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AFRICA
Hello Africa! Tell me how you're doin'!
[Marthinus Van Loggerenberg] Many multinational brands approach Africa with a near-desperate bright-eyed eagerness, trying to get to grips with her intricate market dynamics... read


BizTrendsĀ 2016
SOUTH AFRICA
The new digital Africa

Gaurav Singh

Top industry trends for the year across the continent will include marketing automation, online media investment and the continued rise of local content - all part of the new digital Africa... read
SOUTH AFRICA
Immersive experiences to dominate experiential

Lucy Worsley

We eat, breathe and live life experiences every day... read
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Media
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Media reminded to enter SADC Media Awards
The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) on Monday reiterated its call to members of the media to submit their entries for the 2016 SADC Media Awards Competition... read
Mobile
NIGERIA
Phone subscribers increase to 152.1 million
Active lines in the country increased to over 152 million in the month of November 2015, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said... read
Newspapers
TANZANIA
Tanzania bans newspaper for 'incitement'
Tanzania has banned a weekly newspaper for inciting violence, including stories on scrapped elections in Zanzibar, the information minister said Monday... read
Social Media
SOUTH AFRICA
World leaders on Facebook headed up by Obama
Burson-Marsteller has released this year's World Leaders on Facebook study, which looks at how government officials and heads of state around the world are using the social media platform... read
TV
SOUTH AFRICA
The snowball effect of native advertising

Leigh Andrews

Imagine a TV show that's not interrupted by ad breaks - instead, the entire 30-minute slot is an ad. But it's not the typical promotional push that sends you clicking away - it's relevant, exciting and creates brand loyalty... read
International
UNITED STATES
Hadoop: The funny name for serious big data

Hicks Crawford

What used to require massive server farms and an army of IT experts is now being scaled into increasingly efficient systems to help businesses and organisations operate more effectively... read
UNITED STATES
Top digital signage content trends for 2016
The Digital Signage Federatio® (DSF), invites members and non-members to attend its Wednesday, February 10 'Hangout' panel discussion at 2pm EST, on "Top digital signage content trends for 2016..." read
PAKISTAN
Pakistan lifts YouTube ban after Google launches local version
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: Pakistan on Monday lifted a years-long ban on video-sharing site YouTube after Google launched a country-specific version ensuring the filtering out of content deemed blasphemous... read
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Africa
AFRICA
Viber spreads good vibes in Africa & the Middle East with the introduction of Public Chats
Viber, one of the leading messaging and calling apps with more than 664 million unique users worldwide, announced today that it has opened its latest social channel 'Public Chats' to partners in Africa and the Middle East... read
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Business
SOUTH AFRICA
How to increase your freelance earnings today!

Phindiwe Nkosi

Whether you are doing it full-time or want to supplement your income, freelancing can offer unlimited earning opportunities... read
SOUTH AFRICA
All these trends! What am I supposed to be doing with them?

John Sanei

In the past five years the number of trends websites and trend experts have doubled if not tripled. The ability to understand the future is the promise, but the more one looks at trend websites, reports, talks, videos, podcasts and a multitude of other information on trends, the more confusing it starts look to business owners... read
New events to diarise
Social media and content marketing
PRISA - 21 Jan 2016 to 22 Jan 2016, Johannesburg, Randburg


Creative writing for the media
PRISA - 1 Feb 2016 to 3 Feb 2016, Johannesburg


Florence Musengi's Women At The Top launch
Business Engage - 4 Feb 2016, Kyalami


The art of storytelling - speech and script writing
PRISA - 12 Feb 2016, Randburg, Johannesburg


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