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Social media bigwigs to be awarded

Kenya's social media bigwigs will get a chance to be awarded for using social media positively to impact lives at this year's OLX Kenya Social Media Awards (SOMA)...

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Airtel wins case against Safaricom to open up M-Pesa

Susan Mwenesi

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) has ruled in favour of Airtel after the company accused its rival Safaricom of anti-competitive practice, a move coming weeks after Safaricom...

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From broadcaster to coffee shop - the new role of the digital publisher

Pierre Cassuto

Many marketers still think about advertising in digital media in the same way as they thought about placing ads in traditional media...

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Branding
SOUTH AFRICA
Is your brand socially awkward?

Issued by Gullan&Gullan

At the social media party, is your brand engaging in sparkling conversation or just muttering random facts to itself in the corner? Figure out where your brand fits in.. Read more >>

Digital
AFRICA
New Deloitte Programme to award African tech companies
Deloitte has launched a competition, Deloitte Technology Fast50 Africa Programme, to recognise and award African technology companies that have achieved the fastest rates of revenue growth in the past five... Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Teraco remains a hub for global players
Launched two years ago, the Africa Cloud eXchange (ACX) from Teraco Data Centre Environments now provides access to 54 African countries via local and global carriers. ACX aims to provide... Read more >>

OOH
BOTSWANA
Jockey targets Gabarone through OOH campaigns
To strategically engage the consumer market in Botswana, the Jockey out of home campaign has fifteen Jockey branded taxis travelling on major arterial routes around Botswana as well as a... Read more >>

Research
AFRICA
The African Affluent: Hyper connected
Africa, one of the fastest growing regions on earth. The 3.4 million highest earners in the continent's leading economies are very much like their counterparts in other parts of the globe... Read more >>


International

UNITED STATES
New York Times profits halve, digital subscription revenue climbs
NEW YORK, USA: The New York Times Co reported a sharp drop in profits as lower advertising revenues offset gains in digital subscriptions. Read more >>

SOUTH KOREA
Tizen smartwatch launch delayed
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Samsung Electronics said it would postpone the roll-out of its new smartphone based on Tizen, a home-grown operating system aimed at breaking away from Google's Android system. Read more >>

UNITED STATES
HAATBP - you're invited
INDIA
India's Flipkart takes on Amazon with a $1bn warchest

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Government

SOUTH AFRICA
Sanral asks court to keep Cape N1 tolls secret

Carol Paton

The South African National Roads Agency Ltd (Sanral) will ask the Western Cape High Court next week to grant it a secrecy application, which will allow it keep details of the proposed tolling of the N1 and N2 highways confidential. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Regulations do not permit consumers to get away with not paying their debts

Nicola Sulter and Todd Julyan

The regulations pertaining to The Removal of Adverse Consumer Credit Information and Information relating to Paid Up Judgments (Regulations) came into operation on 1 April 2014. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
DoE introduces Nike programme into school's curriculum

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Lifestyle

SOUTH AFRICA
Experiencing Africa's greenest hotel

Ilse van den Berg

Probably the worst thing after a missing a flight is catching one of those dreaded 6am flights from Cape Town to Jozi or Durbs. Not only does it mean you have to at least be at the airport by 5:20am (if you checked in online), but if you live as far as Fish Hoek or Brackenfell, you have to get up at like 3:30am. No one should have to do that! Read more >>


New events to diarise

GIL 2014: Affrica - 14 Aug 2014 Cape Town
Frost & Sullivan's Growth, Innovation and Leadership (GIL) Community of business leaders returns to South Africa for its fourth consecutive year with GIL 2014: Africa. Read more >>


The 14th Annual BEN-Africa Conference
1 Oct 2014 to 3 Oct 2014 Cape Town

East Africa Brew Fest
Kelwin Events - 18 Oct 2014 Nairobi

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

PetroForum Africa
OpenRoom Events Ltd - 2 Mar 2015 to 3 Mar 2015 Johannesburg


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