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AFRICA
Central Africa Kalahari Awards open for nominations
The Central Africa Kalahari Awards, which is dedicated to acknowledging creativity, commitment and excellence in the mobile financial services across Africa, are now open for nominations and will... Read more >>

Research shows Facebook dominates Kenya's social media

Published yesterday, 8 July 2014, research by The Digital Rand on The State of Social Media in Kenya, shows that Facebook dominates Kenya's social media with 3.8 million users...

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[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 97: MTN Business App Awards & measureability of ad campaigns

Tune in to the Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show, Thursday, 10 July from 9am-10am as we chat to Andrew Hall, Kevin Jacobson and Toby Shapshak. [twitterfall]

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SMS outpaces other direct channels
[Issued by Cellfind]

The relatively low penetration of smartphones in Africa, paired with high data costs, means that the humble SMS remains the best way for organisations to reach a mass market with targeted marketing...

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Cinema
AFRICA
Africa World Documentary Film Festival kicks off this month
The second Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF) will be kicking off on 26 July 2014 with screenings of films taking place at various venues around Cape Town... Read more >>

Publishing
GHANA
Ghanaian writer wins 2014 African Writer´s Residency Award
Nii Parkes has been selected as the 2014 winner of the Sylt Foundation African Writer´s Residency Award. Parkes, who lives in Ghana and England, will take up the Residency Award... Read more >>

Sponsorship
SOUTH AFRICA
Samsung sponsors African EduWeek for second year
Samsung Electronics South Africa has announced its platinum sponsorship of the 2014 African EduWeek, to be held from 9-11 July at the Sandton Convention Centre... Read more >>

TV
AFRICA
African documentaries to be broadcast across sub-Saharan Africa
AfriDocs Film Week is taking place from 21-27 July 2014 and will see a full week of African documentary films broadcast across sub-Saharan Africa on DStv channel ED (channel 190) and... Read more >>


International

SOUTH AFRICA
Why translation is only step one for success in international markets

Ian Henderson

KFC succeeds in China, where Home Depot, Mattel and eBay could not, by localising the brand itself and not just its collateral. Read more >>

UNITED STATES
Tablets to overtake PCs by 2015: survey
WASHINGTON, US: Tablet computers will outsell personal computers by 2015 globally in another sign of the shifting tech landscape, a survey showed on Monday. Read more >>

SPAIN
Off/On Commerce Day 2014 on in October in Madrid

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Government

SOUTH AFRICA
Electricity demand to increase
PRETORIA: While the system is stable, the demand for electricity is expected to increase due to cold weather predicted for Gauteng, says Eskom. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Employers do not enjoy special protection against claims of defamation

Johan Botes

Can an employer be held liable for defamatory statements made about an employee? The High Court recently confirmed that it can but that an employer may rely on the standard defences to such a claim to escape liability. Read more >>


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New events to diarise

The Progress Africa Conference
AIGS - 27 Jul 2014 to 30 Jul 2014 Central Drakensburg

Mobile Innovation Europe Summit 2014
9 Sep 2014 to 10 Sep 2014 London

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

Africa Oil Week Conference 2014
Global Pacific & Partners - 3 Nov 2014 to 7 Nov 2014 Cape Town

Retail Congress Africa 2014
i2i Events - 18 Nov 2014 to 19 Nov 2014 Johannesburg


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