| 16 Sep 2013 |
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Weekly top stories
 | After a number of it's journalists have been detained and arrested in Egypt, Al Jazeera reports that it will be taking legal action against Egypt's government. Read more >> |
 | [Reghard Goussard] Will this work? What if this flops? It seems that the words "What if" are the two of the most powerful words in the English language. What if and why must have been at the core of the most amazing inventions and discoveries known to man. (video) Read more >> |
 | [Diane Charton] Brands around the world face a significant challenge in understanding new consumer behaviours and patterns of thinking, which are rendering many of the techniques marketers and advertisers relied on in the past obsolete. Read more >> |
 | [Chris Human] When it comes to international surveys, African brands have some way to go in realising their full potential. Read more >> |
 | [Issued by The Brand Union] The Brand Union (TBU), the WPP-owned brand strategy and design consultancy, has helped Vodafone, one of the world's largest mobile communications companies by revenue, create a new visual brand identity. Read more >> visit press office >> |
 | Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT, returns to the city from 11-19 October 2013 with over 60 films from 24 different countries. Read more >> |
 | Ruckus Wireless will be showcasing the capabilities of its Smart Wi-Fi at NigeriaCom, taking place at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, from 17-18 September 2013. Read more >> |
 | A quirky 'dating game' app designed to help South Africans find the political party that best matches their interests won first prize at sub-Saharan Africa's first Editors' Lab newsroom hackathon (see the twitter activity on #Editorslab). Read more >> |
 | Jason Njoku, CEO and one of the founding partners of iROKOtv, recently crowned CNBC All Africa Business Leaders Entrepreneur of the Year - West Africa, will be sharing his knowledge with delegates at AfricaCast in November 2013 on how to grow a multi-million dollar media company in Africa. Read more >> |
 | Reporting on Punch, Everest Amaefule says that International Business Machine's planned innovation centres to serve the West African market, will open in Nigeria in Q1 of 2014. Read more >> |
 | L'Oréal and UNESCO have announced the winners of the 2013 L'Oréal-UNESCO Regional Fellowships for Women in Science (FWIS) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more >> |
 | NETCB, a local network collaboration and compliance management specialist company, invites technology specialists and experts to join an organised tour from South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania to GWAVACon 2013, taking place from 28-30 September in Düsseldorf. Read more >> |
 | The Johnnie Walker Blue Label CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) has announced the finalists in the Southern African round of the awards to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre on 19 September. Read more >> |
 | Monday night, 9 September 2013, saw the announcement of the winners of the East African round of the Johnnie Walker Blue Label CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) in Kigali, Rwanda. Read more >> |
 | Telecommunications services provider, Bharti Airtel (Airtel), with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, and insurance-based financial services company, MMI Holdings Limited (MMI), has announced that they have established a strategic partnership. Read more >> |
 | Simon Usborne, reporting on The Independent, says that the Nigerian government has ordered 53 Gold iPhones to celebrate the country's 53rd year of independence from Britain next month. Read more >> |
 | In order to provide its customers with advanced voice and broadband services, Telecom Namibia (TN) will deploy Zhone's MXK and several additional Zhone services. Read more >> |
 | In an effort to enable faster delivery of insights to marketers in Africa and the Middle East, Millward Brown continues to embrace mobile research as part of its aggressive regional mobile data collection strategy. Read more >> |
 | DHL Express Africa has awarded its social media account across sub-Saharan Africa to Cape-based PR and social agency, go4word. Read more >> |
 | [Issued by Lloyd Orr] Global leader Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) has appointed Lloyd Orr Communications, a well-known local agency that specialises in tourism and lifestyle clients, to handle the PR and communications for the launch of Africa Travel Week across the African continent. Read more >> visit press office >> |
 | [Samkelisiwe Dlalisa] So Facebook decided to update its competition guidelines again! But don't despair, it's mostly good news for social media managers. Read more >> |
 | According to the World Happiness Report 2013, published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), Angola, Mauritius and Algeria are Africa's top three happiest countries. Read more >> |
 | [Danette Breitenbach] Africa is the final economic frontier and marketers are actively looking to market their brands on the continent. Read more >> |
 | The Nigerian Telegraph reports that Etisalat Nigeria will be a Gold sponsor for the Nigeria App Summit, set to take place on 5 November 2013 at the Eko Hotel and Suites Lagos. Read more >> |
 | In September "It's Africa's Time" travels in South Africa to learn about the empowerment of women and enterprise development initiatives of two international industry leaders - featuring Adcock Ingram and Proctor & Gamble. Read more >> |
 | WASHINGTON USA: Most US smartphone owners use their device's location service for directions or other purposes but only a small percentage share their location with friends and others, a survey released last week showed. Read more >> |
 | LONDON, UK: British police said they have arrested 12 men over a "sophisticated" plot to remotely take control of a computer at a branch of Santander bank and steal millions of pounds. Read more >> |
 | LONDON, UK: In excess of 10.7 million searches were made by UK consumers looking for cars online in August, reveals a report just published by leading independent digital marketing agency, Greenlight. Read more >> |
 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: Apple shares fell hard on Wednesday, 11 September, after the US technology company's unveiling of two new iPhones failed to allay concerns over a loss of momentum in the smartphone market. Read more >> |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Twitter is moving deeper into mobile advertising with the purchase of MoPub, a start-up company focusing on mobile advertising exchanges. Read more >> |
 | COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: A Danish bank worker who was fired for using Facebook to tell late-running customers to "go to hell" has won a dispute with her former employer, her union said on Tuesday (10 September). Read more >> |
CUPERTINO, USA: Apple on Tuesday, 10 September, unveiled two new iPhones, fielding a slick new top-end model along with one aimed at budget-conscious smartphone shoppers around the world as analysts had predicted. Read more >>
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Apple's shares climbed as rumours sizzled ahead of an expected move on Tuesday, 10 September, to expand the iPhone domain with a pair of new models, including one aimed at China. Read more >> |
More International
 | Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe is in the United Kingdom to promote investment, especially in South Africa's mining industry. Motlanthe left South Africa for the UK on Saturday. Read more >> |
 | One of South Africa's biggest shopping malls and a large portion of suburbs west of Johannesburg could be the subject of a land claim if Parliament presses ahead with plans to pass a draft bill on land restitution into law. Read more >> |
 | There is no shortage of strategies and policies aimed at fixing the state of public transportation in Gauteng. Roads and transport MEC Ismail Vadi's ambitious 25-year master plan for integrated transport, launched last month, follows two five-year transport plans and a number of related proposals. Read more >> |
 | President Jacob Zuma has sent the Protection of State Information Bill back to the National Assembly over concern that two sections in the bill are unconstitutional. Read more >> |
 | Financial mismanagement continues to ravage the SABC, with its latest annual report showing a failure to account adequately for R1.5bn spent on consultants for services that could have been provided by its own staff. Read more >> |
 | [Boitumelo Tshehle] Women in the liquor trade need to take a leading role in reducing the negative impact of the industry on society. Read more >> |
More Government news
 | [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] A few years back the Nissan Almera was the Dependable Dora of local car rental companies, fleet managers, civil servants, and budget-strapped families and it sold in copious quantities until it was gradually nudged aside by Toyota. Read more >> |
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