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Egypt postpones Al Jazeera trial

In a move that is unlikely to polish its already tarnished image, an Egyptian court has postponed the Al Jazeera journalists' retrial.

On a happier note, Burundi is set to ease media restrictions - Burundi's national assembly has approved a draft media law, backtracking from contentious 2013 legislation.

And over in West Africa, Nigeria is leading a mobile lifestyle and here's why that matters to brands.

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Egypt court postpones Al Jazeera journalists' retrial

A Cairo court postponed on Sunday the retrial which features two Al Jazeera journalists, Canadian national Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed, to a session later this month.

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Burundi set to ease media restrictions

BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI: BD Live reports Burundi's national assembly has approved a draft media law, backtracking from contentious 2013 legislation that was denounced by reporters and rights groups...

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Nigeria leads a mobile lifestyle - here's why that matters to brands

Nigeria, with 125 million mobile subscribers, is not just Africa's largest mobile market. It is also home to one of the most connected and engaged mobile populations on the continent.

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SOUTH AFRICA
Protecting IP in campaign tendering

Nola Bond

In a free market environment, the tender process is important to ensure fairness and transparency but a practice has developed whereby those tendering are often required to relinquish their ideas, proposals and intellectual property, even if their tender is unsuccessful, and with no compensation... read more>>
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KENYA
Tech firm marks Women's Day with ICT donation to girls' schools
Tech manufacturer Intel donated 30 computers to nine girls' school in the country in as part of the International Women's Day celebrations... read more>>
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AFRICA
APO announces partnership with NewsBank
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AFRICA
The beat of Africa
Arthur Goldstuck, writing in BD Live, says many global manufacturers target Africa with the same cut-and-paste products that appear on shelves the world over, but that's changing... read more>>
International
INDIA
Web research - the most effective methods to catch on the nerve of volatile market

Ritesh Sanghani

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EUROPE
The best of global digital marketing awards for February 2015
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UNITED STATES
NAB Show features 'The Walking Dead' as panellists
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SOUTH AFRICA
Tributes for hero pilot
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SOUTH AFRICA
Why focusing on matric results isn't the solution to SA's education woes

Christina Watson

When interventions made to raise the levels of mathematics skills and knowledge among South African learners fail to bear fruit, it's understandable that many are quick to feel that we are in a state of crisis... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Zuma stance may harvest a food crisis

Chris Barron

In his state of the nation address, President Jacob Zuma said foreign land ownership was a threat to South Africa's control of its own food security and therefore foreigners would not be allowed to own land. In addition, the government would cap all land ownership at 12,000ha, he said. read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Commercial farmers a key to sector
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