Dr. James Mwangi, CEO and managing director of Kenya's Equity Bank Limited was named the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012 at an awards ceremony recently held at Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
12 Jun 2012 12:03The South African Association of Freight Forwarders (SAAFF) has won the bid to host the FIATA Region Africa & Middle East (RAME) Conference to be held from 24-26 June 2012 at Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa.
12 Jun 2012 11:34
"One of the most significant trends in business today is a growing interest in Africa," says John Thomson, managing director of Exhibition Management Services, organisers of the Southern African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX) 2012, which takes place at Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa from 15-17 July.
12 Jun 2012 10:46
Bizcommunity.com is proud to announce the launch of its own online shopping portal, BizBuy, focusing on two categories, Business products and Lifestyle products.
12 Jun 2012 08:46
Africa's top business figures gathered together last week at the fifth annual African Business Awards in London. The event for celebrating excellence and achievement in African business took place at the Grosvenor House with approximately 300 guests.
11 Jun 2012 11:13Ghana 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
[Banele Rewo] If you believe that social media enables brands to build relationships with consumers you are dead wrong. The technology merely provides a platform to connect the two parties then everything else goes back to basic psychology, group dynamics and social science.
7 Jun 2012 11:20
CANNES, FRANCE: A record 34 301 entries from 87 countries have been submitted to the Cannes Lions 59th International Festival of Creativity, claimed to be one of the largest and most prestigious global international annual awards for creative advertising and communications. South Africa's contribution to the record currently stands at 820 entries. This is the
summary of entries by country.
7 Jun 2012 10:31
[Jason Stewart] I'm going to be sharing my agency's step-by-step process on how to combat negative word of mouth (WOM) in two consecutive articles. This first article looks at sustained negative word of WOM and how to effectively deal with it.
6 Jun 2012 14:46
[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] For the fifth year running, the National Economic Survey has identified the retail and wholesale trade sectors as key growth drivers of Kenya's economy. In 2011, the wholesale and retail trade sector showed a growth of 7.3%, beating the manufacturing, building and construction, agriculture, transport and communication sectors.
6 Jun 2012 12:03
[Rufaz Marufu Mavure] In today's business world there is cut throat competition and playing fields have changed. Gone are the days when people would stick to their systems and process for years. The only constant we face in business is change itself.
6 Jun 2012 11:27
This week's
Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show, streamed live 5pm-6pm via
2oceansVibe Radio, will focus on mobile and tablet apps and its role in advertising and marketing. The studio guests this Wednesday evening, 6 June 2012, will be Brendan Ambrose, managing editor of TechHuman.com and Wayne Levine, MD of NXT\ Digital Innovation. [
twitterfall]
6 Jun 2012 11:00Lack of bandwidth is not the only factor hampering the development of e-commerce and online business in Africa, says Peter Harvey, founder and managing director of PayGate, an online payments solution provider. Harvey adds that the continent also needs a much more sophisticated financial infrastructure.
5 Jun 2012 13:00
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