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Mobile phone boost to African internet

Mary Alexander

According to new research by Ericsson, mobile data traffic in sub-Saharan Africa is set to increase 20-fold by 2019 while cellphone subscriptions rise to 930-million. (video)

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Innovation, entrepreneurship vital for economic growth

Jean-Claude Bastos De Morais

Technology is reconfiguring economies at such a rapid pace, creating new markets and opportunities that African youth can capitalise on. But how?

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[IMCC] Creativity through hacking

Sindy Peters

David Moffatt, Managing Director of Hellocomputer, believes that creativity and emotional advertising are keys to integrated marketing, and 'hacking' is one of the doors to creativity.

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Digital
NIGERIA
African startup honoured at The Europas 2014
Founded by AIH with investment from MTN, Millicom and Rocket Internet, online and mobile food ordering platform, foodpanda / hellofood, won Best E-commerce Startup at The Europas 2014. Read more >>

Events & Conferencing
WEST AFRICA
[Connecting West Africa] Improving profitability
Day two's sessions of the 11th Annual Connecting West Africa Conference covered in more detail how to improve profitability through better cost-efficiency and attractive services. Read more >>

Production
AFRICA
AiM Short Film Competition entries still open
African filmmakers are reminded to submit their short films of no longer than 30 minutes for Africa in Motion's annual short film competition taking place at the beginning of November 2014. Read more >>

Retail
ZIMBABWE
OK Zimbabwe to refurbish stores
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed retailer OK Zimbabwe is set to invest $16m in its operations and refurbish several existing stores nationwide due to increased competition. Read more >>

TV
AFRICA
CNBC Africa launches Forbes Africa TV
CNBC Africa is bringing the pages of Forbes Africa magazine to its viewers through the shows My Worst Day and Forbes Cover Story on the recently launched Forbes Africa TV. (video) Read more >>

AFRICA
MultiChoice, Intelsat partner to expand DTH
A 15-year service agreement between MultiChoice and Intelsat, will see the pay TV provider expand its direct-to-home (DTH) services in sub-Saharan Africa through a new Intelsat satellite. Read more >>


International

SINGAPORE
SingTel buys mobile advertisers businesses
SINGAPORE: Singapore Telecom, (SingTel) Southeast Asia's biggest telecommunications firm by revenue, said it will buy two mobile advertising companies for a total of $385m to further boost its digital business. Read more >>

RUSSIA
Oliver Stone gets rights to Snowden movie
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Hollywood director Oliver Stone has acquired movie rights to a political thriller penned by US whistle-blower Edward Snowden's Russian lawyer, who said he became fascinated by the fugitive's "moral choice." Read more >>


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Government

SOUTH AFRICA
Denying education is child abuse

Lebohang Mhlongo

The Government Communication and Information System's (GCIS) Gauteng regional office visited the communities of Hekpoort and Smoke Down in Mogale City to provide them with information that may help curb child abuse in the areas. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Implications of increased tax-free threshold

Gavin Stansfield and Abdul Allie

Tax on severance is an important aspect of the law for employers and employees to understand. The Basic Conditions of Employment Act, No. 75 of 1997 (BCEA) provides that an employer who dismisses an employee for 'operational requirements' must pay severance of at least one week's remuneration for every completed year of service. Read more >>


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Lifestyle

SOUTH AFRICA
[10 Things I Love About...] St James on Venice

Brian Berkman

The St James on Venice is a 15-roomed boutique hotel near the Presidential Residence, The Kings House, in Morningside, Durban. Having enjoyed a stay there, I asked Sunet Pringle about the 10 Things She Loves About It. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Jaguar claws its way to the top

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

Temperatures may be plummeting all over the country, but Jaguar F-Type sales are red-hot, having roared and clawed its way to the top of South Africa's prestigious open-top sports car market. Read more >>


New events to diarise

International Startup Event
Startup Grind Johannesburg - 18 Jun 2014 44 Stanley Ave, Johannesburg

Business of Africa 2014
19 Jun 2014 to 28 Jun 2014 Johannesburg

BankingTech Forum Africa
OpenRoom Events Ltd - 8 Jul 2014 to 9 Jul 2014 Johannesburg

ConMach Nigeria 2014
ConMach Nigeria 2014 - 16 Oct 2014 to 19 Oct 2014 Lagos

Africa PPP Investment and Development Summit 2014
Neoedge Pte Ltd - 21 Oct 2014 to 22 Oct 2014 Accra

RetailTech Forum Africa
OpenRoom Events Ltd - 20 Apr 2015 to 21 Apr 2015 Durban


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