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| All the work and talks from Cannes Lions, Lions Health and Lions Innovation are now available through the re-launch of the Cannes Lions Archive... read more>> |
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| On Thursday, 23 July's episode of BizTakeouts, The Marketing & Media radio show, host Warren Harding (@bizWazza) interviewed Ben Wagner (@BenWagner), Enzo Scarcella (@EnzoScarc) and Mel Attree (@melattree)... read more>> |
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| Nuno Lopes Mention "the holy grail of marketing" to any agency exec and you're bound to have a bunch of buzzwords and the latest digital trends thrown your way... read more>> |
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| David Blyth, Issued by Yellowwood Future Architects With sluggish economic growth and low morale leading to reduced spending among consumers in many markets across the world, businesses are looking for opportunities for expansion in high growth African markets... read more>> |
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| Leigh Andrews Ross Sergeant, ex-OMD South Africa and Joanna Baikoff, ex-Mindshare have started what they call "South Africa's newest and hottest boutique media agency," Limelight... read more>> |
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| The 2015 Durban FilmMart announced its market awards and grants at the awards and closing function, sponsored by Videovision Entertainment... read more>> |
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| The fourth edition of the Forum Forbes Afrique, held in Brazzaville on 21 July 2015, discussed the necessary conditions for the planned digital development in Africa. read more>> |
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| CA Southern Africa will take its roadshow on the imperatives surrounding digital transformation in the application economy where IT capabilities are identified as the competitive differentiator to Kenya on 13 August 2015... read more>> |
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| South African companies that want to succeed as they expand into other African countries, must be willing to make real investments in training staff in their processes and systems... read more>> |
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| Alazar Shiferaw The 4th National ICT Innovation Contest Award aimed at inspiring and encouraging Ethiopian software developers and innovators will be held July 30, 2015... read more>> |
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| Issued by Thebe Reed Exhibitions Extensive new opportunities for both exhibitors and trade visitors to Decorex Joburg to widen their business network have been announced by the organisers of Africa's largest décor, design and lifestyle exhibition... read more>> |
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| Danette Breitenbach It is anarchy out there with many brands and companies reviewing their media at present, in particular brands such as Unilever and Coca-Cola. This is because they are seeking assurances... read more>> |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: Samsung remained the top global smartphone vendor in the second quarter despite slowing sales, while Apple and Chinese manufacturers boosted market share, a survey showed on Thursday. read more>> |
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| Martin Kadzere The value of transactions processed through mobile platforms surpassed $2 billion during the first five months of the year, highlighting the increasing number of people turning to mobile devices to transact. read more>> |
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| In a partnership between Bharti Airtel, Singaporean Telecommunications Company, Singtel and Samsung, a challenge has been launched for startup developers as it seeks to attract the 'next big app developers'... read more>> |
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| Posterscope, an out-of-home communication agency, has formally launched an office in Nigeria. Nigeria is the 32nd market globally that Posterscope is venturing into... read more>> |
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| NAIROBI, Kenya: GeoPoll (www.geopoll.com), the Global Entrepreneurship Network and the U.S. State Department released a survey of 1,000 business owners throughout sub-Saharan Africa on entrepreneurship in their countries. read more>> |
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| PAMRO has lined up a bank of international speakers representative of the best minds in media research methodologies who will discuss the latest global trends... read more>> |
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| Standard Bank has expanded its InstantMoney payment solution to Botswana and Uganda, with Namibia to follow... read more>> |
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| Michael Mabasa The rise of social media provides ample material for offence and distraction but also a powerful tool for social change... read more>> |
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| American news broadcaster, CNN, is getting some heat from the Kenyan Twitter community. This is ahead of Barack Obama's visit to the country, which CNN reported as a "terror hotbed". read more>> |
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| Maryam Ahmadu-Suka The Vice Chancellor, Kaduna State University, Professor Barnabas Qurix, has alerted on the use of the social media by thousands of young Nigerians as a threat to conventional journalism... read more>> |
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| LONDON, UK: British publisher Pearson on Thursday said it had agreed to sell its salmon-pink flagship business newspaper the Financial Times to Japanese digital media group Nikkei. read more>> |
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| Spikes Asia, the Festival of Creativity returning to Singapore from 9-11 September 2015, builds on its mission to provide a space for the next generation to grow and hone essential skills through tailored programmes. read more>> |
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| Businesses which overpaid tax to the Kenya Revenue Authority will have one year to apply for refunds if the new Tax Procedures Bill 2015 is signed into law. read more>> |
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| Richard Mungai Could you be too ambitious in your plan to invest in long term assets in your small business? read more>> |
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| You should maintain a good borrowing record for your business, because banks are now lending money by looking at the credit scores of borrowers. read more>> |
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Africa ComInforma - 17 Nov 2015 to 19 Nov 2015, Cape Town |
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William Baldwin "In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving." Bo Bennett "The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself." Sydney Madwed "If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom." |
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