| 23 Sep 2013 |
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Weekly top stories | [Issued by Bizcommunity.com] Bizcommunity.com recently held its first BizRecruit event for HR specialists, hosting Matthew Gray, client service director at Graylink, as guest speaker. Gray covered trends in corporate recruiting, the current recruitment landscape, and active vs passive candidates. Read more >> visit press office >> |
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|  | [Issued by Bizcommunity.com] A Biz Press Office is no longer just a conduit for company news releases, but can act and look like your real office, with gorgeous corporate visuals of interiors, your building, team and products - so prospects know who they are dealing with at a glance. Stills or animated mastheads can depict recent work, events or activations. Read more >> visit press office >> |
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|  | [Nicole Velleman] Africa offers a ray of hope in an uncertain global economy. Many parts of the continent are experiencing rapid and sustained economic growth, with political, social and infrastructural conditions continually improving. Read more >> |
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 | [Staff Reporter] Is Africa the Dark Continent when it comes to the advertising industry? On the contrary, says Alan Edgar, Regional Creative Director, Ogilvy Africa and one of regional judges for African and Middle Eastern categories at this year's Loeries. It's alive and vibrant, but in dire need of world-class tertiary training institutions to tap into that potential. Read more >> |
 | [Meg Enerson] Without buy-in originating from the top, marketing teams and their initiatives are fighting an uphill battle before even considering taking something to market. Read more >> |
 | [Patrick Macgougan] With a growing percentage of the global population using mobile phones and the ability to use internet based apps through Wi-Fi and 3G, we as marketeers have many options for communicating with customers via their handsets. Read more >> |
[Masa Nkawe] Sub-Saharan Africa could be described as one of the last great frontiers for the advertising industry. Read more >>
 | MTN has launched a new global brand campaign which gives people a nostalgic feel about the impact of mobile telephony and technology in our daily lives. (video) Read more >> |
 | [Gerhard Jacobs] So here's the long and short of it: skills and expertise aren't always freely available in our immediate physical environments. Read more >> |
 | [David Njagi] Business process outsourcing is a niche that has unlimited potential to employ Kenya's youth, especially in back-end data processing, according to Jeremy Hockenstein, chief executive officer at Digital Divide Data (DDD), a social enterprise and impact sourcing service provider. Read more >> |
 | British Council and Bharti Airtel have partnered to maximize the learning benefits of Bharti Airtel's wider broadband connectivity of 5GB per month in a three-year deal for 127 Digital Hubs located in schools across nine countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more >> |
 | [Issued by Tech4Africa] Earlier this year Tech4Africa opened up speaker submissions to the tech community. The results were 90 speaker submissions, and 3,225 votes spread across almost 70 technology topics. Read more >> |
 | ABN Publishing will be launching its new pan-African publication, Forbes Women Africa, at the beginning of October with the aim of navigating the world of business for women, with features on the latest trends in the corporate sector and how its architecture speaks to women. Read more >> |
 | [Fifi Peters] Naspers' shares are getting close to the R1‚000 share price barrier even though the shares declined by 3.92% on Wednesday, dropping back to R919. Naspers is way ahead of the JSE's second-highest priced share, British American Tobacco at R522.58. Read more >> |
 | Kagiso Media on Wednesday, 17 September, said that diluted headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the year to June rose by 24.5% to 168.5c‚ while the final dividend was increased by 33.3% to 40c per share. Read more >> |
 | MTN has been recognised as the best African and overall brand in Africa in a ranking of the continent's most admired and valuable brands by Brand Africa. Read more >> |
 | Information Nigeria reports that Airtel Nigeria and Nokia are allowing Nigerians to swap their current handsets for a Nokia Lumia 520 smartphone. Read more >> |
 | Libya will launch a tender in 2014 for the award of the country's first private mobile phone licence, Communications Minister Usama Siala told AFP on Monday. Read more >> |
 | [Tom Jackson] The growing standoff between Safaricom, Kenya's biggest mobile operator, and the country's Ministry of ICT, led by minister Fred Matiangi, threatens to harm consumers and damage Kenya's economy unless it is solved in an amicable manner. Read more >> |
 | On 21 August 2013, Rodney Sieh, founder, publisher and editor-in-chief of the award-winning daily print and online newspaper FrontPageAfrica, was jailed after Liberia's Supreme Court upheld a decision ordering him to pay a former government minister US$1.5 million in libel damages. Read more >> |
 | Moroccan police on Tuesday, 17 September, arrested the editor of a popular news website for airing a video posted by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb that incites "acts of terrorism" in the kingdom. Read more >> |
 | In an effort to meet the growing demand for press release distribution in Africa, the African Press Organisation (APO), have announced that it will be tripling its press release email distribution capacity to 1 million emails per day. Read more >> |
 | [Cole Rautenbach] In an employment landscape where the talent you need may be scarce, expensive, or otherwise occupied, how far will you go to find the right people to meet your organisational needs and objectives? How innovative are you? Read more >> |
First-mover advantage is vital to success in Africa, says Famous Brands CEO. Read more >>
 | According to a report on Bulawayo 24, Shoprite has quit trading in Zimbabwe after the retail outlet was closed down on Monday. Read more >> |
 | Famous Brands has acquired a 49% stake in UAC Restaurants Limited (UACR), a part of UAC of Nigeria PLC (UAC), the company announced today, 16 September 2013. The deal is effective 1 October 2013. Read more >> |
 | LONDON, UK: Leading independent digital marketing agency, Greenlight has been named as the winner of the 51-100 digital staff Elite Poll in this year's Drum Digital Census which covered three research areas - financial performance, client satisfaction and the respect of peers. Read more >> |
 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: BlackBerry said it would cut 4,500 jobs as the struggling Canadian smartphone manufacturer retrenches in the face of hefty losses and weak sales of its new handsets. Read more >> |
 | LONDON, UK: A device billed as the world's first ethically sourced smartphone was unveiled in London this week and despite thousands of pre-orders its designer says the project remains a huge gamble. Read more >> |
 | WASHINGTON, USA: Apple has no intention of competing in the "junk" segment of the electronics market, chief executive Tim Cook says. Read more >> |
More International
SOUTH AFRICA Egg Films Loerie Judges Wrap
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 | The South African government will not allow the rhino to become extinct, the department of environmental affairs said on Sunday (22 September). Read more >> |
 | Cabinet has approved a draft bill banning alcohol advertising and it will now be gazetted for public comment, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini said. Read more >> |
 | [Khulekani Magubane] Communications Minister Yunus Carrim has told community newspaper publishers in Johannesburg it is important to preserve the independence and quality of community print publications. Read more >> |
 | Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe has set aside courts to deal with cases arising from criminal, labour-related incidents in mines in the North West province. Read more >> |
More Government news
 | Waterfront Charters has been offering scheduled cruises from Cape Town's Victoria and Alfred Waterfront for the past 23 years. This family-run business was among the first tenants of the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. Read more >> |
Protea Hotel Sea Point has opened its doors to show a fresh new face to guests who are already enjoying the light-and-airy seaside feel. The hotel was closed for winter to gut the public areas, restaurant and sea-facing rooms - and while the facade may look the same, the hotel inside has been completely transformed. Read more >>
 | [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The name might remind you of that old-fashioned stick with a bunch of feathers attached to the end which granny used twice a week to brush the dust off the grand piano but the latest Duster is actually Renault's funky new alternative to ho-hum family transport. Read more >> |
Cultural Intelligence - 18 Nov 2013 to 20 Nov 2013 Johannesburg,Durban,Cape TownDr David Livermore, President - Cultural Intelligence Centre (USA) is coming to South Africa to introduce this concept through a series of half-day seminars entitled 'Develop Your Cultural Intelligence.' Read more >>  FIDICAlusani Skills & Training Network - 2 Dec 2013 to 3 Dec 2013 Johannesburg
Georges Duhamel "It is always brave to say what everyone thinks. (via Brainy Quote)"
Albert Einstein "If you cant explain it simply you don't understand it well enough. (via Quotes Everlasting)"
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