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 | Loeries Creative Week Cape Town will be running from 15-21 September 2014 and tickets are now available. Read more >>
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 | Danette Breitenbach Business intelligence as we understood it in the past is dead. Today's businesses need to utilise and understand complex data for business intelligence and to ensure they are competitive, but do not have the tools to do so. Read more >>
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 | Malaria No More's Power of One campaign uses social, mobile, and e-commerce technologies, enabling the public to purchase treatments for children in Zambia. (video) Read more >>
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 | Tess Sulaman The new digital platforms are even better in that the demographics can be segmented much more easily, and one can target a specific niche market. Read more >>
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 | Themed 'Revolution and Liberation in the Digital Age', the 21st New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) will take place from 7-13 May 2014. Read more >>
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 | Arterial Network's 4th African Creative Economy Conference, organised in partnership with the associations Racines/Arterial Network Morocco, has revealed its new logo and is also calling for volunteers for this year's conference. Read more >>
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 | 88mph, an early stage start-up fund and accelerator program that launched in South Africa in 2012, has announced the seven chosen start-ups to partake in the program for 2014. Read more >>
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 | Naspers recently signed a branded deal with MTN in South Africa and will look at signing with mobile operators in Nigeria, its other big market. Russell Southwood spoke to Andre de Wet, PriceCheck's CEO. Read more >>
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 | Christopher Smith People have been asking why Facebook spent so much on the instant messenger. Is it that Facebook wants to have dominance in the mobile market or are more people moving away from Facebook? Read more >>
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 | Mozambique has become the first SADC country to join the A4AI, a global coalition working to make broadband affordable for all, after A4AI signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Mozambican government. Read more >>
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 | There is great demand for eBooks in emerging markets however the demand for eTextbooks is even greater. Countries such as Kenya, Nigeria, China and Brazil are struggling to gain access to eTextbooks in their classrooms and universities. Read more >>
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 | Mobile Money Africa is planning to focus on the expansion of technology, products and services in the mobile and digital payments industry. Read more >>
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 | According to research done by Frost & Sullivan, the expansive increase of smartphone use in sub-Saharan Africa as well as globally, is expected to lead to increased data traffic creating a need for mobile data monitoring solutions. Read more >>
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 | Transferbee, a UK based company, has launched a campaign, running until 1 May 2014, which enables Nigerians living in the UK to transfer money home to friends and family free of charge via their mobile phones. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Ole! Media As the African continent moves towards a more mobile lifestyle, so too are advertisers and marketers realising the importance of reaching their target markets in the mobile space. MobiMedia, a mobile marketing agency which implements and manages strategic integrated mobile marketing campaigns for corporate clients and brands, is meeting this need by growing its team. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Ole! Media South African entrepreneur Deseré Orrill, co-founder of digital media company Ole! Media Group, believes mobile has become a game-changer in the way advertising and promotion works within the continent. Read more >>
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 | Project Portfolio Office (PPO), an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, has signed a partnership agreement with NSI Technology Africa (NSI), an Africa-wide technology advisory, solutions and services provider with a primary focus on the financial services industry. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Launch Factory Launch Factory has announced the launch of the fourth season of the award-winning television show, Healthline, in Ghana. The 13-part TV series responds to the need for credible and reliable health information for the Ghanaian population. Read more >>
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 | Mark Schefermann AUSTIN, US: Austin Kleon is the author of two influential and best-selling books: "Steal Like An Artist" and "Newspaper Blackout". His third book, "Show Your Work!", was published in March 2014. He was one of the keynote speakers at SXSW Interactive 2014. Read more >>
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 | AUSTIN, US: A handful of themes emerged during South by Southwest Interactive's five days of wide-ranging programs. Read more >>
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 | Mark Schefermann Originally, Gary Vaynerchuk wasn't on the schedule for SXSW 2014, so when I saw that he was the keynote speaker on the first day, I made sure that this was one talk I didn't miss. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK CITY, US: New York Festivals International Advertising Awards competition invites ad people to judge the World's Best Advertising. Read more >>
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 | The long-serving and trusted white personal aide of Nelson Mandela will publish her memoirs in June about how her life was transformed by South Africa's late anti-apartheid icon, Penguin Books announced on Thursday. Read more >>
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 | LIPCO Law For All, a legal insurance company, has launched an online competition to get South Africans talking about what they would do as president of South Africa. The campaign, which has been running for four weeks, has garnered an impressive following with close to 2,000 entries featuring South Africans from all walks of life. Read more >>
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 | African leaders in Correctional Services have been urged to spare no effort in transforming the prisons inherited from colonial and repressive regimes into correctional facilities that rehabilitate offenders. Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Kia has updated its popular Sportage range and smartened it up with bits of fancy make-up, exterior and inside enhancements, engine refinements, transmission changes and cabin comforts that are likely to push up sales, which already stand at more than 9,000 units since it was introduced to the local market three years ago. Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor After more than 10 years of criss-crossing Southern Africa as the Bush Editor of SA4x4 magazine Patrick Cruywagen has produced a fascinating collection of 150 'must-do-at-least-once-in-your-lifetime' destinations and activities that throws down the gauntlet to everybody with a love for travel and new experiences. Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Korean carmaker Hyundai has dollied up its popular ix35 SUV range with a couple of neat cosmetic touches and an injection of mid-life rejuvenation to give a further boost to its steady sales flow out of showrooms. Read more >>
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Wealth Summit 2014Work Your Wealth - 12 Apr 2014 to 27 Jul 2014 Durban,Gauteng - Midrand,Cape Town,Port Elizabeth |
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Willam F. Scolavino "The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions." Robert F. Kennedy "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." Peter F. Drucker "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things." |
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