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Kenya media condemn 'draconian' parliamentary press law

Kenyan media reacted with dismay on Thursday after lawmakers approved a bill that could see journalists slapped with huge fines or jailed if found guilty of "defaming" parliament... Read

Turning a Little into a lot: African's maker culture

Leigh Andrews

The maker culture's on the rise. Different from the manufacturing process where replicas are churned out, it signals a return to the basics and designing and making with a strong sense of personalisation. Here's how elements are popping up in video... Read

Cape Town is the next design Mecca

Christo Maritz

In days gone by, when people said 'design', cities like Copenhagen, Milan and New York may have sprung to mind but the global spotlight has shifted to South Africa, with Cape Town as the driving hub... Read

Biz Takeouts
SOUTH AFRICA
[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 153: IMC Conference Johannesburg with Claire Cobbledick
On the latest Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Claire Cobbledick about the IMC Conference Johannesburg... read
Branding
SOUTH AFRICA
Africa's Best Brands - launch next week
'Brand Africa 100: Africa's Best Brands' will be launched at the Sandton Convention Center on 22 October 2015... read
Entrepreneurship
KENYA
Kelvin Macharia: Sunrise Tracking success story

Ngugi Mungai

At only 21, Kelvin Macharia, the chief executive of Sunrise Tracking, had already curved a niche in the highly competitive security services industry... read
Mobile
TANZANIA
Viettel expands in Africa with a vision to provide every Tanzanian with a mobile phone
Viettel announced the launch of mobile and internet services in Tanzania, under the brand name of Halotel. The launch reflects Viettel's expansion in its tenth market, and to the second biggest economy in East Africa... read
Online Media
SOUTH AFRICA
One Africa Media teams up with leading Mauritian Media Group La Sentinelle

Issued by Private Property

One Africa Media has aquired a stake in Property Finder Ltd, a subsidiary of La Sentinelle Ltd who operates the leading property portal in Mauritius, Lexpressproperty.com, as well as other publications including home decor website, lacase.mu... read
Printing
NIGERIA
EchoVC Partners provides seed funding for Nigerian printing start-up
The early-stage technology venture capital firm, EchoVC Partners, has provided seed funding for Nigeria-based digital printing startup, Printivo... read
International
UNITED STATES
D&AD Professional Awards open for entries - PR and Media Categories added
Entries for the 54th D&AD Professional Awards have opened there are two new categories for the 2016 edition of the world-famous Awards: PR and Media... read
UNITED STATES
Twitter gets new executive chairman from Google ranks
WASHINGTON, USA: Twitter announced on Wednesday that it had named Google's former chief business officer Omid Kordestani as its executive chairman, in a further shakeup of its top ranks... read
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Business
SOUTH AFRICA
Super-entrepreneurialism: 2020 style

Naseem Javed

At the risk of being too risky and 'out of the box crazy', societies all over the world would often reject raw and bold entrepreneurialism... read
SOUTH AFRICA
Digital transformation: threat or opportunity?

Kim Andersen

The concepts of digitisation and digital transformation have been floated in endless conversations about the future of commerce... read
New events to diarise
Marketing Analytics Conference 2015
Trade Conferences International - 4 Nov 2015 to 5 Nov 2015, Johannesburg


The Business Excellence Forum and Awards
ActionCOACH SA - 5 Nov 2015 to 6 Nov 2015, Johannesburg


Reputation Management Conference
Reputation Matters - 6 Nov 2015, Cape Town


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


Modern Marketing Experience Conference 2015
Knowledge Integration Web (Pty) Ltd - 26 Nov 2015 to 27 Nov 2015, Johannesburg


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