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AFRICA
CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year Awards finalists
Ferial Haffajee, Chair of the independent judging panel, announced finalists in the prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2015 Competition... read more>>



Biz Takeouts
SOUTH AFRICA
[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 149: Showmax and gaming on YouTube
Tune in to the Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show on 17 September 2015, from 9-10am, as show host Warren Harding chats to Richard Boorman and Grant Hinds... read more>>
Mobile
RWANDA
More Rwandans go digital as rate of poverty drops

Kenneth Agutamba

The number of Rwandans owning a mobile phone has increased from 6.2 per cent of the country's total population in 2000 to 63.6 per cent in 2014 as poverty dropped to 39 per cent, the fourth Integrated Household Living Survey... read more>>
Online Media
AFRICA
African Media Agency enters partnership with AllAfrica
African Media Agency (AMA) has announced a strategic partnership with AllAfrica Global Media, which operates the website allAfrica.com... read more>>
OOH
SOUTH AFRICA
[NewsMaker] Lee Curtis

Louise Marsland

Lee Curtis is General Manager of Posterscope SA. He will drive the overall day-to-day management for the strategy and planning teams. His main task is to develop new business alongside the management team... read more>>
Research
SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa falls further in Economic Freedom rankings
The Economic Freedom of the World: 2015 Annual Report shows that South Africa has dropped further in ranking to 96 out of the 157 countries and territories included in the report... read more>>
Social Media
SOUTH AFRICA
Do we like the idea of a Facebook 'empathy' button?
It's long been spoken about and is finally on the cards - Facebook is set to launch an 'empathy' button soon... read more>>
International
ASIA
Spikes Asia 2015 announces Grand Prix winner
Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity has awarded one Grand Prix and two Golds in the Film category to Saatchi & Saatchi Greater China and Del Campo Saatchi & Saatchi Spain for their 'Playing Can Not Be Bad' campaign for Changyou, a leading Chinese online game developer... read more>>
GERMANY
Facebook pledges to combat racism on German platform
BERLIN - Facebook pledged on Monday to combat racist hate speech on its German-language network amid an upsurge in xenophobic comments online as Germany faces an unprecedented influx of refugees... read more>>
UNITED STATES
CorpComm Expo adds Brad Parler to inaugural education conference
Organisers of the CorpComm Expo's inaugural educational conference, taking place 30 September to 1 October 2015, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, have announced Brad Parler, Digital Communications Administrator for Blinds.com is a presenter... read more>>
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International Public Relations
Millennium Conferences - 27 Sep 2015 to 29 Sep 2015, Johannesburg

Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2015
28 Sep 2015 to 30 Sep 2015, Cape Town

Social Media Summit 2015
Knowledge Integration Web (Pty) Ltd - 29 Sep 2015 to 30 Sep 2015, Johannesburg

The Business Excellence Forum and Awards
ActionCOACH SA - 5 Nov 2015 to 6 Nov 2015, Johannesburg

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

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