30 Nov 2011

Africa | Marketing & Media

 
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SOUTH AFRICA
Time travel: what has changed - 2007 to 2011
[Natalie Solomon] It's the year 2007, the year that many say the human population embraced technology and celebrities made a habit of going to rehab. The likes of Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and David Hasslehof made more than one "brave" decision to go and turn their lives around. While these various celebrities were gallivanting around, the world of technology began to change. Read more >>

Education & Training


SOUTH AFRICA
Internships: making the right choice
[Charl Thom] It's that time of the year when the inboxes of HR departments and agency execs start overflowing with internship applications. Beginning your career with the right agency is arguably one of the most important decisions you'll make. As a starting point, consider culture, courage, vision and brand as a non-negotiable. Read more >>

Events & Conferencing


ZAMBIA
Southern Sun opens StayEasy Lusaka
Southern Sun Hotels has announced the latest addition to its hotels in Africa, the StayEasy Lusaka. The new StayEasy Lusaka hotel caters for the business traveller who value expediency and convenience and is centrally located in the newly developed, Levy Business Park in Lusaka. Read more >>

AFRICA
Practical Publishing announces 2012 expo, roadshow dates
The dates for Sign Africa, Africa Print and Visual Communication Africa 2012 have been set,following the successful 2011 event where the three expo's co-exhibited at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. Read more >>

Magazines


AFRICA
Inaugural Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2011 announced
ABN Publishing announced on Monday 28 November 2011, that governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, was the first Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2011, during an awards ceremony held at the Sky Restaurant, Eko Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria. Read more >>

Media


EGYPT
Journalists targeted in run-up to Egyptian elections
[Theresa Mallinson] When Egyptians went to the polls on Monday, several journalists and bloggers were still nursing bruises and broken limbs after the crackdown on the media in the lead up to the elections. Others remained in jail. Seems the country's current military rulers are no better than the Mubarak regime - certainly not in their treatment of the press, particularly female journalists. Read more >>

Mobile


AFRICA
Airtel reaches 50 million users across Africa
Bharti Airtel Limited, a telecommunications services provider with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, today celebrated a milestone when it acquired its 50 millionth mobile customer in Africa. Airtel has achieved this within just 17 months of acquiring Zain's mobile operations in 16 African countries and added 14 million new mobile customers during this period. Read more >>

AFRICA
My wishes for the mobile industry in 2012
[Michael de Souza] The mobile ad industry is maturing fast. In 2011, just about all players posted healthy growth, building up impressive case studies in partnership with brands who've taken advantage of the mobile opportunity. Revenues are up too, thanks to sustained effort, solid work, and rapid consumer adoption of mobile channels. Read more >>

PR & Communications


KENYA
Hill & Knowlton EA wins PRSK awards
Hill & Knowlton East Africa was awarded four awards at the 2011 Public Relation Society of Kenya (PRSK) Excellence Awards, held on 26 November 2011 at a gala evening in Fort Jesus, Mombasa. Read more >>

Radio


ZIMBABWE
MISA concerns over granting of radio licenses
[Tichaona Sibanda] The independent Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe has said the process to award commercial licenses to two new radio stations recently was not open and fair. Read more >>


International
UNITED KINGDOM
Loyalty to smartphone brand increases with greater use of digital content
LONDON, UK: Nearly one in five consumers, who own both an iPad and an iPhone, say switching smartphone is more difficult than changing bank accounts. A simple, integrated user experience is driving consumers' brand loyalty to their smartphone and they are less likely to switch brands the more applications and services they use on the device, new research from GfK finds. Read more >>

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CNN International launches pan-EMEA brand campaign
ABU DHABI, UAE / JOHANNESBURG, SA: CNN International is launching a pan-EMEA advertising campaign designed to underline its claim to be the world's leading international news channel. The campaign seeks to build the profiles of its individual anchors, cementing their relationships with existing viewers and growing the channel's core audience. Read more >>

BELGIUM
Brands to change marketing to under-12s on websites
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: A group of major food brands[1] have committed to changing how they communicate to children under 12 on their company websites. The EU pledge group (www.eu-pledge.eu) committed in 2007 to only advertise "better for you" products or to move out of children's airtime altogether on TV, print and third party Internet advertising. Read more >>

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Government
SOUTH AFRICA
Workers' pensions shock
The inquiry investigating the loss of textile workers' pensions has heard that some of the money placed in a trust of a former clothing union consultant could have been used to buy a multimillion-rand Cape Town property and a luxury car. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Nzimande calls for better governance at SETAs
Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has urged Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) to improve issues of governance and act decisively against corruption. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Provinces to talk more about crime
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has called for provincial police coordination to be prioritised in order to deal with crime more effectively. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Don't drop the ball, climate delegates told
[Chris Bathembu] International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has called on the delegates attending the climate change conference in South Africa to "retain" the trust that was built in Mexico last year. Read more >>

More Government news...


Motoring
SOUTH AFRICA
Going on holiday by road? 10 easy ways to save on fuel
The holidays tend to be a time of spending not saving, but there are ways to save money at the fuel pump this festive season. Read more >>

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Travel
SOUTH AFRICA
Ethiopian Airlines wins AFRAA Award
Ethiopian Airlines has earned another accolade from The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) for being consistently profitable over the years and recording the best financial results in 2010. Read more >>

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BizLounge
SOUTH AFRICA
Take me back to the '80s
[Jordan Scott] Lights, camera, leg warmers, headbands, lumo colours, sparkles and action. That 80's Show is an 80s' music tribute and I will admit that I was a little wary of going to see it, due to the fact that I was born in the 90s. However, thanks to the epic nature of the music of that era, I was bopping about in my seat from the minute the curtains rose. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Boys Behaving Badly "In A Better World"
[Eugene Yiga] "I want to be burned when I die, don't you?" Cremation isn't something you'd expect a typical 10-year-old boy to be talking about. Then again, Christian (William Jøhnk Nielsen) isn't a typical 10-year-old boy. After losing his mother to cancer, he's sent to live with his grandmother in Denmark. His father (Ulrich Thomsen) is too busy to raise a son alone, with all his trips to London for work. Read more >>

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