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If a 'digitally literate shopper' sounds like a trend of the future, read this quickly as your business may already be behind the times... Leigh Andrews reports on [eCommerce Africa] and the ins and outs of engaging with digitally literate shoppers - so get reading. Now!

Is there a time to 'No'? The short answer is 'Yes'... Anton Ressel says that saying 'No' can be a liberating experience for an entrepreneur... So... learn to say 'No'.

Come on now, who doesn't like music... great music? Exactly, we all love it - which is why there's a feast for Africa's music lovers on your TV screens right now and up to the end of February... It's time for the African Music Film Month in conjunction with BUSARA 2015...

And to end... gravity beckoned - and Mugabe answered the call... so here's André-Pierre Du Plessis' step-by-step guide on how you can create your very own #MugabeFalls meme.

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A feast for Africa's music lovers...

It's time for the African Music Film Month in conjunction with BUSARA 2015...

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A step-by-step guide to creating your own #MugabeFalls meme

André-Pierre du Plessis

By now you've probably seen the meme of the week, #MugabeFalls. If you haven't: where have you been? Read on to catch up...

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[eCommerce Africa] Engaging with digitally literate shoppers

Leigh Andrews

If a 'digitally literate shopper' sounds like a trend of the future, read this quickly as your business may already be behind the times...

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Biz Takeouts
SOUTH AFRICA
[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 121: The Bookmarks 2015 and IAB Digital Summit with Josephine Buys
On the last Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Josephine Buys and John Dixon on The Bookmarks and IAB Digital Summit 2015... read more>>
BizTrends 2015
SOUTH AFRICA
[Trends 2015] International networks shift SA media landscape

Jacques du Preez

Almost overnight, local South African media owners and advertising agencies have become global players as international agency and media networks continue their acquisition spree in southern Africa... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
[Trends 2015] The consumer is in control

Craig Page-Lee

The consumer has to be at the centre of brand decisions because they are in control, at the centre of the experience and information flows... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
[Trends 2015] Media/brands on demand

Chris Hitchings

After an exceedingly tough year in 2014, the media industry and brands need to explore new opportunities such as video-on-demand; second screening; and even longer form content to maximise brand spend and content... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
[Trends 2015] It's not all about the money

Doug Mayne

Malls are crazy places where anything can happen. Most importantly, the bulk of this country's retail spending takes place in this environment... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
[Trends 2015] Brands need a higher purpose

Ann Nurock

Everyone is looking for meaning and fulfilment. Today, consumers want meaning and value that go beyond products and services... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
[Trends 2015] A return to brands with providence

Paul Scanlon

Consumers are returning to products that have distinct origins, providence and have stories to tell, says the newly appointed managing director of Pernod Ricard South Africa and Namibia, Paul Scanlon... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
[Trends 2015] The power of the crowd

Gareth Pearson

BMi market research chief executive officer, Gareth Pearson, outlines his consumer brand trends in brief, which will shape 2015... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
[Trends 2015] It's integrated communications or bust

Cécile Missildine

South African communications agencies need to evolve and adapt their skill set to match global expectations and the global industry transition across the media and marketing communications... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
[Trends 2015] The rise of brand worlds

Felix Kessel

2015 will be a paradigm shift for agencies, says Felix Kessel, CEO of OwenKessel Leo Burnett, as the clients of today are entirely reshaping the agency model and will change the face of advertising... read more>>


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Media Freedom & Right to Know
AFRICA
Burundi rights groups protest jailing of radio chief
BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI: Journalists and civil rights activists in Burundi demonstrated Tuesday to demand the release of a radio station boss accused of complicity in the murder of three Italian nuns... read more>>
Marketing
SOUTH AFRICA
The secret to marketing success, wherever you are

Leigh Andrews

'Understand your market and the rest will fall into place' - expect this and other nuggets of marketing wisdom from marketing professor Malcolm McDonald... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
'Incorpor8' video into your marketing strategies or miss out!

Leigh Andrews

Digital
LIBERIA
Lonestar Cell launches new website
Lonestar Cell Communication has launched a new website to enable customers have easy access to services provide customers with latest information... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
[eCommerce Africa] How digital disruption is really redefining retail

Leigh Andrews

Best you rethink your business model if you see digital as a pure replacement for traditional 'bricks and mortar' retail, says Colin Fleming, group e-commerce executive at Massmart... read more>>
Media
SOUTH AFRICA
The script of the Western news media

Janine Lazarus

Are African lives worth a whole lot less than the lives of people in other parts of the world? But more to the point, are African journalists doing a better job than their Western peers in covering the continent?... read more>>
Mobile
AFRICA
New money transfer service for Africa
Orange and Ecobank launch money transfer service between Orange Money accounts and bank accounts in Africa... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Mobile users prefer privacy to apps
Lack of trust is growing in the mobile world, as the latest information from MEF's Global Consumer Trust Report 2015 indicates and it is the largest single obstacle to growth in the mobile economy... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
[eCommerce Africa] Two crucial elements of mobile success

Leigh Andrews

If you're looking to make a success of e-commerce in Africa's mobile markets, best you pay attention to ways of raising awareness and conversion, says Paul Casarin of Gumtree... read more>>
AFRICA
Tanzania's Tigo pays out millions to users
AFRICA
Orange adds juice to remittance start-up
Production
SOUTH AFRICA
Learn to say 'No'

Anton Ressel

Saying 'No' can be a liberating experience for an entrepreneur... read more>>
Retail
NIGERIA
Jumia launches Nigeria's official Apple Store online

Lilian Mutegi

Jumia has rolled out their official Apple store online, becoming the first online retailer to be authorised by Apple to sell their products. read more>>
NIGERIA
Tiger Brands' Nigeria business widens losses

Nick Hedley

Social Media
KENYA
Twitter signs up Hill+knowlton to handle its communication matters in Kenya

Michael Ouma

Social media platform Twitter has signed up Hill and Knowlton Strategies Kenya (H+K) to handle its communication needs in the country and help with its engagement with media as well as bloggers... read more>>
AFRICA
Social media - keeping the news alive in Kenya
Two scandals have rocked Kenya in the very recent past - and social media has ensured that the people know about them (Video)... read more>>
International
UNITED KINGDOM
WikiLeaks site slams costs of policing Assange
LONDON, UK: WikiLeaks launched a website on Friday to condemn the costs to Britain of policing the group's founder Julian Assange... read more>>
EUROPE
The best of global digital marketing monthly awards for January 2015
European digital marketing research firm Best Marketing International monitors almost 300 digital award competitions worldwide... read more>>
FRANCE
Lions Pharma, Health global juries headed up by Rob Rogers, Andrew Spurgeon
CANNES, FRANCE: Lions Health, the global Festival celebrating creativity in healthcare, has announced the line-up of the 2015 juries. South African Andrew MacKenzie, ECD of Boomtown Strategic Brand Agency is one of the Health & Wellness Jury... read more>>
GLOBAL
Promoted Tweets syndicates with Flipboard, Yahoo! JAPAN
Twitter has announced its first partnership to syndicate Promoted Tweets outside of Twitter to Flipboard and Yahoo! JAPAN... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
The Gunn Report 2014 unveiled
LONDON, UK: The Gunn Report, the global index for creative excellence in advertising, has released its 2014 Report, encapsulating the overall performance of the world of advertising in the year January to December 2014... read more>>
FRANCE
Dan Formosa to head up Product Design Lions Jury
CANADA
Monster HR now truly a global monster agency

Naseem Javed

JAPAN
Sony sells US-based online game unit
INDIA
Uber cabbie denies raping Indian passenger
FRANCE
Sy Lau announced as Cannes Lions Media Person of the Year
More International
Government news
SOUTH AFRICA
Load-shedding risk high this week
The risk of load-shedding this week remains high, says Eskom... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Maths not SA's innovation holy grail

Edzai Conilias Zvobwo

Mathematics' contribution to the country's innovation process has been overrated as it is only a part of the process... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
New York Forum AFRICA to coincide with AGOA Forum
The New York Forum AFRICA (NYFA), will now take place on 29-31 August in Libreville, Gabon under the patronage of Ali Bongo Ondimba, president of the Gabonese Republic... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
SABC: Muthambi, Motsoeneng accused of hostile takeover
The DA claims Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has signed a secretive SABC Memorandum of Incorporation (MoI) that strips the SABC Board of its statutory powers... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Military aircraft departs SA to bring back more bodies from Nigeria
A C130 military aircraft has departed South Africa with a team of military health personnel and forensic pathologists to Nigeria to repatriate more bodies that have remained in that country... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
The globalisation of the African continent
Data consumption continues to grow at an incredible pace globally. Over 90% of all the data in the world was created in the past two years, and the total amount of data being captured and stored by industry doubles almost year on year... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Umalusi validates adult education through national assessment
SOUTH AFRICA
SA brand image should go big abroad
SOUTH AFRICA
SA condemns gruesome murder of Jordanian pilot
SOUTH AFRICA
Unisa partnership sealed

Issued by False Bay College

More Government news
Motoring news
SOUTH AFRICA
Motorists - you can still save more
Motorists can make even greater savings than through a drop in fuel costs... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Local vehicle sales down but exports boom

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

Local new vehicle sales got off a slow start with January figures lagging 1.2% behind the 52,948 vehicles sold in January 2014... read more>>
More Motoring news
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New events to diarise
Cards and Payments Africa 2015
Terrapinn Ltd - 10 Mar 2015 to 11 Mar 2015, Johannesburg

Retail World Africa 2015
Terrapinn Ltd - 10 Mar 2015 to 11 Mar 2015, Johannesburg

18th AutoExpo Africa 2015
Expogroup - 27 Apr 2015 to 29 Apr 2015, Nairobi

18th East Africa International Trade Exhibition
Expogroup - 23 May 2015 to 25 May 2015, Dar-es-Salaam

Africa Com
Informa - 17 Nov 2015 to 19 Nov 2015, Cape Town

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