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SOUTH AFRICA
Who says loyalty doesn't pay?
[Amanda Cromhout] So many articles were written last year, making reference to the fact that loyalty doesn't pay. So many radio interviews, one of which I was part of, on Bruce Whitfield's Money Show, were questioning whether loyalty pays. Read more >>

ZenithOptimedia releases its 'Global Adspend' forecasts

According to ZenithOptimedia's new Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, global adspend will be boosted this year by the three 'semi-quadrennial' events...

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Nollywood pushes Nigeria to become largest economy in Africa

The new value of the Nigerian economy includes data from telecommunications, airlines, information technology and Nollywood, the country's homegrown film industry which now accounts for around 1.3% of total output.

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[BizCareers] How to take the next step

Juliette Attwell

This week we look at some ideas on how to gain experience as well as making an impact with your cover letter.

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Biz Takeouts
SOUTH AFRICA
[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 85: BOB - Best of Breed collaborative agency
On tomorrow's Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show, streamed live every Thursday from 9am-10am, show host Warren Harding chats to Reghard Goussard, founder and CEO of newly formed collaborative agency BOB - Best of Breed; as well as Daniel Marcus from Magnetic Software. [twitterfall] Read more >>

Media Freedom & Right to Know
EGYPT
Call to public to send messages to detained journalists via social media
Al Jazeera is urging people to send their own personal messages to the detainees, Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, on social media using the hashtag #FreeAJStaff on Twitter, Vine and Instagram. Read more >>

Digital
AFRICA
SES urges Africa to embrace satellite technology
SES has called on Africa to begin satellite-powered e-school pilot projects to improve teacher competency on the continent. Read more >>

Mobile
AFRICA
MTN, Airtel form cross-border remittance partnership
MTN Group and Bharti Airtel has partnered to launch an international money transfer service that seeks to remove the hassles of transferring money between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso for the operators' Mobile Money customers. Read more >>

Newspapers
SOMALIA
Newspapers shut down by Somaliland authorities
CPJ reports that police in Somaliland raided the Hargeisa offices of the independent Somali-language paper Haatuf and its sister English-language weekly, Somaliland Times, and suspended them indefinitely. Read more >>

OOH
ZIMBABWE
Alliance Media supports arts and culture across Africa

Issued by Alliance Media

Alliance Media Zimbabwe, the country's largest provider of billboards and outdoor advertising media, has partnered up with the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) by sponsoring a number of billboards for the organisation. Read more >>

Production
AFRICA
South Africans direct new Al Jazeera series
The new Al Jazeera documentary series, 'Lifelines: The Quest for Global Health', is filmed by an award-winning South African team in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. (video) Read more >>


International

UNITED STATES
Twitter profiles get Facebook-style revamp
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Twitter began revamping profile pages on Tuesday (8 April) to let users display more of their online personalities, giving the popular service a Facebook-like feel. Read more >>

FRANCE
European Digital Media Awards
PARIS, FRANCE: The world's most innovative digital news media - from giants like the Guardian and Norway's VG to the smaller DOTYK, the first tablet-only weekly in the Czech Republic - were honoured on Tuesday (8 April) as winners of the European Digital Media Awards, the annual prizes from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
MediaCom deal with Medialets delivers mobile advertising tracking
MediaCom, one of the world's leading media communications specialists, has signed a deal with mobile advertising server Medialets as part of its drive to simplify mobile tracking for advertisers. Read more >>

UNITED STATES
US film studios sue Megaupload for piracy

More International


Government

SOUTH AFRICA
More must be done for women empowerment
While the country has made strides in women empowerment, government says it would like to see more being done in the judiciary and the private sector. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Structural change needed in SA economy
The South African economy needs to undergo a significant structural change if it is to create jobs and employment, Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies said on Monday (7 April). Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Health Department to create a pregnancy register
SOUTH AFRICA
Government talks green jobs

More Government news


Lifestyle

SOUTH AFRICA
Linger at Long Beach

Rod Baker

'Long Beach Resort is not so much a hotel or resort as a village - a village in which we set out to have something for everyone - to create a holiday destination to which guests will return, time and again' - Nicolas de Chalain, Long Beach's first GM. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Peugeot unveils appealing crossover

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

Attracted by the sweet sounds of rustling paper money and the jingle of cash registers Peugeot has taken its first brave steps into the lucrative and growing crossover market with a new 2008 based on the same platform as its cheeky 208 hatchback. Read more >>


New events to diarise

Africa Health Exhibition and Congress
Britespark Communications - 29 May 2014 to 31 May 2014 Johannesburg

Business of Africa 2014
19 Jun 2014 to 28 Jun 2014 Johannesburg

African farmers workshop and expo
Moshate Media - 12 Aug 2014 to 14 Aug 2014 Johannesburg

Legal aspects of business in West & Central Africa
UCT Professional Development Project - 6 Oct 2014 to 10 Oct 2014 Cape Town

Joburg Indaba
Resources4Africa - 8 Oct 2014 to 10 Oct 2014 Johannesburg


Quotes

Charles Swindoll
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