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Find out how the marketing of comedy in South Africa has changed with social media and get some tips for producing live shows by listening to the Biz Takeouts podcast of this week's 
Both the entry deadline and the eligibility period for the 
Brand Africa in association with Brand Finance on Friday, 25 May 2012, named South Africa as the Most Valuable African Nation Brand. The event was hosted by Brand Kenya at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. 
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The fourth edition of the African Business Leadership Award (ABLA 2012) will take place on Wednesday, 30 May 2012, at the Frangipani Gardens in Arusha, Tanzania. The award dinner ceremony, held in collaboration with a group of African private sector institutions, is part of the agenda of this year's 
Manoj Kohli, CEO international and joint managing director of Bharti Airtel, has met with the president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, to discuss the telecommunication company's progress in the country. The courtesy visit comes two months after Airtel launched 
Orange, the telecommunications corporation has launched the second edition of its Orange African Social Venture Prize. The goal is to promote social innovation that supports development through information and communication technology (ICT). 
Max Ahouéké, minister of communication and information and communication technologies of Benin, will this week present the results of the eLearning Africa Report, which shows the impact of new technology and improved connectivity on education throughout Africa. 
Property opportunities in Africa are hot topics for the local industry and these are one of the issues to be tackled at the 44th annual SAPOA International Property Convention & Exhibition on 30-31 May 2012 at the Durban International Convention Centre. 
MINI has announced that it will be the official vehicle sponsor of the 2012 Put Foot Rally crew, Shake & Bake, for their 17 day adventure through Africa. 
CNBC Africa, a CNBC International franchise owned by Africa Business News, has entered into a joint venture with Mozambique's state broadcaster, Televisão de Moçambique (TVM), and will open a bureau in Maputo. CNBC Africa's country bureau representative will be Sunnyboy Mshengu. 
The Co-operative and Manchester based marketing company, Refinery, have created a fun gaming app highlighting the plight of the honeybee, whose numbers have drastically declined in recent years. 
With the economic climate remaining fraught and an ever expanding range of high quality own label ranges offered at food retailers, the influence of private label products has never been stronger. In addition, latest research from Mintel reveals that for the first time, in 2011, the proportion of own label New Product Development (NPD) overtook branded in the UK. 
LONDON, UK: Incentives have become so complex and volatile that they no longer motivate the executives they are aimed at. This is according to new PwC research in conjunction with the London School of Economics and Political Science, which found that many features of current pay packages mean that the value executives place on them is materially lower than the cost to companies of providing them. In many cases executives would be happier being paid a smaller salary in a less complex and less volatile form. 
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Google on Thursday began revealing details about requests for links to be removed from Internet search results on the grounds they lead to copyrighted material posted without permission. 
PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY / TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS: The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum have condemned the murder of Alfredo Villatoro, one of the most influential and widely respected journalists in Honduras, and called on President Porfirio Lobo to ensure that the murderers are quickly brought to justice. | Company news |
Branding
SOUTH AFRICAAdded Value SA appoints Richard Prévost as Business Director, looks to growth on the continent - Added Value
Global brand development and marketing insight consultancy, Added Value, has appointed Richard Prévost to its executive committee in the role of Business Director. The move signals the Group's continued focus on growth, particularly in extending its reach further into the African continent. Read more >>| Government |
SOUTH AFRICASouth Africa, Australia to share SKA
South Africa and Australia are to share the hosting of the most advanced scientific project in the world - the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAChild abusers must be exposed - Zuma
President Jacob Zuma has called on communities to expose and report all those who abuse children. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAPromote Africa but address challenges too, says Zuma
While the African continent should promote Afro-optimism and Ubuntu, challenges such as possibly not meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline must be addressed, says President Jacob Zuma. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASACP boycott call 'disturbs' newspaper
City Press editor-in-chief Ferial Haffajee said on Thursday 24 May 2012, she is "deeply disturbed" by SACP's calls to boycott the newspaper over its coverage of the controversial artwork The Spear. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAGovt slams e.tv's 'selective broadcasting'
According to the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), the SA government is "appalled and disappointed" that e.tv censored visuals showing Advocate Gcina Malindi breaking down in tears during the South Gauteng High Court proceedings relating to The Spear portrait. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASA needs UK-style high pay panel: Godsell
Business leader Bobby Godsell has suggested SA establish an independent commission into executive pay. He said it was excessive and lacked transparency. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAIn the manufacturing sector? The dti may be able to help you
[Michael Bratt] If your manufacturing business is in need of a boost, come June 4 the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) may be able to assist you. That is the day when applications open for its newly launched Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme (MCEP). Read more >>SOUTH AFRICADavies rejects racial motive in Israel labelling row
According to the Daily News, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has rejected "with utter contempt" suggestions that there was a racial motivation for his move to stop Israeli goods produced in occupied Palestinian territory from being sold under the label "Made in Israel". Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAState was warned against e-tolls: report
The government was warned in 2010 that collection costs for the controversial e-toll system would be considerably higher than a petrol levy or tax, Beeld newspaper reported on Monday. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASAPS suspends Mdluli
SOUTH AFRICAZuma appoints judges
SOUTH AFRICANzimande to clean up EC colleges
SOUTH AFRICAZuma receives board's report on Cele
SOUTH AFRICAAlarm raised over SA manufacturing
SOUTH AFRICAGloom over water and electricity
| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICAAlfa hauls out automatic weapon
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] To true Alfisti just the thought of sticking an automatic transmission into the much-revered Giulietta would be as incomprehensible as adding coke to grappa or garam masala to polenta - but that's exactly what the white coats in Italy have done to its latest model, which has just landed on local shores. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASubaru's soft city slicker
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] House husbands have become a common phenomena ever since international belt-tightening sparked off job losses and unemployment with more and more men forced to work from home and take on school run duties, household chores and don aprons while their wives stuffed their iPads and fancy phones into their Gucci bags and headed off to their executive jobs to earn the household's main income. Read more >>More Motoring news...
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICALife's a beach
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] I'm prejudiced. We have a weekend home in Pringle Bay so any suggestion that the West Coast rather than the South East coast where Pringle Bay is situated is better, is met with derision. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAGaborone gets first 5-star hotel: Lansmore Masa Square
Lonrho has added a new 5-star hotel in Gaborone, Botswana to the Lonrho Hotels portfolio. The group will open the new hotel in July 2012. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAFabulous has a new home
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] When The Alphen, Constantia was built in 1772 the owners had no idea that, over three hundred years later, sophisticates would be sipping cocktails in the garden's Rose Bar or that the sweeping lawns would be festooned in jaunty red, blue and white striped couches. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICATsogo Sun reveals its 54 on Bath
54 on Bath is the group's new deluxe boutique hotel in Rosebank, and the group reckons that this is the hotel for You! Strategically positioned in Rosebank, 54 On Bath aims to provide a personalised experience to travellers from anywhere in the world. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAKenya Airways launches Nairobi - Kilimanjaro route
Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced the launch of a direct flight from Nairobi to Kilimanjaro effective 2 July 2012 - a great new offering for local adrenalin-hunters. Read more >>More Travel news...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICALe Grand Cirque Adrenaline: What a show!
[Duan Wanty] If you are the kind of person who always plays it safe and prefers to watch adrenaline junkies do their thing, you are in for a treat, because Le Grand Cirque Adrenaline, will definitely get that adrenaline pumping through your veins, just by watching. Be prepared to be blown away! Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAGet ready for the weekend
[Daniel Dercksen] If there is one way to combat the winter blues this weekend, it's warming up your spirit with live entertainment. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAMeet Grieta
[Daniel Dercksen] There's an exceptional new girl in town and you have to meet her. Her name is Grieta, a 29-year-old hairdresser from Goodwood who bursts into life in Hennie van Greunen's delightful play Grieta Kry Geleertheid, now on at the Artscape Arena until 3 June before touring the rest of the country. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAThe Brothers Size - a must see
[Daphne Cooper] The Brothers Size engaged, enthralled and enraptured me. Sleep eluded me on the night of the performance as I kept being visited by scenes of the performance. I think I dreamt about the brothers and my waking thoughts were still with them. I am not sure why The Brothers Size touched me so deeply and I don't really know how they did it. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAThe intimate Road2Rock affair [Sindy Peters]
SOUTH AFRICAAward-winning acts at The Vodacom Funny Festival
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- International financial reporting standards Intelligent Africa Marketing and Training - Kempton Park, 11 June
- AIGS and Progress Africa Conference AIGS - Entabeni, 17 June
- ICT for Rural Development 2012 Conference Conference Connections SA - Johannesburg, 19 July
- East Africa Business Summit and Expo 2012 CDC Event Services - Sandton, 20 July
- Inanda Africa Cup Polo tournament 2012 inanda club - Sandton, 22 July
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