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AFRICA
Facebook reaches a landmark 100-million users in Africa through mobile
[Staff Reporter] Thanks to mobile connectivity, half of Africa's 200-million internet users were accessing Facebook on a monthly basis in June 2014... read more>>



Biz Takeouts
SOUTH AFRICA
[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 105: The 2014 DMASA Assegai - Integrated Marketing Awards
Tune in to the Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show tomorrow from 9am-10am, as show host Warren Harding chats to Vikesh Roopchand about the 2014 DMASA Assegai Awards... read more>>
Loeries Creative Week Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA
The Loeries Creativity Q&A: Insights from Facebook Creative Head, Rob Newlan - London

Issued by The Loeries

In this week's exclusive Loeries Creativity Q&A series for Bizcommunity.com, Beverley Klein chats to Rob Newlan, Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa, Facebook Creative Shop... read more>>
CSI
UGANDA
Fourth Kids of Africa 'Run for Fun' event next month
Sunday, 5 October 2014, will see the fourth Kids of Africa 'Run for Fun' event take place in an aim to raise funds and also to celebrate its ninth anniversary... read more>>
Events & Conferencing
AFRICA
Win an invite to AfricaCom 2014
Mobile
AFRICA
MTN, Skrill join forces to launch 'Pay by Skrill' service
MTN Mobile Money users in Ivory Coast and Rwanda will be first to enjoy benefits of the new partnership between MTN and Skrill when the 'Pay by Skrill' service... read more>>
AFRICA
Oju Afro Emoticons launch on MXit
Oju, Africa's first black character lifestyle brand with a global appeal has launched on Mxit. This enables almost 5 million Mxit users currently active in South Africa to... read more>>
Research
SOUTH AFRICA
Five critical factors to consider when expanding into Africa

Issued by Knowledge Resources

Before your organisation embarks on expanding into Africa, you have to consider some critical factors such as marketing barriers, government policies on foreign investment, legislation and most importantly human capital developments... read more>>
Retail
AFRICA
AVI targets African sales with better distribution

Nick Hedley

Branded consumer products group AVI is targeting a good year for grocery and personal care sales in African countries, after improving its distribution channels in several export markets... read more>>
Social Media
AFRICA
APO to supply social media analytics for press releases in Africa
African press release newswire, APO, has announced that it will now be including a full social media analysis reporting as a complimentary service to answer clients needs to measuring the... read more>>
International
UNITED STATES
Best customer service: The world's top 10 countries

Alex Hillsberg

CHICAGO, US: Last March, Bloomberg reported the number of jobs reached a record pre-recession peak at 116.1 million, even surpassing the US Labour Department's projections. read more>>
UNITED KINGDOM
M&M winners announced
LONDON, UK: Celebrating 25 years of international media excellence. The M&M Global Awards 2014 took place on Thursday last week at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. read more>>
UNITED STATES
Twitter adds 'buy buttons' to adverts
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Government
SOUTH AFRICA
Right2Know Campaign releases its 2014 'Secret State of the Nation' report
What is telling is that the compilation of the report itself has been hampered by secrecy... information that would help inform a public debate on various issues, remains secret. read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Shackles of unemployment may be broken through partnerships
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country needs to break the shackles of economic exclusion so young people can get jobs. read more>>
More Government news
Lifestyle
SOUTH AFRICA
VW spruces up popular Vivo

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

The Volkswagen Polo Vivo, South Africa's best-selling passenger car with close on 150,000 sales to its name since introduced four years ago, has had a midlife makeover with some pretty new cosmetic and interior touches. read more>>
AFRICA
Healthy gain in vehicle exports

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

New events to diarise
Footnote Summit Kenya 2014 - 23 Sep 2014 Nairobi
Footnote Summit is Africa's largest digital publishing conference. It is a conference for publishers, corporates, content providers and suppliers to the publishing industry. Read more >>


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

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

Cards and Payments Africa 2015
Terrapinn Ltd - 10 Mar 2015 to 11 Mar 2015 Johannesburg

Bauma Conexpo Africa 2015
MMI South Africa (Pty) Ltd - 15 Sep 2015 to 18 Sep 2015 Johannesburg

Upcoming events
Women in the eyes of men
VUNANA ARTS AFRICA - 13 Sep 2014 THIKA

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