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Spring has sprung for Africa The Bizcommunity Cape Town team welcomed in spring last Friday with a flower-powered celebration that saw some crazy outfits come out of staff closets. I, for one, am glad blistery cold winter is finally over for 2010 and we're on the home-stretch to the festive season and some summer fun.
Coinciding with the advent of spring was the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) and the inaugural meeting of the Declaration of Table Mountain's African steering committee in Kenya. Both these events will hopefully sow the seeds for a flourishing future for Africa, both economically and socially. The AGRF conference, which took place in Ghana last week, was set on finding ways to boost investments in Africa's agricultural sector and instill food security across the continent. Reporting Development Network Africa covered the event; for RDNA coverage, go to www.reportingdna.org. The meeting of the steering committee for the Declaration of Table Mountain, a WAN-IFRA campaign, saw a commitment borne, on the part of African press freedom advocates present, to encourage African leaders to sign the Declaration and embrace a society that guarantees a free press, and in essence, a truly democratic rule. Cheers, Sindy Peters, Africa editor Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive. Send all your Africa marketing news to africanews@bizcommunity.com. Top stories
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African press freedom advocates met in Kenya last weeek to support the Declaration of Table Mountain, a freedom of expression campaign organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) to repeal criminal defamation and insult laws across the continent. 
The 2009 Loerie Awards will be screened at the Labia in Cape Town, South Africa from Friday, 24 September - Sunday, 3 October 2010. The 2010 winners showreel will be screened 4-7 October. Admission is free. 
KAMPALA: Over 70 firms are expected to participate in this year's second annual Media Expo and Marketing Summit in Kampala, Uganda. The event is scheduled for 22-23 October 2010 at the Imperial Royale Hotel. 
South African mobile social network The Grid, originally launched in South Africa in 2008 by Vodacom, has now extended its reach from South Africa, Nigeria and Tanzania to the rest of the world. 
Mobile telecommunications group Vodacom says it will target 10 million customers in the next three years in South Africa for its M-PESA money transfer service, which was officially launched on Tuesday (31 August 2010) in collaboration with banking group Nedbank. 
MTN Zakhele shares opened for sale to the public on 30 August 2010. For details and to collect copies of the prospectus, prospective Black investors may go to their local Post Office or MTN outlets throughout South Africa. The public offer was launched at the MTN Service Centre in Protea Gardens Mall in Soweto, Johannesburg. 
Standard Bank was announced the winner in the Africa Investor Agribusiness Awards 2010 in the Development Finance Initiative of the Year category for its Agricultural Guarantee Fund Scheme that has improved access to finance to smallholder farmers in Africa. 
MTV Networks Africa (MTVNA) and Bharti Airtel have confirmed that they will be holding the 2010 MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) at the EKO EXPO Hall, Lagos, Nigeria, on 11 December 2010. 
Esther Odoh has been appointed sales executive at DStv Ad Sales Nigeria. Odoh was formerly at Optima Sports Management International before joining the DStv Ad Sales team. Says Odoh: "I look forward to sharing the wealth of knowledge and experiences gained, especially those from the media industry."| International news |
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Out Of Home
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[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Ambulances, notepaper, kitchen appliances and milk are white. White is not a sexy colour, certainly not for cars - except if it is the Frozen White that Ford has chosen as one of the special colours for its sizzling new Focus RS. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAAugust auto sales hit a high
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SOUTH AFRICARocking the Daisies 2010 line up
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[Sindy Peters] The BizLounge went to check out the kick-off to the annual Nando's Comedy Festival's Cape Town leg that took place at the Baxter on Tuesday, 31 August 2010. The show featured an orchestra, a crazy dancer with a trumpet, some top US comedians, an Aussie and the man who's taken over South African media space for the last month or so, Trevor Noah. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICABarnyard a la KING!
[Natalie Jardine] And away we go to the larney Barnyard Theatre in Willowbridge (though I've yet to find the willow and the bridge) where Bellville's 'sophisticated folk' welcomed aKING. The evening had the feel of a Fokofpolisiekar show at Kirstenbosch... slightly weird. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAWoyzeck takes you on an emotional journey
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| New events to diarise |
- 4th Annual Talent Management Summit Human Capital Institute Africa - Johannesburg, 6 September
- Networking for non-profits Niche Training - Durban, 8 September
- TV presenting and acting workshop Prime Time Communications - Johannesburg - Blairgowrie, 25 September
- Africa media leadership conference 2010 Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership - Dar es Salaam, 26 September
- Photography course Visual Skills School - Pretoria, 27 September
- Introduction to personal mastery and EQ Maurice Kerrigan Africa (Pty) Ltd - Northriding JHB, 6 October
- Women in politics - Africa 2010 Intelligence Transfer Centre - johannesburg, 20 October
- Influential business communication Maurice Kerrigan Africa (Pty) Ltd - Northriding JHB, 25 October
- The brand summit CompuBrand - Johannesburg, 11 November
- Advance protocol and etiquette for business people Elect Training Academy - Sandton - Johannesburg, 17 November
| Quotes |
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo DaVinci
"Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards." - William Arthur Ward
"The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month." - Henry Van Dyke
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