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[Trends 2015] Your 2015: The consumer, content and collaboration

Louise Marsland

It's all about me, you and what we want. Now. No waiting around. This is the year the consumer and content will dominate and brands learn the meaning of true collaboration...

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[Trends 2015] 2015: On the cusp of a New Age

Jez Frampton & Doug de Villiers

Digital technology is ending the long reign of the book as a repository of knowledge and ushering in a world of interconnectedness, intelligent machines, vast data sets, and powerful algorithms...

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Editors must edit without fear of being attacked

Anton Harber

I once asked a South African editor why he ran a cartoon that he agreed was offensive. He said he had felt obliged, as he did not want to censor a well-known and much-respected cartoonist...

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Digital
AFRICA
2015 predictions for Wi-Fi

Michael Fletcher

We now live in a data-centric, wireless world, and no technology is better suited to address this reality than Wi-Fi. In fact, global hotspot* numbers are expected to grow to more than 340 million... read more>>
NIGERIA
Nigeria sees 18,870 domains registered in 2014

Darryl Linington

According to the Nigerian Internet Registration Association (NiRA), Nigeria saw a drop in domain name purchases in late 2014... read more>>
COTE D'IVOIRE
Gemalto opens regional office in Côte d'Ivoire
Digital security company, Gemalto, has announced that it will be opening an office in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, as part of the group's strategy of being a global player with a local presence... read more>>
PR & Communications
AFRICA
APO unveils Language Search Tool
To help PR professionals plan their press release distribution and PR activities in Africa, APO has released a Language Search Tool, which includes all 54 African countries... read more>>
Recruitment
SOUTH AFRICA
Launch of AFRI RECRUIT - new division of Joanne Pollard Associates

Issued by Joanne Pollard Associates

Joanne Pollard has seen the need for a specialist sub-Saharan recruitment division and has launched AFRI RECRUIT to service sub-Saharan Africa and south-west Africa initially... read more>>
Retail
SOUTH AFRICA
Adaption and evolution are key when creating resilient supply chains in Africa
Business decision-makers should be asking themselves how they can respond quickly to fast-changing customer demand, how they can contain or reduce escalating costs and how they can enter emerging markets without substantially increasing their risk... read more>>
International
FRANCE
New packages for Cannes delegates
CANNES, FRANCE: Registration for the 2015 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has opened, adding access to the Lions Innovation Festival and Cannes Lions Beach for all Classic full-week Cannes Lions delegate pass holders... read more>>
FRANCE
First Charlie Hebdo since attacks sold out in many parts of France
PARIS, FRANCE: The first issue of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo to be published since a jihadist attack decimated its editorial staff last week has sold out within minutes... read more>>
CUBA
Cuba denies previously reported Wi-Fi rollout
HAVANA, CUBA: Cuba will not begin offering wireless service despite reports of a planned Wi-Fi rollout in its second-largest city, Santiago de Cuba, state-run telecommunications provider Etecsa said Tuesday... read more>>
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Government news
SOUTH AFRICA
BEE policy for estate trustees ruled invalid
An affirmative action policy for the appointment of provisional trustees to insolvent estates was declared invalid by the High Court in Cape Town earlier this week... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Zuma to lead delegation to World Economic Forum
President Jacob Zuma will lead a South African delegation of Cabinet Ministers and business leaders to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, from 20-24 January 2015... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Four key issues on the agenda for WEF Davos 2015

Sebastian Buckup

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