Africa is on trend...
If you still aren't completely sure if 'Africa is rising' or gaining ground in the industry, perhaps Oresti Patricios will be able to convince you. In his 2014 trends piece he says that Africa is surely on trend. He reckons the
top four trends to look out for in 2014 are online retail; African art, culture and design; African tech that solves African problems; and Africa's smartphone surge.
Still think that social media is just for IT and marketing departments?
Conrad David's opinion on the matter might change your mind. According to him, social media is your entire business, you
need to create a complete social ecosystem of your business for all departments to embrace with open arms.
All you talented mobile software developers and designers (aka devigners) out there, make sure you
register for Mobile Monday Nigeria's DevCon Alpha contest and stand a chance of winning prizes of up to US$250,000!
Finally, if you missed last week's trends pieces, go ahead and have a catch-up session in our
Biz Trends special section.
Cheers!
Ilse van den Berg, Editor: Marketing & Media Africa (@Biz_Africa)Comment 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 and event invitations 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". | |
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 | Tiffany Markman Trends pieces. From November onwards, they're everywhere. Everyone with strong opinions, an active pulse and the ability to use a keyboard is looking at the year that was and using that, with tweaks, to predict what's coming. Read more >>
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 | Conrad David Social media is your entire business, you need to create a complete social ecosystem of your business for all departments to embrace with open arms. Read more >>
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 | 'The Wolf Of WallStreet' movie has been banned by the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) due to "explicit sexual content, profanity and abuse of drugs," reports TechMtaa. Read more >>
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 | Michael Fletcher Global public Wi-Fi hotspot numbers are set to grow from 1.3 million in 2011, to 5.8 million by 2015*, marking a 350% increase and it's easy to see why the numbers are growing exponentially. Read more >>
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 | Danette Breitenbach Early December last year IGN landed in Africa - to the applause of gamers on the continent. Perhaps the launch of IGN Africa slipped past you, but then now is all the more time to sit up and take notice. Read more >>
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 | A report on IT News Africa states that, according to a PwC survey, 87% of CEO's in Africa are planning to increase investment in technology in 2014. Read more >>
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 | The agenda for Mobile East Africa 2014, which will take place from 12-13 February 2014, has officially been launched this week. The agenda is said to be the most progressive and comprehensive one that has been put together since the first event was run in 2010. Read more >>
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 | A campaign waged by a group of youths in Busoga to promote Parliament Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, as future president has caught the eye of government and ultimately run into trouble. Read more >>
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 | Gambian police arrested a newspaper editor on Monday over an article about politicians deserting the ruling party, a security source and his staff said. Read more >>
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 | Aggrey Maposa Mobile penetration is particularly high in Africa, and there has been a trend to take on mobile technology in order to transform research across the continent... Read more >>
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 | Issued by MobileMoneyAfrica The Helix Institute of Digital Finance has partnered with MobileMoneyExpo to host a workshop on agent network management during the 4th MobileMoneyExpo in Lagos, Nigeria. The 2014 edition taking place 12-13 February is themed 'Promoting financial inclusion'. Read more >>
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 | Local information and communications technology development firm, Mobile Monday (MoMo Nigeria), will be running a contest for mobile software application developers and designers in the country. Read more >>
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 | Ghanaians are experiencing increased rates on voice and data services from some telecommunication companies due to the rise in taxes by the government, reports Modern Ghana. Read more >>
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 | UK based company, Transferbee, appointed Eskimi to officially launch a new service, transferbee.com, to offer cheap and convenient money transfers from the UK to Nigeria. Read more >>
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 | Juliette Attwell This week we tackle how to handle interviews - before-hand preparation, selling yourself well, and dressing for success, as well as how to approach your first day at a new company. Read more >>
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 | Issued by TNS South Africa African markets defy easy generalisation, and understanding the precise size and shape of opportunities is essential for companies weighing up the decision to pursue them. When a genuine opportunity is identified, the scale of African markets means that the potential of that opportunity is likely to be vast. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Ipsos According to Ipsos South Africa's recent Pulse of the People study the ruling party is currently less popular with eligible voters than in November 2008. Read more >>
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 | FOX International Channels Europe & Africa has appointed Vera Pinto Pereira as chief operating officer (COO) of FIC Southern Europe and Africa. Read more >>
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 | Business News reports that Nigeria's Federal Government has banned all importation of analogue TVs and transmitters from 17 June 2014. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Hewlett-Packard announced it was launching a line of "voice tablets," or outsized smartphones, for consumers in India. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK CITY, US: The closing date for entries into New York Festivals World's Best Advertising competition is getting closer. Read more >>
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 | CANNES, FRANCE: Cinemark, the local SA representatives of Cannes Lions and its affiliates, with their passion for both great film and advertising, bring you the latest information from the world's premier advertising festivals. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google announced that it is buying a smart thermostat start-up Nest in a deal valued at US$3.2bn. Read more >>
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 | Graeme Palmer The Income Tax Act, 1962 was recently amended to provide for a new withholding tax on cross-border service fees. According to the new law, a withholding tax of 15% must be levied on the amount of any service fee that is paid by any person to or for the benefit of any foreign person to the extent that the amount is regarded as having been received by or accrued to the foreign person from a source within South Africa. Read more >>
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