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 | Management consulting firm, Sawubona Advisory Services has introduced Startit.ng, a startup launch and growth support platform in Nigeria... read |
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 | Impunity, attacks by security personnel, remain top challenges to media free expression in West Africa... read |
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 | Burson-Marsteller has acquired a minority stake in its Kenyan affiliate, Engage Burson-Marsteller... read |
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 | Winners of the Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards will be announced at the Continental Reinsurance CEO Summit on 6 April 2017 in Dakar, Senegal... read |
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 | The launch of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia heralds new era in trade cooperation... read |
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 | JP Kloppers Brands that fail to meet customers' high expectations may see their market share slide. Marketing is a multi-billion rand exercise in setting expectations... read |
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 | The relationship brands have with their customers is set to undergo a technological revolution causing the number of human-to-human interactions to fall... read |
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 | Over 300 participants attended the African Economic Conference this week, with the theme, 'Feed Africa: Towards Agro-Allied Industrialization for Inclusive Growth'... read |
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 | David Karega Brands could be focusing on the wrong goal post, says David Karega, a communication specialist at Hill+Knowlton Strategies in Kenya... read |
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 | The Vodafone Foundation announced a mobile-based HIV programme in Lesotho to treat those living with HIV... read |
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 | Holmes Report and APRA launch first Africa SABRE competition for the public relations industry... read |
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 | The Visa Bootcamp will power collaboration opportunities between early stage technology companies, Visa and financial institutions from across Africa for potential integration... read |
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 | Egypt has an ambitious three-year reform plan that, with foreign help, can revive its struggling economy, the minister of international cooperation said... read |
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 | Nigeria's The Guardian has launched a Brand Studio to create branded content to reach influential and well educated audiences in Nigeria, the diaspora and globally... read |
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 | Africa needs to move with speed to implement the Continental Free Trade Area next year... read |
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 | StarTimes-the UNAIDS media partner-broadcasts HIV prevention message across African network... read |
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 | Smart Uganda and Kirusa announced the launch of InstaVoice Missed Call, Voicemail, and Voice SMS service in Uganda... read |
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 | The Gemalto platform already manages over one billion devices worldwide, including over 470 million devices in the Middle East and Africa... read |
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 | Given the increasingly connected nature of the world, it is hardly surprising that companies are focused on becoming digital enterprises... read |
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 | Countries can decide their development path, says development economic Ha-Joon Chang. read |
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 | According to a report by TimesLive, South African startup Onyx Connect is set to become the first to manufacture smartphones in Africa... read |
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 | StitcherAds, a global Facebook and Instagram marketing partner, has launched its services in the sub-Saharan Africa region... read |
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 | A focus on distinct innovation and product development capabilities is paying off for some companies as they deliver between three and seven percent higher annualised revenue... read |
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 | Julia Ahlfeldt If 2016 taught us anything it is that it is essential to fully understand who your customers - or target audiences - are. The shock Brexit and USA election outcomes are both cases in point... read |
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 | Ericsson Consumer Lab has produced its sixth edition of its annual trend report The 10 Hot Consumer Trends for 2017 and beyond... read |
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 | Damon Stapleton It has been an interesting week. The world may run out of Guinness. As I write this Ireland have just beaten the All Blacks 40 - 29 in Chicago. It is the first time they have done this in 111 years. To continue the surreal sporting theme, Andy Murray, has become the number one tennis player in the world... read |
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 | APO, the African Press Organization, has announced that it will offer a press clippings service for 300 influential Africa newspapers, magazines and trade publications... read |
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 | Marketers working in the business-to-business space need to get serious about social media, says Innocomm... read |
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 | Algeria's premier said Saturday regional trade in Africa was much lower than in other continents as the oil exporter seeks to diversify its revenue stream because of low crude prices... read |
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 | A workshop on the harmonisation of the cyber-security legal framework for Central Africa, has come up with concrete resolutions on cyber-security... read |
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 | ContinuityEastAfrica has officially opened its doors in Nairobi, with a new data centre and work-area recovery facility... read |
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 | Bandile Ndzishe The highly competitive December holiday marketing has no place for the pliant and weak marketers. It is a war room affair... read |
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 | Issued by Kantar Millward Brown Kantar Millward Brown's annual digital and media predictions highlight the scale of the challenge presented by a new generation with high expectations and values... read |
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 | Issued by Mobitainment Do you want to be a trailblazer in the mobile space? Join Mobitainment and mCordis in March 2017 for the first industry-accredited Professional Qualification in Mobile Marketing... read |
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 | Tom Jackson The World Bank Group is to launch a series of accelerator programmes across Africa, aimed at helping tech startups commercialise and scale innovative digital products... read |
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 | Take lessons from the startup economy to innovate in the future in Africa, says GE... read |
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 | Gabriella Mulligan Global entrepreneurship community Metta has opened a dedicated space for entrepreneurs and investors to network and collaborate in Nairobi, Kenya... read |
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 | A big rise in drone use is likely to lead to a new wave of "dronejackings" by cybercriminals, security experts warned... read |
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 | With contracts across Africa running into billions of dollars, Morocco is placing business at the heart of its strategy to win support for its re-entry into the African Union... read |
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 | Jared Koning Most businesses will find the idea of automating functions like sales and marketing compelling, as it helps marketers to streamline activities like lead generation, segmentation, lead nurturing and lead scoring... read |
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 | The World Media Awards are open for entries and the organisers are seeking entries from across the Middle East and Africa. The closing date for entries is Thursday 16 February 2017... read |
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 | LG Electronics says it is natural for a business to take great pride in its products, developed to meet the changing demands of the modern consumer. However, business creativity and innovation are about more than new products... read |
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 | Nirmal Nair As smartphones reach saturation point in developing markets and make up a significant part of phone ownership in developing nations, customers are demanding an entirely different way of engaging with brands... read |
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 | Breaking away from a traditional learn-memorise-test approach to education, design thinking is paving the way for inspiring 'out-of-the-box' thinking amongst youngsters... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews The majority of businesses today would say they're customer-centric, or at least that 'the customer comes first'. But many of us forget the most important customers of all - our own employees, who can quickly identify a flaw in our processes before it snowballs through a bad customer experience... read |
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 | JP Kloppers Starting in the 1940s and '50s, celebrity endorsements began changing the marketing landscape. Soap, shampoo, suntan lotion: Ronald Reagan himself endorsed a brand of cigarettes... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews "You can't predict anyone's work load for the day, we pad out our budgets to avoid hiccups down the line and deadlines are just crazy." This description would fit almost any business today... read |
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 | Facebook has announced that Creative Hub will be available for the entire industry to use worldwide and it is introducing a new Inspiration Gallery, which will highlight examples of outstanding mobile creative across Facebook and Instagram... read |
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 | Helna Brown I am more convinced than ever that the best problem-solvers are those who are passionate about people and keep people at the core of solutions. They have the passion for finding the best solution to enhance people's lives or the environment... read |
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Mobile journalismIAJ - Institute for the Advancement of Journalism - 12 Sep 2017 to 13 Sep 2017, Johannesburg |
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