The 'catch up commuter' who uses smartphones, tablet computers and portable media players will become a force in the competitive 2012 electronics market, predicts Deloitte.
19 Jan 2012 13:00
[Wikus Engelbrecht] Mark my words. We have crossed the threshold - there are just about 11 months left until it all goes up in smoke.
19 Jan 2012 11:01
The Women in News (WIN) programme, a leadership programme for African women working in media and launched by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) in 2010, is now accepting applications from women media professionals from either the business or editorial side of newspapers in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia.
18 Jan 2012 11:04
[Matt Rose] 2012 is the year of the apocalypse (thanks, Mayans). But if you think about it, in a way they are right. Every year it ceases to be the end of the world as we know it. The world is in a constant state of revolution and innovation.
17 Jan 2012 15:05
The
Dubai International Advertising Festival, the awards for creative excellence in advertising and communications in the Middle East and North Africa, has announced the launch of the Wunderman/Y&R Young Marketers School at Lynx, a learning programme targeted at marketers and brand managers working within a client organisation.
12 Jan 2012 12:03Through-the-line communications agency Chillibush Communications has partnered with The Phoenix Group to create Chillibush Africa. The new company will build on the existing experience and expertise of the agencies to offer strategic, media and creative and PR services throughout Africa.
11 Jan 2012 13:38
[Tiffany Markman] Wait. That's a bit of a fib. Sorry. Every year,
my Biz Trends contribution is a wish list of stuff I'd like to see happen in marketing, communication or writing. I'm often right. But this year I
want to be right.
11 Jan 2012 12:09
[Vanessa Clark] Mobile marketing failures in 2011 were arguably less about campaigns going horribly wrong, and more about missed opportunity, too little integration of mobile into overall marketing tactics, and the need to be much more strategic about using mobile marketing.
10 Jan 2012 14:11
[Mike Abel] It's been a trying time aboard the good ship
GFC (Global Financial Crisis). But like all sailors on the sea of life, if rough becomes the new normal, the seasickness begins to ebb and we can start moving away from being "bent-double" over the side of the boat and assume steadier footing through these turbulent waters.
10 Jan 2012 13:27
[Vincent Hofmann] 25% of Twitter's current user base post their tweets using Twitter's web interface. 75% of Twitter's users make use of applications to interact with brands, friends and foe. So is Twitter's recent introduction of
Twitter Brand Pages a waste of time? Not if Twitter has anything to do with it.
10 Jan 2012 11:41
MIDEM, the music industry trade fair which brings together musicians, businesspeople, cultural policy makers and journalists from across the world and provides a forum for business talks, discussing political and legal issues and showcasing new artists, musical trends and music-related products, has ranked ROCKSTAR4000 as one of the Top 10 music companies globally for the most innovative and creative use of music in a marketing campaigns.
9 Jan 2012 11:06
[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The Malawi Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Malawi) has said 2011 saw Malawi's media environment deteriorate to the worst as observed from 2009.
6 Jan 2012 11:31MORONI, COMOROS: The Comoros has jailed one of the Indian Ocean archipelago's top Muslim clerics for attempting to bribe a government official into lifting a ban on alcohol, judicial sources said on Tuesday, 3 January 2012.
5 Jan 2012 11:51[Jade Delphine Otten] Isn't it exciting to find a product or service that you have no doubt would become the next 'Chuck Norris' in the business arena? But isn't it also daunting to sit in front of your inbox three weeks later, sifting through nothing but junk and spam e-mails? The excitement seems to rub off so much quicker, doesn't it?
29 Dec 2011 07:19 
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