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It's Design Indaba time! Designers, thinkers, entrepreneurs and academics from across the globe will descend upon Cape Town, South Africa, to share thoughts, ideas and attitudes towards design and creativity as the world-renowned Design Indaba conference kicks off this Wednesday, 27 February 2013. As a media partner, Bizcommunity.com has a dedicated special section. This year's event promises to be bigger than ever before, cementing the platform's position as the go-to destination for taking the pulse of South African creativity. For the first time this year, a Music Circuit been introduced to the programme. 32 acts, 8 venues, 3 nights and 1 city. Can you imagine that? For quick referencing, here's a list of useful links: In 'non-design' news this week: the African Development Bank launched a program to improve data management and dissemination in Africa. Dr KF Lai claims that innovation is key when it comes to the future of mobile in Africa. In Nigeria, a bill to safeguard personal information is underway, reports Onyebuchi Ezigbo. Have a great week! Evan-Lee Courie @evan1985PS Responses to this column welcomed in our ed's column archive. Send all your Africa marketing news to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com; also take a look at our guide "How to contribute to Bizcommunity, from op-ed pieces to news". Don't forget to follow @Biz_Africa on Twitter and join us on Facebook!Top stories
 WASHINGTON, US: The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is seeking nominations for its 2013 Courage in Journalism Awards and Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more >>
 [Gavin Mills] How fortunate we are to live in high-tech times. Every bit of information that has ever existed, swelling exponentially second by second, available to anyone, anywhere at any time, right at your fingertips. Read more >>
 After two weeks of screening and pruning, the organisers of the Afrinolly Short Film Competition are proud to announce a shortlist of 10 finalists each in the contest's Short Film and Documentary categories. Read more >>
 [Aki Kalliatakis] Unethical trading practices are fast coming to the end of their shelf-life thanks to advances in consumer networking - unfortunately some of 'the usual suspects' have yet to wise up and risk a backlash from exploited customers. Read more >>
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a program to significantly improve data management and dissemination in Africa. The ultimate goal of the program is to facilitate wider public access to official statistics and to support countries in their efforts to improve data quality and dissemination for better policy formulation, monitoring and evaluation. Read more >>
African Education Week Annual Convention and Learning Expo is the meeting and trading platform for those who are passionate about improving the standard of education in Africa. Now in its seventh year, it remains Africa's leading educational resources and training event, attracting more education professionals than any other event. This event takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa from 19-22 June 2013. Read more >>
 As the official media partner of Africa Energy Indaba, Kaya FM will support the fifth annual Africa Energy Indaba (AEI), the continent's premier energy event. Read more >>
 Cape Town, South Africa who is already gearing up for World Design Capital (WDC2014) next year, has concluded another creative coup - it will host the third African Creative Economy Conference and the fourth Arterial Network Biennial Conference from 6-9 October 2103. Read more >>
[Onyebuchi Ezigbo] The Federal Government is in the process of enacting a bill to regulate the processing of personal information of individuals with regard to the collection, holding, use or disclosure of such information by persons and private organisations. Read more >>
 African media house IC Publications have announced its newly formed partnership with the upcoming 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair which runs concurrently with the London Frieze Art Fair from the 14-20 October 2013. Read more >>
 [Dr KF Lai] 2012 saw the BuzzCity network grow by 67% with over 210.8 billion ads served across the globe and this extensive growth in mobile usage is certain to continue as we move through 2013. Read more >>
 In August 2012, it was announced that Afrinolly has crossed the million mark of downloads across platforms namely Android, BlackBerry, Nokia Symbian, Nokia S40 and Java. Since then, it is reported that Afrinolly has seen over two million downloads within the last 16 months. Read more >>
[Jocelyne Sambira] Message telling you when and how to take your diabetes medication; or a voice mail reminding you of your next mammogram, that's what two UN agencies are hoping to do with mobile technology to save lives, reduce illness and disability and bring down healthcare costs. Read more >>
[Genevieve Quintal and Ahmed Areff] Social media will be an important tool for author, activist and businesswoman Mamphela Ramphele, who announced a newly-formed "party political platform" on Monday,18 February 2013. Read more >>
 [Carolyn Holgate] In order for social media to work to your advantage, you need to understand the various platforms and know how to use them effectively to see the benefits for your business. Read more >>
 Tigo Tanzania has been named among the top global socially devoted brands on Facebook in a report issued by SocialBakers on the 7 February 2013, covering a study on the world's top 10 socially devoted brands on Facebook in the last quarter of 2012. Tigo Tanzania is the only telecom company from central, eastern and southern Africa in the ranking among some of the world's biggest brands. Read more >>
 [Issued by Private Property] Justin Clarke, CEO of South Africa-based Private Property Holdings, has announced that the company is merging its interests with Kenya-based Cheki Africa Media to form Africa's largest online classifieds group by traffic, page views, ad volume and revenue. The new group will be renamed One Africa Media. Read more >> visit press office >>
 [Issued by Alliance Media] Alliance Media Mauritius, part of the Alliance Media group has recently launched the "Bridging the world for you" campaign in Mauritius for the bank's new corporate campaign. Read more >> visit press office >>
With her new play, Sunflowers Behind a Dirty Fence, acclaimed Ugandan playwright Angella Emurwon won for a second time a BBC award, this time round, the 23rd BBC International Radio Playwright competition. Read more >>
 [Linda Trim] Here are ten things that will ensure that you have a successful work day. Read more >>
 NEW YORK, US: The 2013 Clio Awards deadline for entries was extended to 1 March but that it... miss this one and you're out of the running, so get your entries in now. Read more >>
 LONDON, UK: Last night at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards, CNN International was crowned News Channel of the Year, beating off competition from the BBC and Sky News Read more >>
 [Reuben Yonatan] The future is always bright for any kind of computer-related or especially Internet-related technologies. We can always expect new innovations, but just what sort of innovations can we predict? Here are some of our predictions for 2013. Read more >>
 WASHINGTON, DC, US: The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced today that Bob Schieffer, renowned broadcast television journalist for CBS, will receive the NAB Distinguished Service Award (DSA) during the 2013 NAB Show. Schieffer will accept the award at the opening keynote session, sponsored by Blackmagic Design, on April 8 in Las Vegas. Read more >>
 SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Yahoo! has a brand new look after a make-over tailored by the style, savvy and smart engineering of its new chief executive Marissa Mayer. Read more >>
 MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Russia Today (RT)'s footage of the Siberian meteor blast claimed to have become the most watched video of the phenomenon on YouTube. (Video) Read more >>
More International...
 The Department of Justice and Reconciliation plans to publish the names and details of those people convicted of corruption in pamphlets, newspapers and through radio advertisements, among others, the Minister of Justice and Reconciliation Jeff Radebe said on Sunday. Read more >>
 South Africa's BRICS membership will assist the country and the continent address its socio economic challenges, Science and Technology Minister Derek Hanekom said. Read more >>
 Government is in talks with the judiciary to have sexual offences cases placed on a prioritised roll, says Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Jeff Radebe. Read more >>
 [Carol Paton] A dramatic shake-up of the public service has started‚ including the removal of unqualified managers‚ dismissal of accounting officers who fail to achieve clean audit reports and new minimum standards for top appointments. Read more >>
 Despite it being a legislative requirement, several government departments on Wednesday (20 February) denied responsibility for drawing up and publishing the National Scarce and Critical Skills List - indicating the confusion that resulted after President Jacob Zuma increased the number of ministries in 2009. Read more >>
 Government has raised concerns at a report by lobby group Right2Know, which, among other things, claimed that secrecy is on the rise in the state. Read more >>
 Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has published the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Guideline for Aquaculture in South Africa, for public comment in Gazette No. 36145 of 11 February 2013. Read more >>
 [Mariam Isa] Nearly half of South African business leaders say that they are delaying important decisions about the future because of uncertainty regarding the political direction the country is taking‚ according to a survey from global consultancy Grant Thornton. Read more >>
More Government news...
 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The long wait is finally over - Opel's scorching new OPC rocket has finally blasted into South Africa and it is an absolute stunner. Not only is it the most powerful Astra ever made but it will spin rubber smoke at just about everything else remotely in its class. Read more >>
More Motoring news...
 Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is to expand significantly its reach across Africa after signing a strategic commercial partnership agreement with Kenya Airways, the national flag carrier of Kenya. Read more >>
 [Will Smith] When you think of having your holiday in a luxury villa, you imagine a lavish home with spacious rooms and shrouded by amazing beauty of nature, right? Most probably, a picture of immaculate shoreline with glimmering blue waters may also comes to mind. Read more >>
More Travel news...
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