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Mobile Africa 2015 - BlackBerry continues to please

The Mobile Africa 2015 study was conducted by mobile surveying company GeoPoll and World Wide Worx with 3,500 mobile phone users in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Uganda...

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Still time to enter 2015 African Blogger Awards

There is still time to enter the 2015 African Blogger Awards, as the entry deadline has been extended to 16 April 2015, giving all social influencers one extra week to enter the competition.

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Nigerian economy remains strong - Okonjo Iweala

The peaceful election in Nigeria, with a new government coming in, bodes well for the Nigerian economy, which is good news for those in the marketing and retail sectors... A healthy economy usually means people have more money to spend... (Videos)

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Biz Takeouts
SOUTH AFRICA
[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 126: The PRISM Awards, SMEasy software and more...
Tune in to the Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show tomorrow, 9 April 2015, from 9-10am, as show host Warren Harding chats to Darlene Menzies, Andy Gilder, Bridget von Holdt and Yossi Hasson... read more>>
Advertising
SOUTH AFRICA
Trends impacting 2015 and beyond

David Smythe

FCB Cape Town's Strategic Planning Director, David Smythe, has identified 20 trends that will change how marketers think and act in 2015 and beyond... read more>>
Digital
AFRICA
TA telecom still in the running for Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award
Selected from a pool of hundreds of innovative companies, TA telecom is the only African tech company shortlisted as a finalist for Red Herring's Top 100 Europe award... read more>>
Events & Conferencing
DEM. REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Second Katanga Business Meeting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The second Katanga Business Meeting will be held from 28 to 30 May 2015 in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo... read more>>
Online Media
NIGERIA
News24 Nigeria hits record highs with election coverage

Issued by 24.com

News24 Nigeria broke all records last week with its coverage of the Nigerian election. The elections site clocked over 55-million page views in March; with 38-million page views on news articles and live updates... read more>>
Radio
ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe: Supa's new Masvingo radio station on air in August
Hevoi FM which was given a broadcasting license last month will hit the Masvingo airwaves at the beginning of August this year, a company official has revealed... read more>>
International
AUSTRALIA
Prince Harry - not so 'selfie' assured
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: 'Selfies are bad', Prince Harry tells Aussie teen... read more>>
TURKEY
Turkey restores access to social networks after images pulled
ISTANBUL, TURKEY: Twitter, Facebook and YouTube were functioning normally in Turkey on Tuesday after Ankara lifted a ban it imposed on them over images of a Turkish prosecutor killed in a hostage standoff... read more>>
UNITED STATES
New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards announces 2015 awards ceremony presenters and e-program
NEW YORK CITY, US: New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards has announced this year's prominent media professionals slated to present awards at the 2015 TV & Film Gala... read more>>
EUROPE
Encouraging young readers? - Enter WAN-IFRA 2015 World Young Reader Prizes
PARIS & FRANKFURT: News media that develop strategies and projects to engage children, teenagers and young adults effectively is encouraged to enter the WAN-IFRA 2015 World Young Reader Prizes before 5 May 2015... read more>>
More International
Business
SOUTH AFRICA
Would I do it again? My four days at SXSW...

Heidi Brauer

My four days at SXSW left me feeling like I'd eaten a huge, shiny, red, American-grown apple that should've been delicious, but looked better than it tasted... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Your CV has just seconds to impress: make them count

Niteske Marshall

Eight seconds is all it takes to knock the socks off potential employers reading your CV and entice them to read more... read more>>
Government news
SOUTH AFRICA
No application to remove statues
The Department of Arts and Culture says it has not received a formal request to remove any of the statues in the country... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Biodiversity Management Plan for white rhino gazetted
On 31 March 2015 the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, has published the Biodiversity Management Plan for white rhinoceros in the Government Gazette for public comment... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Small businesses apprehensive about economic challenges
According to the fourth quarter 2014 Business Partners Limited SME Index (BPLSI), small and medium enterprise (SME) owners continue to be apprehensive about the regulatory and economic challenges facing the sector and country as a whole... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Investments in Coega IDZ create 7,000 jobs
Based on projections by the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) on foreign and domestic direct investment flows to the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ), more than 7,000 jobs will be created from the latest investor signings... read more>>
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New events to diarise
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

African Ports Evolution Forum
African Ports Evolution - 3 Aug 2015 to 5 Aug 2015, Durban

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

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