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Welcome to BizTrends 2016!This week sees the launch of BizTrends 2016. Curated by our team, some of the continent's foremost thought leaders have submitted their top business trends to watch out for in the industry over the coming months. The content is sure to inspire your upwards trajectory, so get reading! In this light, Nkem Ndem V offers three predictions for tech in Nigeria 2016. These include strengthened IT and physical security, as well as increased social media power and a dearth of start-ups due to investment challenges. From a positive perspective, Christopher Kidanka writes about the return of the EastAfrican in Tanzania, following a year out of market due to a governmental ban based on proper registration. Let's hope for many more positive news stories throughout the continent this year. Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Weekly top stories |
|  | [Nkem Ndem V] It is a new year! We have finally crossed over to 2016, and while everything seems to be taking a new turn, it seems as though very little has changed in the tech world... read
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 | Since the 2000s, Africa has aimed to address the systemic challenges in the way in which the continent is governed and resources managed... read | | |
 | John Sanei After working with clients across many sectors for many years now, I have witnessed that process of change is exciting and fun at the beginning, hard but still fun(ish) in the middle and totally draining at the end. Here's why... read | | |
 | Now in its third year and taking place 6-8 April 2016, B2B exhibition World Travel Market Africa hosts a nexus for the inbound and outbound African travel... read | | |
 | Ugandan journalists who have no university degrees would be banned from covering parliamentary proceedings as from May 2016, a report said on Thursday... read | |  | Burundi journalist Esdras Ndikumana, the AFP and Radio France Internationale correspondent who was forced to flee last year, was awarded the 2015 French diplomatic press prize on Monday... read | |  | Issued by Millward Brown Millward Brown's annual Digital and Media Predictions for the year ahead outline the need to optimise video and mobile advertising, evaluate connected TV opportunities and develop inspiring branded content... read | | |
 | PARIS, FRANCE: French telecoms giant Orange said Wednesday it has agreed to buy two of Airtel subsidiaries in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone as part of its strategy of investing in emerging markets... read | |  | Charles Mwaniki Kenya expects to roll out its mobile phone-based Treasury bond by the end of March after the planned sale in October last year was derailed by volatile interest rates... read | | | | |
 | Christopher Kidanka The EastAfrican, the region's authoritative weekly newspaper, is back in circulation in Tanzania after a year out of the market... read | | |
 | Hermanus has been selected for 21 ICONS South Africa Season 3 for addressing uniquely South African social issues through cinematic commentary... read | |  | Leigh Andrews Triggerfish Animation Studios CEO Stuart Forrest explains how film is transforming business on the continent... read | | |
 | Mehari Beyene The Ethiopian Civil Service University yesterday launched 100.5 FM Civil Service Community Radio Station with range of 10 km radius at a cost of over 2.5 million Birr... read | | |
 | Zimbabwe's current debt and energy problems could be just the catalysts the country needs for radical reforms that could convince foreign investors to return... read | | |
 | Nkem Ndem V Although LinkedIn has often been referred to as the boring brother of Facebook and Twitter, it remains the most popular social network for professionals around the world... read | |  | Twitter on Tuesday began weaving live Periscope video broadcasts into timelines streamed to its application tailored for Apple mobile devices... read | | |
 | Corporate Fundamentals owner and founder, Jill Young and her business partner, Russel Brand have opened a new portal, offering advice and tips on career and entrepreneurship... read | | |  | WAN-IFRA is launching its editorial leadership programme, Women in News (WIN), in the MENA region in March 2016... read | |  | The Digital Signage Expo (DSE), on at Las Vegas from 15-18 March 2016, will offer an hour-long seminar, 'Fundamentals of Digital Signage Content', as part of its four-part Digital Signage Fundamentals Seminar Programme... read | |  | Kantar, a data investment management division of WPP, has acquired a majority stake in its partner in Denmark and Sweden, Millward Brown Denmark... read | | | More International | |
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 | Jimmy Tembo We went through part 1 of this article without defining branding... read | |
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| | |  The Social Entrepreneurship Programme is a training programme, for people who want to make a difference. It takes excellence in business thinking and applies it to the social development space. Read more >> |
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| Walt Disney "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." Helen Keller "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." Kelly Kim "Success is about creating benefit for all and enjoying the process. If you focus on this and adopt this definition, success is yours." |
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