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Key tech trends for businesses in Africa

While international trends are often mirrored in Africa, the unique operating environment and challenges on the continent result in some very interesting applications in the business technology space.

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Africa foremost in cellphone subscriber growth

Thabiso Mochiko

African mobile network operators continue to offer growth and dividend yield investment opportunities‚ according to Old Mutual Investment Group fund manager of African equities Cavan Osborne.

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Embracing the personalisation of everything

Nick Durrant

Given the fact that almost every purchase we make, every search term we enter, and every call we place is now recorded and stored in vast digital databases, brands and marketers have access to more information than they've ever dreamed of.

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CRM
AFRICA
Jovago rolls out loyalty programme for Nigerian businesses
LAGOS, NIGERIA: Jovago.com, claimed to be Africa's largest online hotel booking platform, has rolled out a new loyalty programme for Nigerian businesses to boost Nigeria's hospitality industry. Read more >>

Digital
AFRICA
Garmin calls on business partners in West Africa
The CEO of Garmin Sub-Saharan Africa invites potential business partners to meet with their trade delegation in Accra, Ghana from the 12-16 May 2014. Read more >>

AFRICA
The Ole! Media Group launches HoneyKome
Events & Conferencing
SOUTH AFRICA
Four e-invite statistics every event manager should know

Terry Sutherland, Issued by The RSVP Agency

Most event managers are all too aware of the challenges faced when sending out an e-invite. Not only do you have to dodge spam folders, you have to make sure your invitation is as enticing as possible. These four e-invite statistics will aid you in creating and sending out invitations that garner the best response rate possible. Read more >>

Media
ZIMBABWE
Govt consults on media law amendments
Government is consulting stakeholders on amendments to the criminal defamation law and statutes restricting the practice of journalism by causing the arrest of scribes. Read more >>

AFRICA
Built in Africa: RLabs is using tech to restore our faith in humanity

Michelle Atagana

Built in Africa focuses on entrepreneurs, startups and technologies that hail from the continent and empower its citizens. Read more >>

Mobile
NIGERIA
Taxi app pre-installed on all Galaxy S5 devices in Nigeria
Easy Taxi, a taxi booking app, has teamed up with Samsung to offer its services to even more customers across Nigeria, with the app to be pre-installed on all new Samsung Galaxy S5 devices as part of the Galaxy Gift Exchange. Read more >>

Newspapers
KENYA
Online papers cut newspaper sales

Lola Okulo

More people are opting to read newspapers online with the latest economic survey indicating a drop of 6.5 million copies in circulation of English papers. Read more >>


International

FRANCE
Orange says it has staunched sales drop
PARIS, FRANCE: French telecommunications operator Orange, with 239m customers across several countries, said it had slowed a fall of sales in the first quarter and increased its operating margins. Read more >>

UNITED STATES
eBay pays USD3.75m to settle 'no-poaching' case
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Online company eBay agreed to pay US$3.75m to settle allegations it colluded with other Silicon Valley technology firms not to "poach" each other's employees, officials said on Thursday, 1 May. Read more >>

UNITED STATES
Microsoft patches perilous hole in IE Web browser
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Microsoft on Thursday, 1 May, released a patch for a perilous hole in its Internet Explorer browser that hackers could slip through to invade computers. Read more >>

UNITED STATES
Microsoft sets original TV shows for Xbox One

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Government

SOUTH AFRICA
SANDF deployed to maintain law, order during elections
As the 7 May poll approaches, President Jacob Zuma has authorised the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to maintain law and order over the election period as well as during the inauguration of the President-elect. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Voting abroad wraps up
Overseas voting for South Africa's general election next week wrapped up on Thursday, 1 May, with no major incidents reported, said the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Department confirms Bhudu's arrest
SOUTH AFRICA
Zuma calls on miners to end their strike

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Lifestyle

SOUTH AFRICA
Africa's Pride... that's Crystal Towers Hotel

Brian Berkman

I've changed dramatically in the two years since I first stayed at African Pride's Crystal Towers Hotel so on this visit I was looking for ways in which the hotel had also changed. Read more >>


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