A constellation of stars...
A big congratulations to all the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) winners! If you missed it, have a look at
all the 2014 AMAA stars.
Mike Silver writes about
commercialising the YouTube experience and reckons that as the online and offline worlds converge further, brands will do well to look over their shoulders (or screens) as talented domestic pets and performing babies fight for their audience's online attention.
In Juliette Attwell's
BizCareers column, she advises how mixed experience can help rather than hinder your career, as well as the difference between a cover letter and a motivational letter.
Stephen Claassen poses the question whether
Africa is the emerging market of the decade and Travis Bussiahn gives advice for radio station managers on how
every on-air presenter they let go takes a piece of their future with them.
Last but not least, if you missed last week's
Biz Takeouts show, listen to the
podcast which is now available.
Have a great week!
Cheers!
Ilse van den Berg, Editor: Marketing & Media Africa (@Biz_Africa)Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | |
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 | The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called on authorities in Ethiopia to release a journalist being held without charge following a spate of similar arrests in recent weeks. Read more >>
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 | Thamsanqa Malinga Hands up if you have come across the phrase 'develop a marketing or communications strategy for the company' as one, if not the first, output in a job description or client brief. Read more >>
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 | Issued by The Media Shack Having serviced the Builders Warehouse, Builders Express and Builders Trade Depot account for many years, The Media Shack has been awarded the contract to take care of the full sourcing, procurement, distribution and management function of all the marketing materials on behalf of the Massbuild Group. Read more >>
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 | Agatha Nduku Orange Kenya has criticised media reports for inaccuracy after amending an ad related to its and Safaricom's call tariffs following a ruling by the the Advertising Standards Committee. Read more >>
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 | The Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) will be celebrating its 17th edition as well as 20 years of democracy in SA on 14 June 2014. Read more >>
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 | The Encounters International Documentary Festival is taking place from 5-15 June and features a lineup of documentaries, including 24 South African and African films, as well as 21 international... (video) Read more >>
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 | New high speed, high capacity NEC microwave backhaul links are now connecting six key rural and island locations to support rising mobile broadband usage and sustainable development in Tanzania. Read more >>
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 | As an additional investment in its broadband network in East Africa, Gilat Satcom has established a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Read more >>
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 | Louise Robinson While 'email blast' is a term that comes with certain negative connotations, this can be reversed by sticking to the rules and following certain guidelines. Read more >>
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 | The newly-launched MTN Internet Bus will be promoting computer literacy in rural Uganda in an effort to bridge the gap between rural and urban areas. Read more >>
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 | Henley Business School will be hosting a breakfast with Founder and CEO of the Homecoming Revolution, Angel Jones, on Wednesday, 18 June 2014. Read more >>
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 | Thabiso Mochiko The buyout of Neotel by mobile operator Vodacom "is very important" for the fixed-line operator's future‚ Neotel's Chief Executive Sunil Joshi said. Read more >>
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 | Vincent Matinde, reporting on IT Web Africa, says that Equity Bank in Kenya will be launching a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) service in July 2014. This will aim to lower the cost of mobile money and mobile banking fees. Read more >>
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 | Members of the African Public Relations Association (APRA) will meet in Mauritius for the 26th annual conference themed 'Advancing Africa' from 28-30 May 2014. Read more >>
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 | Juliette Attwell In this week's BizCareers column, we look at how mixed experience can help rather than hinder your career, as well as the difference between a cover letter and a motivational letter. Read more >>
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 | Joanne Bushell The latest survey commissioned by Regus shows a positive trend as the number of businesses reporting that they had no women at all at board level has fallen from 47%... Read more >>
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 | Orange Niger and its local partners* have helped to set-up CIPMEN, a small- and medium-sized business (SME) incubator designed to encourage the creation of new and innovative companies in the country. Read more >>
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 | Acting Director of the BBC World Service Group, Liliane Landor, has called on the Ethiopian authorities to stop jamming BBC broadcasts in the Middle East and North Africa. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, US: South African leaders in business excellence are invited to enter for the 2014 Stevie Awards. The closing date for entries is 11 June. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Twitter is seeing strong user growth in the Asia-Pacific region, helping the messaging platform compensate for a slowdown in the US and Europe, a research report has found. Read more >>
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 | PRETORIA: South Africa has called on African heads of state to put job creation on the top of their agendas. Read more >>
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 | Chris Moerdyk The spectre of advertising bans on liquor and fast food advertising as well as restrictive onslaughts against the media are glaringly evident in Jacob Zuma's choice of cabinet. Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor The newly launched third generation Mini Cooper has been kitted out with even more fancy a la BMW specifications and has also grown more techno-mature - but deep down it still has the character and soul of a mischievous, playful lion cub. Read more >>
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William Shakespeare "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt." Niels Bohr "An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." Muhammad Ali "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." |
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