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Winning in Africa!Many articles have been written about doing business in Africa. Some articles have told us ' How to do business in Africa', while others have given us tips on how to do certain things. Some have failed and some have succeeded and this week I think its only apt to point out some of the companies that have hit the nail on the head with their strategy.
- Telecommuncations company, Airtel won two awards at the Ghana Telecoms Awards. One for its Customer Care and the other for its Mobile Broadband Services. On winning the awards, the MD of Airtel Ghana, Philip Sowah said "This is fantastic news, great job team. We are focused on remaining very competitive in the area of customer care and providing products and services that address the different needs of our various customers and make their experience on the network even better...". And that's just it, give your customers what they want and they will be loyal to your brand. Don't give them what they want, and they will move to another brand that does.
- With social media getting bigger and better as we speak, it's not always easy to find the right strategy when managing your online comuninity on the various social platforms, but in the recently announced 2013 Social Brands 100 report, Vodacom was named 'Africa's top social brand' and second in telecommunications globally - with the help of Cerebra, an integrated strategic communication agency.
- At the recent Tony Koenderman's Finweek AdReview Awards, Zimbabwean agency Jericho was awarded as the first recipient of the African Region Agency of the Year Award.
So, well done to those who have succeeded, and to those who haven't quite just got there, don't give up! Here's to a good week! Evan-Lee Courie @evan1985, @Biz_AfricaComment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news".Weekly top stories | Airtel Ghana has been recognised with two awards for its Customer Care and Mobile Broadband Services respectively. The awards, Best Customer Care and Best Mobile Broadband Service of the Year were handed to Airtel at the 3rd Ghana Telecoms Awards 2013 organised by Mobile World magazine at a ceremony in Accra, Ghana. Read more >> |
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|  | Zimbabwean agency Jericho is celebrating after being the first recipient of the African Region Agency of the Year Award at Tony Koenderman's Finweek AdReview Awards. Read more >> |
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|  | Mobile communications company Vodacom is reportedly the only African brand to have its social media platforms, run by integrated strategic communication agency Cerebra, recognised by the 2013 Social Brands 100 report. Read more >> |
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 | CANNES, FRANCE: Celebrating its 60th year, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is set to commemorate its anniversary with the launch of Game Changers; an exhibition and accompanying book that celebrate six decades of campaigns that have changed the landscape of the advertising industry forever. Read more >> |
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Journalists in Malawi, South Africa and Zambia came under attack in separate incidents this past week. All journalists affected practice as photojournalists. Read more >> |
 | [Donna Rachelson] When many people think of "personal marketing", what they picture is something to the effect of that last situation: somebody shouting from the rooftops about just how fabulous he or she is. But, contrary to popular belief, personal marketing is not about spamming people with inflated descriptions of your abilities. It's about getting noticed for the value you add. Read more >> |
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 | meedee8 has released an upgrade that incorporates access to the Facebook Ads Application Programming Interface (API). This provides agencies and brands with an intelligent and seamless solutions to book their Facebook ads, which are automatically optimized, instead of having to struggle to make sense of the complex and wide-ranging options that Facebook provides. Read more >> |
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| Zimbabwean agency Jericho is celebrating after being the first recipient of the African Region Agency of the Year Award at Tony Koenderman's Finweek AdReview Awards. Read more >> |
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 | Google's plans to provide telecommunications connectivity across the African continent are gaining momentum as O3b Networks plans to launch four satellites next month that will provide high-speed connectivity in emerging markets. Read more >> |
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The vibrant sub-Saharan market is growing rapidly, and telecom service providers need to meet a wide range of connectivity requirements for enterprise, government, corporate, military and consumer customers across urban and rural communities. Read more >> |
 | [NIivashni Nair] Hundreds of South African Facebook profiles have been cloned in the past five days and used to solicit money from the victims' contacts. Read more >> |
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 | [Issued by Intermarc Consulting] The 13th edition of the Card, ATM & Mobile Expo, taking place 11-13 June in Lagos, Nigeria, promises a superb learning experience where successful shared services implementations across the world can share their learning points with Africa. Read more >> |
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 | Highway Africa is gearing up for the 17th edition of Highway Africa Conference, themed 'Speaking truth to power?', will take place from 1-2 September 2013 at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Read more >> |
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 | Greenpop will be hosting Forest in Focus, a film festival fundraiser in celebration of our forests, in Cape Town, South Africa from 6-11 June 2013. Read more >> |
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 | Following an advocacy seminar for cultural policies, sponsored by Pro-Helvetia, and held in Harare, Zimbabwe earlier this month, Arterial Network Zimbabwe hosted its first general meeting at the Bronte Garden Hotel. Following discussion of the Arterial Network Strategic Plan and Constitution the meeting concluded with the election of the new steering committee of Arterial Network Zimbabwe. Read more >> |
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| Airtel Ghana has been recognised with two awards for its Customer Care and Mobile Broadband Services respectively. The awards, Best Customer Care and Best Mobile Broadband Service of the Year were handed to Airtel at the 3rd Ghana Telecoms Awards 2013 organised by Mobile World magazine at a ceremony in Accra, Ghana. Read more >> |
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Zimbabwe on Thursday, 30 May 2013, raised by nearly 40% the licence fees for mobile telecommunication operators to $137.5 million from $100 million. Read more >> |
| Mobile communications company Vodacom is reportedly the only African brand to have its social media platforms, run by integrated strategic communication agency Cerebra, recognised by the 2013 Social Brands 100 report. Read more >> |
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 | A new report shows that laptops and mobile phones are now far and away the most popular new learning devices in Africa - while, despite the hype, tablets are still lagging, only being used regularly by 20% of eLearning practitioners. Read more >> |
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The results of the Zimbabwe All Media and Products Survey's national research of 2,000 people in the last quarter of 2012 were released in February 2013 and showed that the lives of rural people living on or near the poverty datum line have improved by 10% over the same period the previous year. All other Living Standard Measurements remain with a percentage point. Read more >> |
 [South African College of Business] The South African College of Business (SACOB) recently attended the eLearning Africa Conference in Namibia to see how they can improve the course material they offer. A pre-workshop seminar entitled 'Rethinking Our Course's for Tomorrow's African Learners', led by the South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE), looked at the kinds of pitfalls that can render a course ineffective. Read more >>[South African College of Business] eLearning, mLearning, online learning, computer based learning, high touch learning, online lecturer-led education - a myriad of terms used to describe the delivery of educational technology. Read more >>  | SAN MATEO, US: With the latest innovation in web application development, many developers are excited to see what the future holds in web apps. Read more >> |
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YANGON, MYANMAR: Vodafone and China Mobile said on Friday they were dropping out of the race to enter Myanmar, one of the world's last unexplored mobile telephone frontiers. Read more >> |
 | CANNES, FRANCE: The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity together with the China Advertising Association is bringing China Day to the festival, a series of insightful forums presented by some of China's industry thought leaders and experts in creativity, marketing and cultural understanding. Read more >> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, US: The fourth edition of The Bees Awards - 1st international social media marketing awards - has announced their 2013 winners. Read more >> |
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SAN FRANCISCO, US: Apple chief Tim Cook on Tuesday said he sees promise in computers shrunk down and worn like watches or other accessories, but drew the line at Internet-linked eyewear such as Google Glass. Read more >> |
NEW YORK, US: More bad news for struggling makers of personal computers: a new forecast on Tuesday suggests sales will fall another 7.8% in 2013 as buyers delay PC purchases or choose an alternative device. Read more >> |
[Zeenat Moorad] Steers' iconic flame-grilled burgers will make their way to the UK‚ when parent company Famous Brands (Fbr) opens its maiden outlet in Clapham‚ London in July. Read more >> |
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Veteran US talk show host Larry King has announced that he is joining Russia Today, a Kremlin-funded English-language TV station that primarily broadcasts Moscow's views on world affairs. Read more >> |
 | LOS ANGELES, USA: Nike has decided to stop making products for disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong's cancer charity Livestrong, but will still support the group financially, the company said on Tuesday (28 May). Read more >> |
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HANOI, VIETNAM: A prominent Vietnamese blogger has been arrested for posting articles critical of the communist government, reports said Monday, in the latest crackdown on dissent in the authoritarian country. Read more >> |
BEIJING, CHINA: A Chinese tourist who defaced an ancient Egyptian monument was hunted down by angry Chinese Internet users who prompted his parents to apologise, state media reported yesterday. Read more >> |
 | BERLIN, GERMANY: Veet recruits Jorge the Hot Waxing Coach to relinquish fears among women around hot waxing. Read more >> |
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 | RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 181.9 million Americans watched 38.8 billion online content videos in April, while the number of video ad views reached an all-time high at 13.2 billion. Read more >> |
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More International
SOUTH AFRICA Jameson First Shot Premiere  More | [Linda Ensor] All suppliers active within the consumer goods and services industry will have to comply with the industry code of conduct and ombudsman scheme, once it is approved by Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. Read more >> |
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 | SA Airlink is now flying to Mthatha Airport's after a new runway was opened at the airport last week. Read more >> |
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The Gauteng Provincial Government has appointed audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers as the new administrator tasked with turning around the province's health department. Read more >> |
 | The annual percentage change in the producer price index (PPI) for final manufactured goods was 5.4% in April compared with 5.7% year-on-year in March‚ Statistics SA figures showed on Thursday (30 May). Read more >> |
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The Department of International Relations and Cooperation says they are doing all they can to secure the safe release of the two South Africans kidnapped in Yemen. Read more >> |
 | [Dennis Cruywagen] Out of a total prison population of 152,514, only 107,471 have been sentenced and are serving time, while 45,043 people or 29.5% are detainees on remand, who are clogging up the system. Read more >> |
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[Amukelani Chauke] A new law meant to regulate financial markets and curb trading misconduct will come into operation from 3 June. Read more >> |
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it will request a court to review the findings of a disciplinary hearing ruling, which was in favour of suspended senior prosecutor, Glynnis Breytenbach. Read more >> |
 | The Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) spends more than R3m subscribing to The New Age newspaper, Transport Minister Ben Martins said yesterday. Read more >> |
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The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) says it is yet to determine if the two tourists kidnapped in Yemen are South Africans. Read more >> |
More Government news
 | [Brian Berkman] She may be an '80s gal, but The Peninsula All-Suite-Hotel is in the process of a R6m nip and tuck that will bring back everything we loved about Dallas and Dynasty to Sea Point's beachfront. Read more >> |
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 | [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The new Kia Cerato's marketing pitch is: "The power to surprise" but it does a lot more than just surprise. If I was driving the marketing campaign for this smart new Korean I would change the pitch to something like "The power to blow your socks off". Read more >> |
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 | [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The latest addition to the Mini stable has Paceman blatantly tattooed on its derriere and its design is so spaced out it could easily be the love-child of the equally off-the-wall BMWX6 and Range Rover Evoque. Read more >> |
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