 6 Dec 2010 |
|
| Contact us | Submit news | Invite a friend | Advertise on BIZ | List your company | www.bizcommunity.com | |||
| |||
 www.continentaloutdoor.com |  www.interbrand.com |  www.kenya-airways.com |  Start a forum or a poll |
Africa, a winning nation Africa has been recognising its successful media practitioners and businesses of late with numerous awards being handed out across the continent. Econet Wireless walked away last week with the much contested Zimbabwe Superbrand Award with Coca-Cola and Spar not trailing too far behind. While the project is currently not affiliated to Superbrands International, a partnership could be on the cards.
Airtel and MISA Malawi also dished out awards last week to a number of journalists in the country in a story writing and presentation competition regarding the MTV Africa Music Awards. In Kenya Tell-Em Public Relations was awarded the PR Campaign of the Year Award at the 2010 Public Relation's Society of Kenya (PRSK) Awards for its 2010 FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour with Coca-Cola in Kenya campaign. Kenya's National Bureau of Statistics picked up an international award for the 2009 Kenya National Population and Housing Census campaign in the 2010 IPRA Golden World Awards. Congratulations to all the winners on your well-deserved prizes! Viva Africa, viva, Sindy Peters, Africa editor Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive. Send all your Africa marketing news africanews@bizcommunity.com. Top stories
Special focus on media freedom
NEW YORK: Ivorian authorities should immediately lift a ban imposed Thursday (2 December 2010) on France-based news broadcasters covering the contested presidential election, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Read more >> |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HARARE: Reporters Without Borders welcomed last week's release of The Standard editor Nevanji Madanhire after he had been detained for about 24 hours in Harare's Rhodesville police station. 
HARARE: Nevanji Madanhire, the editor of the Harare-based weekly The Standard, was arrested on Tuesday, 30 November 2010. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for his immediate release. 
HARARE: Reporters Without Borders has welcomed the news that The Standard reporter Nqobani Ndlovu, who was arrested in the southwestern city of Bulawayo on 17 November 2010 after writing an article questioning police recruiting, was finally released late last week. 
SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Thursday (2 December 2010) unveiled new tactics to thwart "bad apples" that post or share pirated material on the internet. 
Mediatech Africa will take place at the Coca-Cola dome in Northgate, Johannesburg, South Africa from 20-22 July 2011. The biannual advanced technology trade exhibition will include live demonstrations, workshops and a business matchmaking programme. 
OSLO / LUANDA: Angolan mobile operator Unitel and Opera Software have signed an agreement that allows Unitel customers internet access from their mobile phones using Opera Mini, a mobile web browser available for more than 3000 mobile phone models. 
Recruitment |  |
AFRICAHow to get a job in the media industry
[Banele Rewo] Young talented graduates find it to be a near impossible undertaking breaking into the media, advertising and communications industry. But, before we start blaming several factors that mainly put the blame squarely on the industry, let's first look at how and where the young-and-upcoming go wrong when applying a job. Read more >>Retail
ZIMBABWEMeikles to rebrand TM Supermarkets into Pick n Pay
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's Meikles group has agreed to allow Pick n Pay to rebrand TM Supermarkets after a deal in which the South African retailer will shore up its shareholding in the supermarket chain to 49%. Read more >>AFRICAEngen expands further into Africa
Engen, last week, as part of its expansion programme concluded three deals in a batch of seven agreements to acquire some of Chevron's interests in sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands. Read more >>KENYAOnline share-trading platform launched in Kenya
CfC Stanbic Financial Services has launched a real-time online share-trading platform in Kenya that eliminates the need for investors to physically visit the company's offices in order to make their investments, lodge a query, and/or print a statement, contract note, or portfolio valuation. Read more >>GHANAGoogle launches online marketplace for Ghana
ACCRA: Google announced yesterday, 2 December 2010, the launch of Google Trader for Ghana highlighting the entrepreneurial opportunities presented by the internet. Trader is a free online classifieds service that allows Ghanaians to buy and sell products and services, as well as search for jobs among other things. Read more >>GHANAGhana to halt sales of second-hand underwear
Ghana plans to enforce a ban on the sale of second-hand underwear beginning in February, an official said on Monday (29 November 2010), citing the health risks involved in the hawking of the garments by street vendors. Read more >>TV
AFRICADTT migration: lessons from an African perspective
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] As winds of technological change continue to sweep across the African broadcasting landscape, setting the stage for the digital terrestrial television (DTT) explosion to phase out the outdated analogue system, DTT service providers' excitement mounts as they prepare to enter the world's most untapped digital space. Read more >>AFRICAAfrican pay culture may hamper IPTV growth
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] In Africa, where the majority of people are accustomed to getting almost everything for free - houses, electricity, water, education, radio and TV, political connections, food and beer in exchange for votes - experts believe the growth of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) on the continent might be hampered by the lack of pay culture. Read more >>MALAWIMultichoice Malawi introduces on-demand facility
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's sole provider of digital satellite television services MultiChoice Malawi has launched a high-definition PVR decoder which will enable viewers to watch their favourite programmes on demand. Read more >>| International news |
UNITED STATESCMO of Siemens Business Communications to headline CMO summit
PALO ALTO, US: Given today's global and interdependent market, CMOs with extensive multi-national, frontline field experience are ideally positioned to be credible, valued pivot players and go-to resources in the executive suite. Read more >>UNITED STATESADC 90th Annual Awards: Interactive Category expanded
NEW YORK, US: The Art Directors Club has expanded the Interactive category for the ADC 90th Annual Awards programs. New sub-categories have been established in Mobile, Social Networks, Online Content and Games to recognise the latest digital technologies and media approaches. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMThe latest threat to the Internet?
SOUTHAMPTON, UK: Tim Berners-Lee, the man to thank for inventing the worldwide web, has spoken out about social networks and the danger they pose to internet usage. He reckons social networks are a 'threat to the web'. Read more >>UNITED STATESOne Show Interactive announces decade's top ten digital works
NEW YORK, US: The One Club will honour the best in digital advertising with the Digital Decade: a celebration of the most influential and ground-breaking interactive advertising over the past 10 years. The One Club gathered a group of One Show Interactive Judges from the past decade to compile their top 10 digital works of the last 10 years. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMLogistics sector 2030: Africa and Asia to reshuffle the cards?
LONDON, UK: The dynamic economic development of emerging markets will fundamentally change world trade by 2030, leading to the emergence of new logistics service providers to challenge the market share of established companies. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMJana Bennett to join BBC
UNITED KINGDOMRobert Senior appointed CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi EMEA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATESDubai Lynx now open for delegate registrations
UNITED STATESUS business travellers anticipate more trips in 2011
UNITED ARAB EMIRATESMiddle East mobile subscriptions surpass 200 million mark
UNITED KINGDOMChristmas shopping helper
TURKEYTop cat mascot
UNITED STATESOne Show Interactive 3rd Quarter deadline extended
UNITED KINGDOMFIPP Digital Publishing Course - book your place!
| Company news |
Branding
SOUTH AFRICAPlay it your way with Fanta and 34! - 34
Kids all over Luanda were full of smiles recently when they were told to "Brinca À Tua Maneira" or "Play It Your Way" in 34's latest campaign. Read more >>Public Relations
AFRICAINTOSAI-Donor Cooperation - Rito Consulting
Leading up to the triennial International Congress for the world's Supreme Audit Institutions the Second Steering Committee Meeting between INTOSAIand the Donor Community made important agreements to improve coordination and strengthen capacity support to Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI). Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASouth Africa's Auditor-General wins prestigious award from world body - Rito Consulting
The office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) was awarded the prestigious Jörg Kandutsch award on Tuesday 23 November 2010 at the opening ceremony of the XX INCOSAI 2010 congress. Read more >>AFRICAThe climate is changing - key implications for governments and their auditors - Rito Consulting
A report of the first ever cooperative audit of governments' efforts to mitigate or adapt to climate change. Read more >>| Galleries |
SOUTH AFRICA
Synergy Live 2010
More
| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICARecord high for new car sales
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICAComair adds additional flight on Durban/Cape Town route
Comair Limited, operator of British Airways in South Africa and kulula.com, has announced an additional British Airways return flight on the popular Durban/Cape Town/Durban route. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAThe Cape's graceful Cape Grace
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] When the Brand family built The Cape Grace Hotel at the V&A Waterfront, 12 years ago, they demonstrated what home-from-home hospitality meant. Aside from the comfort they offered here and at sister properties, The Mount Grace in the Magaliesberg and The Grace in Rosebank, Johannesburg, their differentiating factor was their people. To borrow from another hotel group's axiom - ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen. Read more >>More Travel news...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICAA sci-fi sweetheart
[Anna-Bet Bester] South African film is at a very interesting crossroads right now. It seems the Apartheid Atrocity well has been tapped dry for the time being, and in the wake of a bazillion dusty eager-to-please bushveld ballads we now find a new generation of South African film makers cutting their teeth on highly conceptual pieces and coming out on top despite numerous challenges, of which funding is the most obvious. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASpreading the Panik
[Ruth Cooper] BizLounge managed to sit the mysterious Jax Panik down for an interview a couple of weeks ago. With the recently released "I Am Jax Panik" album and monumentally increasing fan base, bordering on a cult following, we were keen to gain a little more insight into the Jax Panik movement. Jax Panik, kitted out in his signature mask, was surprisingly candid, chatting about the Jax Panik evolution, germ phobias, and world-domination plans, amongst much more. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAMK Awards 2011 nominations announced
Thirteen MK Awards categories and 61 nominees were announced live on Studio1 on MK, Channel 324 on DStv at 20h00 yesterday. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAKings of Leon SA tour dates
[Ruth Cooper] I was chatting with a friend the other day about the rather lame live acts to be heading SA's way, ahem: Beach Boys, Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer, all rather faded stars and has-beens, and we were saying how great it would be if Kings of Leon would pay a visit. Well it seems like our prayers have been answered and raspy Kings of Leon will be hitting our shores in March next year. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
| Jobs offered |
- Senior Business Intelligence Manager - Johannesburg
- Senior Research Executive-Automotive Sector - Bryanston
- Market Associate - Cape Town
- National Brand Communication Navigator - Johannesburg - Bordeaux
- Creative Director - Lagos
- Rewriter - Johannesburg
- Bureau Head - Free State
- Online Campaign Optimizer - Cape Town
- Digital Analyst - Rivonia
- Senior Conference Manager/Producer - Sandton
- Creative Director - Lagos
- Senior Digital Strategist - Rivonia
- Online Liaison Manager - Rivonia
- Sales Representative - Vaal Triangle
- Development and Alumni Communications Officer - Cape Town
- Online Editor - Bedfordview
- SEO Manager - Rivonia
- Brand/Product Manager FMCG - Cape Town
- Digital Specialist - Rivonia
- Account Director - Houghton
- Assistant Company Secretary - Pretoria
- Décor Editor - Cape Town
- Personal Assistant - Cape Town
- Call Centre Positions - Midrand
- Email Marketing Project Manager - PM - Cape Town - CBD
- Sales Consultant - Backsberg Estate/Stellenbosch
- Web Designer - Pretoria East
- Print Operator - Johannesburg
- PR Account Executive - Cape Town
- Receptionist/Admin Position - Lonehill
Click here to customise your jobs section
| New events to diarise |
- Reporting on corruption Institute for the Advancement of Journalism - Johannesburg, 14 February
- Thogo crafts thogo crafts - Cape Town, 9 December
- Adobe InDesign course Multimedia Centre - Johannesburg, 13 December
- Consumer protection act workshop Recrutrain - Fourways - Johannesburg, 13 January
- Key concepts: successful water system sanitization GlobalCompliancePanel - Wilmington, 25 January
- African banking fraud prevention 2011 PPTI - Johannesburg, 14 February
- Water use management and food security SNH Business Seminars - Pretoria, 23 February
- GCX certified carbon literacy course Global Carbon Exchange - Johannesburg, 15 March
- ICT in higher education SNH Business Seminars - Pretoria, 5 May
- GCX certified intro to carbon projects course Global Carbon Exchange - Cape Town, 17 May
Click here to customise your events section
| Quotes |
"I personally believe we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain." - Jane Wagner
"Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees. Committees can criticize advertisements, but they should never be allowed to create them." - David Ogilvy
"Marketing takes a day to learn. Unfortunately it takes a lifetime to master." - Philip Kotler
Print - Print any item in this newsletter.
Email - Email any item in this newsletter.
Comment - Comment on any item in this newsletter.
Email - Email any item in this newsletter.
Comment - Comment on any item in this newsletter.
| RECRUITMENT: | Talent Ocean |
Todays weather | ||||
Cpt 26°C 18°C | Jhb 24°C 15°C | PE 19°C 15°C | Dur 24°C 20°C | Bloem 31°C 16°C |
Click here to customise weather