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 | On the last Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Koo Govender and Jaco Van Zyl... read more>> |
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 | Terry Levin Over the duration of a three-day conference and accompanying EXPO event, Design Indaba has become known as the platform for the showcasing of the best contemporary examples of made things... read more>> |
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 | Leigh Andrews Did the Design Indaba 2015 conference save the best for last? Some say yes, with the audience hanging on every word of presentations by the likes of online video legend Casey Neistat and Israel's music game-changer Yoni Bloch... read more>> |
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 | Leigh Andrews From well-known spicy chicken brands and gourmet food trucks to cutting-edge fashion design, collaboration featured strongly (again) on the programme of the second day of the Design Indaba 2015 conference... read more>> |
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 | Leigh Andrews Speakers on day one of the 2015 Design Indaba conference said to look sideways in collaboration and backwards to past design for a successful future... read more>> |
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 | Terry Levin The 2015 Design Indaba provided fertile ground for even the most ardent fashionistas and Afrophiles. In this context both topics took on a new importance... read more>> |
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 | Danette Breitenbach There is always a risk involved when doing business in Africa, but it is not all doom and gloom or as hard as you might think... read more>> |
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 | Chizobam Ekwerike The conclusion of the 2015 Super Bowl sparked a spirited conversation amongst my colleagues. Being ad people, we of course, talked about the best and worst adverts... read more>> |
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 | Issued by Right Stuff The multitude of branded point-of-sale kiosks and counters available can be overwhelming, but the freedom of choice is also liberating... read more>> |
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 | Leigh Andrews If your idea of offering good customer experience is based on the 4-star rating you just received, you may be in for a surprise, says Qaalfa Dibeehi, Forrester Research's Customer Experience lead for the EMEA region... read more>> |
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 | The UN has set June as the deadline for moving from analogue to digital transmission. Only a few African countries seem prepared for the change... read more>> |
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 | The Media Association of Puntland in collaboration with National Union of Somali Journalist (NUSOJ) and Finnish Foundation for Media and Development (VIKES) conducted a three day workshop... read more>> |
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 | WINDHOEK: Namibia's media sector will undergo a review to see if it is an essential service, a special committee told a public hearing on Thursday. read more>> |
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 | TUNIS - A Tunisian court said Tuesday it would rule next week on a blogger's appeal against a one-year jail sentence for defaming the military... read more>> |
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 | Gladys Kamakanda Government plans to train journalists in economic reporting to improve their data interpretation skills... read more>> |
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 | Stuart Thomas Flashback to 2010. Naspers is still a majority shareholder in Mxit, at this stage Africa's largest social network and instant messaging client with 27-million registered users... read more>> |
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 | DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA: Millions of M-Pesa and Tigo Pesa customers in Tanzania will soon be able to send and receive money directly into each other's wallets. This follows the recent signing of a mobile money interoperability agreement between Tigo and Vodacom... read more>> |
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 | Vodafone Ghana and Kirusa have announced the launch of 'Ebola Public Health Project' under Vodafone's Ghana Foundation's 'Mobile for Good' initiative, on Kirusa's platform... read more>> |
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 | Ian Henderson With all the successes of the Internet and globalisation, the dream was once for a global village of freely communicating, distance-trading world citizens... read more>> |
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 | The book, 'Rumble in the Jungle - Leadership from an African Perspective' was launched at the Gauteng Youth Safety Summit yesterday, 25 February 2015... read more>> |
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 | African consumers are increasingly searching online platforms with commercial intent, which include querying prices of goods, and researching where one can purchase products or services... read more>> |
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 | Leigh Andrews There's no denying the value offered by customer loyalty programmes, but what does it take to get it right? Lauren Barbour, lead consultant for customer strategy at Principa, explains... read more>> |
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 | Harry Welby-Cooke Conventional businesses over simplify their definition of profit as the difference between sales and expenses. With this approach, there are only three variables that can be manoeuvred or improved to influence profitability... read more>> |
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: Egyptian telecoms and media magnate Naguib Sawiris, who is set to take a majority stake in Euronews, pledged on Friday not to interfere in coverage by the pan-European TV news channel.... read more>> |
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 | The trial involving Al Jazeera's journalists Canadian national, Mohamed Fahmy, and Egyptian national, Baher Mohamed, was postponed in a session on Monday to March 8... read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON DC, US: Days after announcing a ban on sexually explicit content or "graphic nudity" on its Blogger platform, Google has reversed course... read more>> |
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 | DHAKA, BANGLADESH: Hundreds of Bangladeshis demanded justice on Sunday for the killers of an atheist blogger hacked to death with machetes, as they gathered to pay tribute to the critic of religious extremism... read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK: Apple sent invitations on Thursday for a mystery event due to take place March 9, amid speculation about an imminent launch of its much anticipated Apple Watch... read more>> |
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 | PARIS, FRANCE / JOHANNESBURG-CAPE TOWN, SA: Publicis Groupe has announced today the acquisition of the South Africa-based company Epic Communications, one of SA's leading independent integrated strategic communications agencies... read more>> |
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 | NEW DELHI, INDIA: Authorities in Delhi have asked the national government to block the Uber app, saying the cab hailing company is operating illegally in the Indian capital... read more>> |
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 | LONDON & NEW YORK: The 2015 London International Awards (LIA) Branded Entertainment Jury President is Jesse Coulter, Co-Chief Creative Officer of CAA Marketing, a division Creative Artists Agency (CAA)... read more>> |
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 | Ritesh Sanghani AHMEDABAD, INDIA: With the depleting forest cover on earth, 'paperless' culture is getting immense momentum in the recent years. In fact, all the documentation and paper work is now being digitised at an exponential rate. This trend has given rise to document conversion. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, US: The Courage in Journalism and Lifetime Achievement Awards, which honours women journalists who set themselves apart by their extraordinary bravery, is open online for nominations until 15 March 2015... read more>> |
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: More than a month after jihadist gunmen massacred much of the Charlie Hebdo editorial team, those who survived are slowly trying to return to a semblance of normality... read more>> |
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 | The North West government has demolished 28 of 71 shoddily built houses in Huhudi township near Vryburg. read more>> |
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 | The Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, delivered the 2015 Budget speech which contains a number of tax proposals that will impact businesses and individuals alike. Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr has provided a summarised version of certain key tax proposals... read more>> |
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 | NEWSWATCH: Communications Minister Faith Muthambi is in the firing line over 'irregular' adverts placed in The New Age, reports City Press... read more>> |
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 | Anton Harber If journalists in Zimbabwe had stood up in that country's parliament to protest against interference with their cellphone signals, they would have been laughed out of the place... read more>> |
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 | NEWSWATCH: Party spin doctors reportedly want to 'reclaim' the public broadcaster to polish the president's halo, and they're apparently not too pleased with The New Age, reports Mail & Guardian... read more>> |
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 | Read the full text of South African Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's inaugural national Budget speech, the fifth in the country's democratic Parliament, delivered on 25 February 2015... read more>> |
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 | The "electricity war room" is focusing all its energy towards implementing government's five-point plan, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti said on Tuesday... read more>> |
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor The fifth generation Opel Corsa has just arrived in SA hard on the heels of the trendy Opel Adam while the cute Mokka waits in the wings to complete the brand's concerted three-pronged attack on the local market... read more>> |
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 | Brian Berkman More South Africans are taking to the high seas than ever before. Last year, 15,000 of us sailed via Cruises International and I'm one of them who have taken to cruising like, well, a duck to water... read more>> |
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