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Africa is rising

Every week it seems there is news about another media collaboration or innovation in the ICT, mobile or digital sector on the African continent. Africa is rising, no doubt about that and it is gratifying to see all the new media launches and many awards for talented young developers from the continent.
Africanews, a Euronews offshoot, which launched on the continent in January this year, launched into sub-Saharan Africa this week through a myriad of partnerships with local broadcast and internet channels; and Deutsche Welle and Channels TV announced a collaboration on the Eco@Africa channel to highlight best-practice environmental guidelines for ecological protection from all over in Africa and the world. And Econet Media also announced live NBA games for sub-Saharan Africa.
Then there are the Merck and Google investments in technological innovation and various start-up and mobile technology highlights from MTN and Techne this past week in the news.
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AFRICA
Africanews TV launch in sub-Saharan Africa
TV viewers in sub-Saharan Africa join the Africanews community... read


KENYA
Cashless revenue collection solution for Kenya
Ingenico Group deploys a cashless revenue collection solution in Kenya... read


UGANDA
WebPhone apps for Uganda smartphones
MTN introduces WebPhone app for smartphones, easing international calls to Uganda... read



NIGERIA
Lagos wears a new look

Dr Kingsley Ighobor

Lagos, Nigeria's populous megacity, is undergoing a transformation. City transforming from chaos of traffic congestion, rickety buses and pickpockets... read
KENYA
Kenya, Uganda teams chosen for start-up AI investment
Merck brings international start-ups to Darmstadt and Nairobi in artificial intelligence accelerator... read
AFRICA
Google gives multi-million Rand grant to Africa NGO
African organisation SAFOD is the beneficiary of a R10 million Google grant... read
AFRICA
German-Africa TV collaboration
'Eco@Africa' is Deutsche Welle and Channels TV's first coproduction with African TV station... read
AFRICA
South African appointed to IABC board
IABC appoints delegate from Africa to executive board... read
AFRICA
Meeting the UN development agenda
Safe skies and safe airports are seen as key to Africa's growth... read
SOUTH AFRICA
[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 171: Agency focus - The Fixer Company
On the latest episode of Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show host Warren Harding spoke to Colin Don Schouw... read
SOUTH AFRICA
African Design Centre fellowship programme to open in September
Based in Kigali, the African Design Centre has launched a two-year fellowship programme to train the creative leaders who will design a more sustainable Africa... read
AFRICA
MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge Africa finalists
Top three finalists in MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge announced... read
AFRICA
Prince dies, a social media king is crowned
The world turned purple today to honour artist Prince, who died yesterday. Social media is being tracked by Crimson Hexagon and YouKnow Digital... read
EGYPT
Techne Summit focuses on African start-ups
Global technology professionals gather in Egypt to showcase latest innovations in 2nd Techne Summit event... read
AFRICA
Africa project developers initiative
Thinktank and network launched to promote and encourage project development in Africa... read
AFRICA
Ericsson appoints new Sub-Saharan Africa head
Jean Claude Geha has been appointed Ericsson president Sub-Saharan Africa... read
DEM. REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Tigo mobile acquired by Orange
The mobile market in the DRC is undergoing significant growth and is currently the largest mobile market in Central and West Africa, after Nigeria... read
SOUTH AFRICA
Making sense of the city

Danette Breitenbach

JCDecaux acquired Continental Outdoor Media in June last year. At a recent function at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton, Gauteng, Jean Sébastien Decaux... read
SOUTH AFRICA
The JCDecaux Sub-Saharan Africa HR structure is rationalised for growth!

Issued by JCDecaux

JCDecaux in sub-Saharan Africa has rationalised and streamlined its structure to optimise the integration of the JCDecaux Group's international procedures, and accommodate the new growth strategies across the continent... read
AFRICA
New brand tracker for Africa
Digital campaign transparency for brands targeting Africa... read
NIGERIA
Nigeria - next global manufacturing hub?
Nigeria Manufacturing Expo termed a success with 2600+ attendees and high-level policy discussions at mPAD... read
AFRICA
Success in Africa: get comfortable with change
Many South African manufacturers' efforts to expand into Africa have failed... read
AFRICA
Live NBA games for Sub-Saharan Africa
Econet Media to deliver live NBA games and programming across TV, internet and mobile to fans in Sub-Saharan Africa... read
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