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Free Basics: Establishing connectivity for everyone

Beverley Klein

Facebook's free internet service, Free Basics, has announced a new partnership with the Praekelt Foundation - establishing free start-up incubators for countries with limited access to the internet... Read

Shiny, happy 2015 for Y&R SA

Leigh Andrews

It's been a great year for Y&R. In the past few months, the South African leg of the agency has had unprecedented success at Cannes and Loeries, and seen an unstoppable rise to its Labstore South Africa shopper unit and Africa agency network growth - here's why its people are its true enticement... Read

Winners of the All Africa Business Leaders Awards announced

The winners of the fifth All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA), in partnership with CNBC Africa, were announced in Johannesburg on 13 November... Read

Digital
KENYA
In Kenya, a digital classroom in a box
At the Lighthouse Grace Academy in Nairobi's downmarket Kwangware suburb, yellow school t-shirts carry the slogan 'To Fear God is Wisdom', but in their hands pupils clutch a more worldly path to knowledge: tablet computers... read
Events & Conferencing
AFRICA
Alliance to promote financial inclusion in Africa
African Media Agency (AMA) and MobileMoney Africa have announced an alliance to promote financial inclusion on the continent. AMA will be responsible for promoting the 6th Remittance & MobileMoney Expo event, taking place on Feb 2-3 in Lagos, Nigeria... read
Mobile
RWANDA
WorldRemit launches instant transfers to Tigo Mobile Money accounts in Rwanda
WorldRemit and Tigo Rwanda have launched instant international money transfers to Tigo Cash mobile wallets, making WorldRemit the first international remittance service to send to mobile wallet users in Rwanda... read
AFRICA
Merchant solutions could be the answer to mobile money's last mile issue

Vahid Monadjem

The mobile money agency system has made huge progress in increasing access to financial services and reducing the cost of transactions, though in terms of serving the "last mile" - those wishing to make single dollar transactions... read
TV
NIGERIA
Inview, NBC Nigeria select Paywizard for digital TV switchover
Inview and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of Nigeria have selected Paywizard, the specialist in subscriber management for pay-tv, to support the national digital TV switchover project... read
International
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
New category at Dubai Lynx, jury presidents selected
Dubai Lynx has announced a new category, Creative Effectiveness, and the names of the 2016 Dubai Lynx jury presidents... read
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Business
SOUTH AFRICA
Want to know three ways to increase sales immediately?

John Sanei

The old way of selling is well and truly dead, in fact the stereotypical sales (wo)men we all knew back in the 80's and 90's send shivers up and down all our spines... read
New events to diarise
HIPPO School
HIPPO Communications - 23 Nov 2015, Cape Town


The Big Issue Breakfast
HIPPO Communications - 25 Nov 2015, Cape Town


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


The December design series
iLead Training - 30 Nov 2015 to 9 Dec 2015, Pretoria


Y!CON 2016
Student Village - 17 Mar 2016, Johannesburg


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