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 | On the last Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show we chatted to Johan Walters from Digital Narrative and Dave Duarte of Ogilvy DMA. [twitterfall] Read more >>
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 | Marketing communications brand, JWT, has appointed award-winning Abdelsalam Abdelsalam as Executive Creative Director in Cairo. Read more >>
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 | The 17th edition of the Zanzibar International Film Festival, which kicks off on 14 June 2014, will screen 79 films in the 10-day festival foregrounding films from Africa and the Dhow Countries. Read more >>
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 | Tom Jackson Spotify and Vodacom are discussing a partnership which would see the music streaming service launch in Africa for the first time, according to a Bloomberg report. Read more >>
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 | Wits University in Johannesburg will host its inaugural Fak'ugesi: Digital Africa Festival 2014 from 11 August to mid-September 2014. Read more >>
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 | iKaaz Software has partnered with Family Bank in Kenya to provide the bank's customers with its NFC and Bluetooth-powered contactless payment solutions through Tap and Pay method, reports Mobile Money Africa. Read more >>
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 | One of the African EduWeek keynote speakers in the opening session is Dr Judy Willis, a board-certified neurologist in California, who left her practice after 15 years to become a teacher. Read more >>
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 | Tigo, Airtel and Zantel are set to enable mobile money payments between their customers in Tanzania by the end of June. Read more >>
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 | Text messages in the Central African Republic (CAR) are now considered a security threat and their use has been suspended, the telecommunications ministry has announced. Read more >>
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 | Mobile internet usage is expected to increase 20 times in the next five years while 3G technology is set to outstrip 2G to become region's most dominant form of mobile connection by 2017. Read more >>
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 | Marion Scher I want to say upfront that I'm totally in favour of podcasts - to a large part because they've given me another revenue stream. But... Read more >>
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 | Nadia Takyiwaa Mensah As Nigeria has been declared Africa's largest economy, we are seeing a huge surge of South African companies opening up in key West African countries like Ghana and Nigeria. Read more >>
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 | Dave Nemeth With the most exciting and innovative product developments coming from crowd-funding sites, the current model of retail product development needs to drastically change, and very quickly at that. Read more >>
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 | Niyi Aderibigbe, reporting on Ventures Africa, says that Jumia Egypt has launched 'shop-in-shop', an online shop for retailers. Read more >>
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 | Reitumetse Pitso Job creation in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector will get a $1m boost from the Rockefeller Foundation to support information technology skills among disadvantaged youth in South Africa. Read more >>
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 | GeoPoll has unveiled a new Audience Measurement Service with unprecedented data on the viewing habits of more than 300 million people in several African markets. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Internet Age taxi app Uber rose to the elite ranks of Silicon Valley with a round of funding that gives the California-based start-up a whopping $17bn value. Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK: You have just five days to enter the London International Advertising Awards. Entry deadline is this Friday - 13 June. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK CITY, US: The Global Awards for the World's Best Healthcare & Wellness Advertising has announced its 2014 call for entries. Read more >>
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 | BRASILIA, BRAZIL: CNN International will be bringing its audiences a range of in-depth news, analysis and features - across TV, online and mobile - during the build-up to the 2014 World Cup, and throughout the tournament. Read more >>
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 | No final proposal has been made regarding the future legal trade in rhino horn as an additional intervention to reduce the levels of rhino poaching, says the Department of Environmental Affairs. Read more >>
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 | Making something really good is difficult enough, but improving on an already outstanding product is virtually impossible - but it can be done, as Mercedes-Benz so clearly demonstrates with it latest world-beating C-Class range. Read more >>
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 | Brian Berkman For Grootbos Nature Reserve owner and Managing Director Michael Lutzeyer, being included in The Long Run is big news. Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Don't be fooled by the stylish Hugo Boss looks of the new Subaru WRX. See those black rimmed alloys, quad exhaust outlets and gaping air scoop on the bonnet? They are tattoos of the hooligan that hides just below the car's classy, grown-up veneer. Read more >>
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 | Brian Berkman Perhaps it was looking over the green tiled roof of Blues Restaurant that reminded Paul Kovensky, of The Kove Collection, about Fairmont's chateau-styled hotels but what ever the inspiration, the high-glam meets chateau-chic of The Marly is inspired. Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor New vehicle sales in South Africa are slowly grinding up an increasingly steep hill as sales continue to drop. Read more >>
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Source AfricaSource Africa - 18 Jun 2014 to 20 Jun 2014 Cape Town |
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