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 | Responses to this year's supply chain foresight survey show a growing maturity towards the role of the supply chain in relation to the business, compared with previous years. Read more >>
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 | Paul Adepoju Smile Communications in Nigeria has announced the launch of a 4G/LTE network on 800MHz spectrum in Ibadan and Lagos, with Ericsson as the primary vendor. Read more >>
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 | Louise Marsland Do you remember life before the internet? More importantly, have you imagined how we will be further integrated with the World Wide Web in another decade? Read more >>
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 | Thabiso Mochiko MTN Business‚ is set to open more data centres in key markets where it operates as it rolls out its cloud services and video-conferencing to more markets. Read more >>
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 | Winner of the 2.3GHz spectrum license, Bitflux Communications, has paid the $23,25 million required by Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) for securing the license. Read more >>
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 | Terry Levin Are trend gurus drowning in an ocean of their own opinion? Read more >>
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 | With the aim of reducing software costs to improve the quality of education in primary and secondary schools, Microsoft and the Rwanda Ministry of Education have joined forces, reports Ventures Africa. Read more >>
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 | This year's eLearning Africa, 28-30 May in Kampala, Uganda, will explore how technology is revolutionising learning and training across the continent, under the theme "Opening Frontiers to the Future". Read more >>
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 | The first five juries have been announced for the 61st Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, 15-21 June 2014, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France. Read more >>
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 | The IABC has appointed Richard Ikiebe onto a 10-person inaugural Global Communication Certification Council to develop and manage an international certification programme for business communication with ISO endorsement. Read more >>
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 | With the new partnership between MTN and Ecobank, MTN Mobile Money users, who are also Ecobank customers in 12 African countries, will soon be able to withdraw cash from Ecobank ATMs as well as transfer money between their Mobile Money and Ecobank accounts. Read more >>
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 | Nick Durrant The Mobile World Congress is described as one of the biggest global events in the smartphone and tablet calendar. Bluegrass Digital highlights the top 10 trends that has emerged from the congress. Read more >>
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 | Net1 Mobile Solutions (N1MS) and Supa Pesa has expanded its Advance Airtime African footprint with the launch of TeleKom Networks Malawi ("TNM") airtime credit service, Pasavute. Read more >>
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 | Ericsson has signed a five-year managed services agreement with MTN for its Nigeria operations which not only extends Ericsson's managed services leadership across Africa, but reportedly makes Ericsson MTN's largest managed services partner on the continent. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Channel Mobile Africa is open for business, and this, by all accounts, bodes well for players within the mobile marketing space. As a leading South African brand, Channel Mobile is leading the way by developing innovative platforms for real engagement across the African continent. Read more >>
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 | Charles Foster, Issued by Millward Brown Mobile is now a critical channel for marketers who want to embrace new technology and benefit from the huge opportunity for growth in mobile marketing communications. Read more >>
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 | Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the oppressive climate the Sudanese authorities are imposing on the media community. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Alliance Media Alliance Media Malawi, the country's largest outdoor advertising firm, recently unveiled a unique footbridge on the Chipembere Highway at Blantyre's Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. Read more >>
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 | News24 reports that, according to a study by a strategic communications agency in Portland, the Egyptian uprisings and the passing of Nelson Mandela in South Africa have resulted in the two African countries being rated the most active on Twitter. Read more >>
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 | Majid Al-Futtaim, a Dubai-based retail giant, is planning to build four new shopping malls in Cairo for $1.6 billion as well as establish 32 new hypermarkets for $700 million, according to a report on Ventures Africa. Read more >>
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 | SatLink Communications has been appointed by the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA) for the global distribution of its government-owned ETV news channel. Read more >>
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 | According to a survey conducted by Ipsos, nearly all Kenya's Nairobi-based television owners are aware of the digital migration but the majority does not feel the urgency to purchase set top boxes. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON - US regulators conditionally cleared AT&T's US$4bn deal for Leap Wireless, which gives the telecommunications company more spectrum and the Cricket prepaid phone franchise. Read more >>
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: French consortium Vivendi said it was entering exclusive negotiations with Numericable to sell the cable operator its telecommunications unit SFR, shrugging aside France's industrial renewal minister's bid to scupper the cable operator's bid. Read more >>
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 | DUBAI, UAE: The much-anticipated winners of the 8th Dubai Lynx Awards were revealed last night and celebrated at the region's biggest awards ceremony, which was attended by over 1,800 guests. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: 25 years ago, the World Wide Web was just an idea in a technical paper from an obscure, young computer scientist at a European physics lab. Read more >>
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 | The Howard G. Buffett Foundation; the Nature Conservation Trust (NCT); and South African National Parks (SANParks) have announced a R255 million, three-year initiative to combat rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park and test anti-poaching tactics that can be applied in other regions of Africa, where poaching can be a source of funding for armed groups. Read more >>
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 | The National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) has advised provincial and municipal centres in areas affected by the recent floods to begin the necessary response preparedness. Read more >>
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 | More than 130 people were rescued by helicopter from floodwaters in Lephalale, formerly Ellisras, in northwestern Limpopo on Tuesday, 11 March. Read more >>
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 | Brian Berkman When I first heard that Orient-Express had rebranded as Belmond my immediate reaction was what a crazy and misguided waste of brand equity. When I think Orient-Express, I think Agatha Christie, Lalique art decor crystal panels, and the elegance and romance of a bygone area. Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Top-selling Toyota Corollas have over the years been good, solid, reliable and rather dull, but one of South Africa's favourite cars has at last joined the world-wide swing to prettier, safer and much better cars to drive - as clearly demonstrated by its all-new 1.6 Sprinter, one of the 11 new models in the range. Read more >>
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The 4th ITI/Broadband Africa Summit will address the next infrastructure milestones in Africa and the means of shaping alternative strategies for organisations in areas with limited bandwidth. Read more >>Media ethicsInstitute for rhe Advancement of Journalism - 28 May 2014 Johannesburg |
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Michael Korda "One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals." Shakti Gawain "You create your opportunities by asking for them." Baltasar Gracian "The wise does at once what the fool does at last." |
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