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AFRICA
All the AMAA 2014 winners
The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) announced and celebrated its winners in Bayelsa, Nigeria this past weekend. Congratulations to all the winners! Read more >>

Orange Kenya amends "misleading" ad, condemns media coverage

Agatha Nduku

Orange Kenya has criticised media reports for inaccuracy after amending an ad related to its and Safaricom's call tariffs following a ruling by the the Advertising Standards Committee.

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With thought and planning, email marketing can be a blast

Louise Robinson

While 'email blast' is a term that comes with certain negative connotations, this can be reversed by sticking to the rules and following certain guidelines.

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Connecting West Africa kicks off in 13 days

Focused on networks and infrastructure developments for the new age of data, the 11th Annual Connecting West Africa event in the Com World Series is taking place from 10-11 June 2014 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dakar, Senegal.

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Biz Takeouts
SOUTH AFRICA
[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 91: Two big digital marketing events happening in June
Tune in to the Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show on Thursday, 29 May from 9am-10am as we chat Daniel Marcus from Living Your Brand, Jonty Fisher of Bletchley Park and Richard Mullins from Acceleration. [twitterfall] Read more >>

Mobile
SOUTH AFRICA
Vodacom buyout important for Neotel

Thabiso Mochiko

The buyout of Neotel by mobile operator Vodacom "is very important" for the fixed-line operator's future‚ Neotel's Chief Executive Sunil Joshi said. Read more >>

KENYA
MVNO service to lower mobile money transaction fees
Vincent Matinde, reporting on IT Web Africa, says that Equity Bank in Kenya will be launching a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) service in July 2014. This will aim to lower the cost of mobile money and mobile banking fees. Read more >>

PR & Communications
MAURITIUS
'Advancing Africa' at APRA conference
Members of the African Public Relations Association (APRA) will meet in Mauritius for the 26th annual conference themed 'Advancing Africa' from 28-30 May 2014. Read more >>


International

UNITED STATES
How market research serves the unique needs of industry investors

Lance Breastgoff

ARLINGTON, US: When it comes to market research, people automatically think of how it can serve the needs of the behemoth corporations or the hopeful start-ups... Read more >>

UNITED STATES
Twitter sees growth in emerging markets: researchers
WASHINGTON, USA: Twitter is seeing strong user growth in the Asia-Pacific region, helping the messaging platform compensate for a slowdown in the US and Europe, a research report has found. Read more >>

IRAN
Iranian court issues summons against Zuckerberg

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Government

SOUTH AFRICA
Companies forced to take money laundering more seriously

Amanda Visser

The attention given to stop money laundering measures by company boards and management has increased sharply in the past decade with heavy fines imposed by regulators‚ who have done their part in raising the awareness and risks of noncompliance. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
New Cabinet a blow to the right to communicate says R2K
The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) has strong reservations regarding some aspects of Zuma's new Cabinet, which includes a new Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services and a reconceptualised Ministry of Communications. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA
Lack of SA luxury cruise ships hurts tourism revenue

Thabiso Mochiko


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Lifestyle

SOUTH AFRICA
Peermont announces new builds, upgrades

Brian Berkman

Peermont Hotels, Casinos and Resorts used Indaba 2014 to list news of R373m refurbishments, new builds and upgrades. Read more >>


New events to diarise

Women accessing markets in Africa
Wits Business School - 29 May 2014 Johannesburg

Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development Summit
Strategic Thinking Institute - 20 Aug 2014 to 21 Aug 2014 Johannesburg

African Ports Evolution
Hypenica - 1 Sep 2014 to 3 Sep 2014 Durban

ConMach Nigeria 2014
ConMach Nigeria 2014 - 16 Oct 2014 to 19 Oct 2014 Lagos

RetailTech Forum Africa
OpenRoom Events Ltd - 20 Apr 2015 to 21 Apr 2015 Durban


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