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AFRICA
She Leads Africa launches 2015 Entrepreneur Showcase
LAGOS, NIGERIA: She Leads Africa has announced the launch of its second annual Entrepreneur Showcase for the most talented female entrepreneurs across Africa... read more>>

Finalists for the 2015 APO Energy Media Award announced

DAKAR, SENEGAL: Six African journalists have been selected as finalists in the 2015 APO Energy Media Award. The first-place winner will travel to Dubai to attend the Africa Energy Forum...

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Chris Roper's 'night, Knight' announcement gets social media buzz

Social media is buzzing with the news that Mail & Guardian Online's editor-in-chief of six years, Chris Roper, has resigned...

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Angola: 9th edition of National Journalism Award launched

LUANDA: Ministry of Mass Media (MCS) Wednesday in Luanda launched the 9th edition of the National Journalism Prize to encourage and distinguish the creativity and journalistic research...

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Biz Takeouts
SOUTH AFRICA
[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 130: This is Me, EFC Africa and Zwipit
On the last Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Cairo Howarth, Keiren Jacobson, Mark Chirnside and Felix Martins... read more>>
Marketing
SOUTH AFRICA
@Marketing4Youth #Africa

Charles Foster and Ilse Dinner, Issued by Millward Brown

Brands should have a bad case of FOMO* when it comes to marketing to the youth in Africa, because if you engage with the youth market now, you could potentially have a customer for life... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
TLC Marketing Africa appoints new Partnership and Content Director

Issued by TLC Marketing Worldwide

Ntsiki Balfour will head up the Partnership and Content division of TLC Marketing, responsible for the strategic direction of TLC's partner relations, both for independent networks and key brand partnerships... read more>>
CSI
SOUTH AFRICA
SA schools get International Space Station inspiration with OSAAT
Want to inspire SA scholars? Think you can go one better than a live Russian cosmonaut broadcast while directly over Africa? Read on... read more>>
Magazines
AFRICA
Jovago partners with Ventures Africa
Mobile
MALAWI
Airtel, Nexva to launch Malawi's mobile app store
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Malawi, has announced a strategic partnership with neXva to launch Airtel branded mobile app stores in Malawi... read more>>
Retail
AFRICA
Doing business in Africa - role of technology
DHL held its 5th annual Global Technology conference in April 2015, featuring a number of key sessions on doing business in Africa... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Botswana's Choppies to list on JSE

Sikonathi Mantshantsha

The JSE will get another African boost when Botswana grocery retailer Choppies Enterprises lists on the main board at the end of this month... read more>>
NIGERIA
Your trademark is not enough for you to freely trade in Nigeria
Media Freedom & Right to Know
NAMIBIA
Namibia again tops African press freedom charts
Namibia has moved five places on the global press freedom charts, becoming 17th in the world, while clinging onto its top spot in Africa - for the fourth year running... read more>>
International
UNITED KINGDOM
New category for LIA awards
London International Awards (LIA) has announced the addition of the 'Verbal Identity' category to its 2015 Design competition... read more>>
FRANCE
Jury selected for Lions Health, includes UN Foundation's Sherinian
The Lions Health, global Festival and Awards for creative excellence in healthcare, has selected its jury including United Nation Foundation's Aaron Sherinian who will also host a seminar... read more>>
UNITED STATES
Oculus virtual reality headsets set to ship in 2016
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Oculus, the virtual reality firm acquired by Facebook last year, said on Wednesday it would begin shipping its Oculus Rift headset to consumers early next year after years of development... read more>>
UNITED STATES
Newspaper weakness hits Murdoch at News Corp
More International
Government news
NIGERIA
Nigeria borrows to pay salaries with cash crunch worsening
ABUJA, NIGERIA: A cash shortage caused by low oil prices has forced Nigeria to borrow heavily through the early part of 2015, with the government struggling to pay public workers, officials said on Wednesday... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
SAA's unfair competitive advantage

Tralone Khoza

The plot between Comair and SAA thickens as Comair takes the legal battle against the government's bailouts of SAA to court... read more>>
More Government news
New events to diarise
Africa Sing Celebrations - Africa Unite
Buyel' Embo Village (Embo) - 9 May 2015, Cape Town

2015 Africa Prosperity Summit
Legatum Institute - 20 May 2015 to 21 May 2015, Dar Es Salaam

Namibia Careers Expo
Namibia Careers Expo - 26 May 2015 to 28 May 2015, Windhoek

IABC Africa 22nd Annual Conference
IABC Africa Region - 29 Jul 2015 to 31 Jul 2015, Johannesburg

18th AutoExpo Africa 2015
Expogroup - 27 Aug 2015 to 29 Aug 2015, Dar-es-Salaam

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