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Digital dominates the African conversation

Sara El-Khalili writes about 'Mobile technology: Bridging the African digital divide, a must-read as this week marks World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.

Still on the topic of all things technological, Abigail Mawonde writes about how social media has become a major threat to the viability of the newspaper industry in Zimbabwe and the existence of journalism as a profession.

Zimbabwe's digital space keeps the focus, with Koliwe Nyoni Majama explaining that local content production support is critical as the country gears up for digitisation.

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Mobile technology: Bridging the African digital divide

Sara El-Khalili

Handicapped by economic constraints, millions of unprivileged people in the developing world continue to be deprived of sufficient access to communication technology...

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Zimbabwe: 'Social media a threat to newspapers'

Abigail Mawonde

The social media has become a major threat to the viability of the newspaper industry and the existence of journalism as a profession, a Government official has said...

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Local content production support - critical as Zimbabwe gears up for digitisation

Koliwe Nyoni Majama

Currently Zimbabwe is gearing itself up for two significant developments in the broadcasting industry - the announcement of the successful local commercial licence applicants and digital migration...

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Biz Takeouts
SOUTH AFRICA
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SOUTH AFRICA
Millward Brown South Africa announces the top 10 Best Liked Ads for Q3 and Q4 2014

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Millward Brown's Best Liked Ads list celebrates South Africa's favourite TV commercials. These are the ads that have been rated as the most liked by the South African audience, whom we believe to be the most important critic... read more>>
Branding
SOUTH AFRICA
[NewsMaker] Lou Boxall-Davies

Louise Marsland

Lou Boxall-Davies has been appointed as chief strategy officer (CSO) of Havas Village South Africa. She will be responsible for strategy for Havas brands in South Africa... read more>>
Cinema
SOUTH AFRICA
21 ICONS documentary a contender at Zanzibar International Film Festival
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Design
SOUTH AFRICA
'We Are Africa' design exhibition opens in Durban to celebrate Africa Month
Celebrate Africa Month by visiting the "We Are Africa" design and innovation exhibition at the KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts (KZNSA) from 14 May to 7 June 2015 in Glenwood, Durban... read more>>
Digital
MALAWI
Airtel Malawi partners Facebook's Internet.org
In a bid to promote penetration, affordability and accessibility to internet services in the country, Airtel Malawi has partnered with Facebook on its internet.org initiative... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Spirit of Lagos Citizen Awards website goes live

Issued by Bluegrass Digital

Bluegrass Digital, in partnership with Lagos-based Playhouse Communication, was recently tasked with creating an interactive website for the Spirit of Lagos Citizens' Day Awards 2015... read more>>
Education
SOUTH AFRICA
Online webinars look at brand experience in African context
GfK South Africa has launched a series of free online webinars on delivering positive brand experience in order to grow sales in South Africa... read more>>
Events & Conferencing
SOUTH AFRICA
Arts and Culture Minister joins line-up of speakers at upcoming BASA Business Breakfast

Issued by Business and Arts South Africa

The Minister of Arts and Culture, Mr Nathi Mthethwa will be speaking at the third BASA Business Breakfast, supported by Standard Bank, adding impact to an already strong line-up... read more>>
Magazines
ANGOLA
Territory Ministry launches institutional magazine
The Ministry of Territory Administration last Wednesday, in Luanda, launched an institutional magazine on local governance dubbed "Nossa terra" (Our Land)... read more>>
Media
EAST AFRICA
TNT journalists scoop EAC Awards
Two journalists with The New Times were yesterday recognised for playing a major role in promoting public awareness about the East African Community (EAC) integration process... read more>>
SOUTH SUDAN
S.Sudan security given key role in new media regulation bodies
JUBA: South Sudan formed two new media regulation bodies Thursday placing national intelligence officials on the boards of both, a decree on state radio said... read more>>
Mobile
ZIMBABWE
Call to share mobile phone infrastructure

Diana Nherera

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information and Communications Technology, Postal and Courier Services has called for a strong policy on infrastructure sharing by all mobile phone companies in the country... read more>>
RWANDA
Rwanda 4G LTE project model wins global award

Collins Mwai

Rwanda 4G LTE (Fourth Generation Long-Term Evolution Internet) has been feted with the Global Telecom Business Innovation Award for its innovative business model... read more>>
AFRICA
Banking Africa's unbanked - Time for a reality check

Vahid Monadjem

Plenty of progress has been made on increasing the size of Africa's banked population. The trouble is, from the amount of noise that is made about the topic... read more>>
AFRICA
MTN Rwanda CEO transferred to Ghana

Ben Gasore With Agencies

AFRICA
TNS and Kantar Media announce mobile partnership with GeoPoll in Africa
Online Media
SOUTH AFRICA
Insider insights on the African Blogger Awards

Leigh Andrews

African Blogger Awards co-founder Murray Legg shares the secrets of doing well and how aspiring entrants can best prepare - starting right now... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
South African talent floats to the cloud with Talent Finders

Leigh Andrews

If you agree that South Africa and the rest of the continent has been - and still is - marginalised as far as the world market is concerned when it comes to talent, you'll be intrigued by Talent Finders... read more>>
Retail
AFRICA
Airtel, Oando partner on retail footprints

Bankole Orimisan

In line with its commitment to spread its retail footprints across Nigeria, leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, has partnered with Oando marketing to deliver value to Nigerians... read more>>
Media Freedom & Right to Know
MOROCCO
Charlie Hebdo takes disciplinary action against Moroccan journalist
The French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo has started disciplinary proceedings against an outspoken Moroccan-born woman journalist, amid a row over how the paper is run following January's murderous attack... read more>>
TV
TANZANIA
Tanzania: Zantel launches real time news service
Zantel mobile phone subscribers will start to get real time entertainment news through their smart phones under a new product code named, Zuninga television... read more>>
Youth Marketing
SOUTH AFRICA
Back to their roots

Danette Breitenbach

Family is what the youth cannot live without. This is one of the key findings of the Sunday Times Generation Next Study. This was in response to the question about what things respondents cannot live without... read more>>
International
UNITED STATES
ICANN sees privatisation of internet management soon
SAN FRANCISCO, US: The head of the non-profit group that oversees the world's internet addresses expressed confidence on Thursday that it would be privatised and out of US government control... read more>>
UNITED STATES
Microsoft's Bing search engine to go 'mobile friendly'
WASHINGTON, US: Microsoft said on Thursday its Bing search engine would be reconfigured to give more prominence to "mobile-friendly" websites... read more>>
UNITED STATES
Reddit cracks down on harassment
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Reddit on Thursday said it is cracking down on abusive behaviour that is keeping people from expressing opinions at the news-focused social network... read more>>
UNITED STATES
Facebook dives deep into news with publisher deal
WASHINGTON, USA: Facebook moved deeper into the media business on Wednesday by crafting a deal with news publishers which allows the social network to deliver articles directly to readers... read more>>
UNITED STATES
Smartphones among top gadgets for Americans: survey
More International
Government news
AFRICA
Telecel saga splits cabinet
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SOUTH AFRICA
African Utility Week Industry Awards winners announced
The African energy sector honoured its top power professionals and projects at the glittering African Utility Week Industry Awards gala ceremony on Wednesday, 13 May... read more>>
BURUNDI
EAC leaders condemn Burundi's attempted coup, call off summit
PRETORIA: The Heads of State of the East African Community (EAC) on Wednesday condemned the attempted coup in Burundi and called for the return to constitutional order... read more>>
More Government news
Business
SOUTH AFRICA
Time management 101

Andrew Macfarlane

"If your employees are constantly missing deadlines, lack focus and regularly overlook important details, these are sure signs that their time management skills aren't up to scratch..." read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Policies and technologies needed to mitigate the BYOD risk
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Attractions Africa Conference 2015
Attractions Management - 3 Jun 2015 to 4 Jun 2015, Cape Town

Africa's Big Seven
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