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show tomorrow, 12 February 2015, from 9-10am, as show host Warren Harding chats to Dillon Mann, Philipp Hartmann, Theunis Hanekom and Koo Govender... read more>>
Design
SOUTH AFRICA
Dressed for success

Paul Muscat and Dean Bellingan

With the festive season having come and gone, many manufacturers, retailers and young entrepreneurs are still probably pondering how they could have sold more of their goods to the savvy Christmas-consumer... read more>>
Digital
SOUTH AFRICA
[eCommerce Africa] Before you even think of marketing...

Leigh Andrews

Change your focus from acquisition to retention, own the entire ecommerce experience, and you'll soon be reeling in those online customers, says Maximilian Rast, CMO of Zando... read more>>
OOH
SOUTH AFRICA
Digitally bright future for outdoor
Within the next decade, digital advertising is expected to account for more than a quarter of all billboards, as it is increasingly replacing traditional paper billboards across South Africa... read more>>
Radio
SOUTH AFRICA
YFM youth about to be clued up to the BBC Minute

Leigh Andrews

Saturday, 14 February isn't just about bumped-up prices for red roses and chocolates - it'll also see the launch of BBC Minute, a one-minute global English news round-up on YFM... read more>>
Research
SOUTH AFRICA
Affluent Africa drives demand for property
The number of Africans with $30 million in assets - the ultra high net worth individual - is anticipated to rise by 53% to 2,858 by 2023, far outstripping the average pace of growth across the rest of the world... read more>>
International
INDIA
Make your catalogue stand out!

Ritesh Sanghani

AHMEDABAD, INDIA: An excellent catalogue processing service can make your virtual catalogue stand out in crowd... read more>>
UNITED KINGDOM
'Here we are sir, but please... not in the store...'
LONDON, UK: A chain of DIY stores in the United Kingdom is preparing its staff for kinky Fifty Shades customers after they have seen the erotic film Fifty Shades of Grey... read more>>
UNITED STATES
New appointments to NYF Radio Awards Advisory board
NEW YORK CITY, US: NYF's World's Best Radio Programs Appoints Phil Critchlow and Valerie Geller to 2015 Advisory Board... read more>>
CHINA
China says Anthem hacking accusations 'groundless'
BEIJING, CHINA: China has rejected accusations it was behind a hacking attack that saw data on up to 80 million customers stolen from US health insurance giant Anthem as 'groundless'... read more>>
FRANCE
Andrew McKenzie South Africa's first Lions Health Juror
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Government news
SOUTH AFRICA
Committee of Inquiry to investigate trade in rhino horn
The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, has announced the introduction of a Committee of Inquiry tasked with investigating the feasibility of trade in rhino horn... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Campus protest after 66 lecturers dismissed
A large police contingent was deployed to the Eastcape Midlands College (EMC) Charles Goodyear campus yesterday to contain more than 100 angry students, lecturers and union members following management's decision to dismiss 66 lecturers... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Obama's Power Africa initiative joins African Utility Week as country partner
The African Utility Week conference and expo will be held from 12-14 May 2015 at the Cape Town International Conference Centre... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Call for mines to invest in African health systems
Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has called for mining houses to invest in centres for disease control to help fight Tuberculosis and Ebola in African regions where they mine... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Innovation in the SA mining sector: shaping the industry globally

Rick Menell

In today's globalised world, technology is increasingly essential for companies to be highly competitive and to prosper... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Government needs an Enterprise Architect
Government needs an Enterprise Architect was one of the topics discussed when the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering in partnership with the Link Centre released the results of a joint research study entitled Use of Cloud Services in the South African Government... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Mango's IT recruitment and skills development drive
More Government news
Motoring news
SOUTH AFRICA
VW pushes Up! the stakes

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

The small car with BIG appeal - that's the cute newly launched Volkswagen Up! It has at last reached local shores, ready to rattle the cages of every other competitor in the hotly contested small city car segment of the market... read more>>
More Motoring news
New events to diarise
The Skills Expo
Namibia Careers Expo - 25 Feb 2015 to 27 Feb 2015, Windhoek

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

Indo-African Festival
OhFAfrica Limited - 17 Apr 2015 to 26 Apr 2015, Bangalore

18th Kenya International Trade Exhibition
Expogroup - 7 May 2015 to 9 May 2015, Nairobi

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

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