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SOUTH AFRICA
Getting a feel for the luxury market in Africa
[Leigh Andrews] Prestige marketing isn't just about classy shots of high-end products - you still have to follow the tried and trusted marketing methods that make people relate to your brand, especially on the continent... read more>>

[CEM Africa Summit] Social customer engagement as a social business enabler

Leigh Andrews

If 'social engagement' sounds more like drinks after work than a key component of marketing in today's hyper-connected world, chances are you weren't at last week's CEM Africa Summit...

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Learn how to positively influence your digital brand reputation

Dries Badenhorst

The digital universe is expanding and evolving. To keep up, attend a special webinar next week to find out how to take advantage of the 'Attention Economy'...

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The rural problem

Erik du Plessis and Neil Higgs

At 1,2 million sq. km, SA is nearly as big as all of Western Europe. Texas is the largest state in the USA (excluding Alaska, which does not count)...

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Marketing & Media
SOUTH AFRICA
Bartering as a way to increase your business

Boris Dzhingarov

Smart business managers always think about bartering and it is a shame to notice that many still do not understand why this is something that has to be considered... read more>>
Advertising
SOUTH AFRICA
Programmatic buying comes to South Africa
When technology and advertising converge, the result is programmatic buying... read more>>
Events & Conferencing
SOUTH AFRICA
Inaugural Times Higher Education Africa Universities Summit at UJ this week
The inaugural Times Higher Education Africa Universities Summit will take place at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) on 30-31 July 2015... read more>>
Financial Services
AFRICA
Traditional African financial services need to reassess strategies
Advanced technology is increasingly shaping Africa's financial sector. While the sector is mature in most developed countries, it is less saturated in Africa, therefore offering many opportunities for new market entrants to challenge the status quo of how business has traditionally been conducted... read more>>
Mobile
SOUTH AFRICA
MTN slips to January lows on trading update
MTN shares fell almost 6% to their lowest level since January following the release of a relatively weaker trading update... read more>>
Research
NIGERIA
Nielsen pioneers world-first census of more than one million Nigerian stores using mobile technology

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Global information and measurement company Nielsen has been measuring 1.2 million Nigerian retail outlets in what's being billed as the biggest global retail census operation of its kind to date... read more>>
Social Media
SOUTH AFRICA
Facebook's Internet.org free basic services are bringing African people online
Facebook celebrated the one-year anniversary of the introduction of the Internet.org app by hosting a Developer Day at iHub in Nairobi, Kenya on 27 July 2015 and introducing new services... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Top South African brands on Facebook, rated by Interaction Engagement Score
Social media specialist agency, HaveYouHeard has analysed 200 brands' performance on Facebook, and compared that to a similar study the agency conducted at the end of 2014... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Cape Town restaurant shows the world how to deal with racist online reviews

Stuart Thomas

Online reviews can be a tricky business, especially in the restaurant trade. Things can get very messy, very quickly... read more>>
International
SOUTH AFRICA
Tech leaders warn over 'killer robots'
PARIS - A group of top tech leaders, including British scientist Stephen Hawking and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, on Tuesday issued a stern warning against the development of so-called killer robots... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Still offline: US non-Internet users stuck at 15 pct
Washington, USA - Some 15 percent of American adults are not using the internet -- a figure which has not changed over the past two years, researchers said on Tuesday. read more>>
More International
New events to diarise
IABC Africa 22nd Annual Conference
IABC Africa Region - 29 Jul 2015 to 31 Jul 2015, Johannesburg

5th Telecom CEM, CRM and Loyalty Summit
Fexton Conferences - 17 Aug 2015 to 18 Aug 2015, Johannesburg

2015 All Africa Business Leaders Awards
ABN Productions - 26 Aug 2015, Lagos | 17 Sep 2015, Nairobi | 1 Oct 2015, Johannesburg | 13 Nov 2015, Johannesburg

18th AutoExpo Africa 2015
Expogroup - 27 Aug 2015 to 29 Aug 2015, Dar-es-Salaam

Africa Com
Informa - 17 Nov 2015 to 19 Nov 2015, Cape Town

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