|  | NEWSWATCH: CEO of First National Bank, Michael Jordaan, tweeted earlier today announcing his resignation: "After 10 years at the helm of FNB, I will step down at the end of 2013. Thanks for all your support." Jacques Celliers, currently the FNB Business Banking CEO, is expected to take the reins as of next year. |
| Zamtel in partnership with Samsung has unveiled the fourth generation Samsung Galaxy Series of mobile phones, the Galaxy S4, designed to meet the business and personal communication needs of our time. |
 | Forbes Africa magazine, the continent's first-ever international business publication localised for the African executive, has reached its highest-ever circulation with an average of 21,471 copies distributed each month during the first quarter of this year. |
 | [Michael Wood] When it comes to marketing FMCG brands on the African continent, a one-size-fits-all approach does not work. African consumers are looking for locally relevant brands they can connect with and FMCG companies need to understand consumer sentiment and behaviour to avoid failing in their chosen regions. |
  Mo-Tseleng[Issued by Mo-Tseleng] What is it about the brand you picked off the shelf, signed vehicle finance for or the network you subscribe to that defined your choice? The experience. Your experience. Experiential Marketing lives in the space where decisions are made. 22 May 2013 09:34  [Zeenat Moorad] What the Cape Town Vida e Caffé franchise calls its "big push this year" will see the operation exporting its concept coffee shops to Ghana. 30 Apr 2013 15:41[Richard Firth] More than half of Africa's one billion population has a mobile phone - and not just for talking. The power of telephony is forging a new enterprise culture, from banking to agriculture to healthcare. Africa has experienced an incredible boom in mobile phone use. 18 Mar 2013 11:14  DHL Express, the global international express services provider, has expanded its network of DHL Service Points in sub-Saharan Africa from the initial 300 to over 1 000, in just a few short months. 25 Feb 2013 12:28 [Dr KF Lai] 2012 saw the BuzzCity network grow by 67% with over 210.8 billion ads served across the globe and this extensive growth in mobile usage is certain to continue as we move through 2013. 21 Feb 2013 11:07 [Masahudu Kunateh] Vodafone Ghana's contentious capped fixed broadband services commenced on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, for all new Vodafone subscribers. 29 Nov 2012 14:29 [Masahudu Kunateh] Glo Ghana has recorded its first loss in subscribers after five months of operations in the West African country. 5 Nov 2012 12:20 [Billy Tawanda Karombo] SABMiller has taken its traditional African beer brand‚ Chibuku - which is manufactured using either maize or sorghum - into ten other continental countries‚ a move the company says is motivated by its "affordability" and "product innovation" strategies. 11 Oct 2012 10:35Barclays Bank and its subsidiary, Absa, say they are engaged in negotiations to combine the majority of the Barclays Africa operations. 21 Aug 2012 11:41 [Zeenat Moorad] Fashionable is not a word usually associated with farming. But elders in the Mpaem community in the Fanteakwa District of eastern Ghana boast of a wave of change sweeping the African country's cocoa industry. 14 Jun 2012 12:48Ghana is banning foreigners from operating in its informal retail business sector, giving them until 21 June 2012 to close shop. 7 Jun 2012 14:11 MTN Group recorded 170 573 000 subscribers at 31 March 2012. This is a 3,7% increase for the quarter from 164 501 000 subscribers recorded at 31 December 2011. The group delivered a satisfactory performance notwithstanding continued high levels of competition in key markets. 7 May 2012 12:00 Visa recently appointed PocketMedia Solutions' Z-Card to communicate important information about its Visa Debit Card in Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana. 23 Apr 2012 11:11[Anna McGovern] More people in Africa's poorest countries have mobile phones than have bank accounts. That reality is spurring mobile service companies to explore how they can capture a share of the potential banking market by enabling migrants from these countries to transfer funds back home to their families. 24 Jan 2012 11:28 | Subscribe to industry newsletters
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