Africans to tell the African story
Big news this past week was that Mail & Guardian
launched a homegrown digital news platform, Mail & Guardian Africa, for Africans to tell the African story. The platform is lead by Editor, Charles Onyango-Obbo from the head office in Nairobi, Kenya.
Google kicked some dust in Apple's eyes as it was
named the world's most valuable global brand in the 2014 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand ranking. With an increase of 40% year-on-year, Google is now worth $159bn.
CNN has announced
the Energy & Infrastructure category in this year's CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards, a new category sponsored by General Electric (GE). Remember that entries for the awards close on 30 May.
Coinciding with Africa Month, 2000FM has decided to take action by
launching a new campaign called Africa Fridays, aiming to save the Nigerian school girls who were abducted in April.
Finally, Jessica Davis gives
six social media marketing lessons for B2B marketers and the
Loeries entry deadline has been extended to 13 June 2014. Make sure you send in that winning work asap!
Cheers!
Ilse van den Berg, Editor: Marketing & Media Africa (@Biz_Africa)PS. If you missed last week's
Biz Takeouts show, listen to the
podcast which is now available.
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 | Munya Marongwe Knowing and understanding your consumer is a basic principle of brand management and of marketing generally, but it's crucial to appreciate that consumers aren't a fixed target. They change, and have multiple values. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Cristal Events Because of a wave of attacks that shook Kenya on 3 and 4 May, and the cause of concern these events have created, the organisers of the African Cristal Festival are compelled to postpone the event. Read more >>
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 | The Labia Theatre will launch African Metropolis, a series of short fiction films from Lagos, Abidjan, Dakar, Johannesburg, Cairo and Nairobi, with daily screenings at 6:15pm from 30 May to 5 June 2014. Read more >>
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 | The 4th Africa International Film Festival will take place from 9-16 November 2014 in Tinapa, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. Entries are now open to films produced after 1 January 2013. Read more >>
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 | Mozambique choirs are ready to showcase their talent at the 5th Annual Manda Wilderness Choir Festival on 16 August 2014. Read more >>
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 | Ilse van den Berg Apart from Net Prophet 2014 being a huge success; it was probably my most inspiring day this year so far. Top lessons I took home was from Quirk's Rob Stokes and Over's Aaron Marshall. Read more >>
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 | Susan Mwenesi Google has added Uganda to its Android movie application, allowing Ugandans to rent or buy movies from a wide selection. Read more >>
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 | In an aim to help end-users to benefit from faster internet, SEACOM is partnering with Level 3 Communications, which will deploy its content delivery network (CDN) nodes into data centres connecting to the SEACOM Pan-African IP/MPLS network. Read more >>
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 | The Loeries deadline has been extended to 13 June. Judging takes place during Loeries Creative Week Cape Town from 15-21 September 2014. Winners will be announced Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September at the 36th Annual Loerie Awards at the CTICC. Read more >>
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 | Bloomberg has appointed Adam Freeman as the first Managing Director of Bloomberg Media for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Read more >>
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 | Chairman of Bharti Airtel Kenya, Naushad Merali, has announced his retirement after 15 years of distinguished service. Read more >>
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 | Frank Rizzo KPMG conducted primary research and found that sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest-growing mobile market in the world, growing at 44% per annum, and demand is projected to continue growing at close to this rate. Read more >>
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 | A new category has been introduced for the fourth edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize called the "Orange Partner" award which will recognise the best project that integrates an Orange application. Read more >>
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 | Available in South Africa since 2010, Vodacom reportedly says that M-PESA failed to gain the same sort of traction as seen in a country like Tanzania for example. The operator plans to relaunch the service in the next two months. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Alliance Media May has been a good month for Alliance Media as Alliance Media Zambia was presented with the Performance Management Review (PMR) Golden Arrow Award at a breakfast held in Lusaka. Alliance Media was awarded the Best Overall outdoor advertising company. Read more >>
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 | MTV Staying Alive Foundation and MTV Base's (Africa) sex and relationships drama series, Shuga, has won the Gold Award in Edutainment at the World Media Festival. Read more >>
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 | In an aim to save the Nigerian school girls who were abducted in April, SABC's 2000FM has decided to take action and embrace this challenge during Africa Month. Read more >>
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 | Golden Muzanago Africa's moment is virtually here. With a GDP growth averaging 5%, it's no wonder that Africa has become a focus for investment. All eyes are on Africa's rapidly emerging middle class - a group expected to drive consumption on the rising continent. Read more >>
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 | Sindy Peters eBay's current VP of Marketing Jody Ford made some interesting predictions for the not too distant future of shopping at this year's Net Prophet conference. Read more >>
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 | Zeenat Moorad Famous Brands, which owns Steers‚ Wimpy and Debonairs, plans to open 243 new restaurants in the coming year after reporting record turnover and profit for the year. It is also planning to enter Angola and Ghana. Read more >>
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: They fit in a pocket, have batteries that last all week and are almost indestructible: old-school Nokias, Ericssons and Motorolas are making a comeback as consumers, tired of fragile and overly-wired smartphones, go retro. Read more >>
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 | ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: Microblogging site Twitter has blocked dozens of tweets and accounts in Pakistan after officials asked for access to "blasphemous" and "unethical" content to be stopped. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Microsoft said it would maintain efforts to gain approval in China for its Windows 8 operating system after a ban announced by Beijing. Read more >>
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 | SA's weak manufacturing sector expansion has dragged down sub-Saharan Africa growth, says a new United Nations Industrial Development Organisation report. Read more >>
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 | President Jacob Zuma announced his new cabinet at a special media briefing in Pretoria last night. Read more >>
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 | Brett Bowes We are enjoying 20 years of democracy so it is a good time to take an objective look at transformation as a partnership between government and the private sector. Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Anybody with a passion for anything on four wheels powered by a combustion engine will by now have heard and read about the new Mercedes-Benz S Class, described by Mercedes-Benz and numerous motoring scribes all over the world over as 'the best car in the world'. Read more >>
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This event aims to bring together the entire media and communication industry and to promote regional culture through dedicated competitions. Read more >> |
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