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Media 10 up their game in southern Africa

Danette Breitenbach

Grand Designs Live has a reputation as a show that innovates and gets better year on year. In the United Kingdom, where the show originated, it has won numerous awards...

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African markets emerge on global retail development index

The 2015 Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), published by AT Kearney, places three sub-Saharan countries in the top 30 - Botswana #18, Nigeria #23 and Angola #30...

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Ecommerce as platform for mobile phone penetration

Emma Okonji

The shift in the sales of mobile phones via e-commerce, is expected to further deepen the number of telecoms subscribers in Nigeria and Africa...

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Biz Takeouts
SOUTH AFRICA
[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 134: Oculus VR with HERO Film and Wonderland Collective
On the latest Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Graeme Lipschitz and Brendan Stein... read more>>
Advertising
UGANDA
East African expansion for TBWA Africa
Design
SOUTH AFRICA
Customisation: the birth of a new consumer

Germarie Bruwer

The internet age. Never has there been a technology that has had such an impact on the way humankind functions as the World Wide Web. Except maybe the invention of the wheel, that was pretty big as well... read more>>
Events & Conferencing
NIGERIA
Vibe Web plans digital marketing acceleration conference
Vibe Web Solutions Limited, a dedicated digital marketing consultancy firm with an expert team in Nigeria and India, has expressed its readiness to organise a digital marketing growth acceleration conference 2015... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Alan Knott-Craig Jr joins Business Tech Show line-up
The Business Tech Show (BTS), taking place 25-26 August 2015 at the Westin Hotel in Cape Town, has announced that the founder of Project Isizwe: Free Wi-Fi For Africa, Alan Knott-Craig Jr, will be presenting at the conference... read more>>
PR & Communications
KENYA
Levanter Africa joins PROI Worldwide
Levanter Africa in Kenya has been added to the PROI Worldwide partnership. This augments the group's existing operations in South Africa, Morocco and Egypt... read more>>
Research
SOUTH AFRICA
Keeping Africa's star on the rise

Nicci Botha

The continent is at a crossroads, and if the current "Africa Rising" narrative is to sustain itself, critical choices have to be made in order to continue its economic growth, according to Ernst & Young's (EY) Africa Attractiveness Survey 2015... read more>>
Retail
NAMIBIA
River Island opens first store in Namibia
International
UNITED STATES
Yahoo to host first global live stream of NFL game
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: The National Football League said on Wednesday that Yahoo will be the exclusive online stage for the first-ever free live stream of a game to a global audience. read more>>
UNITED KINGDOM
Digital jury selected for LIA 2015
The 2015 London International Awards (LIA) has named Ronald Ng, CCO, North America of DigitasLBi as its Digital Jury President... read more>>
UNITED STATES
Pinterest adds shopping with 'Buyable pins'
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Pinterest said on Tuesday it is diving into e-commerce with "pins" that let people buy items they like at the popular online bulletin board. read more>>
More International
Government news
AFRICA
Africa Progress Panel report: Africa's leaders need to start an energy revolution
African governments, investors, and international financial institutions must significantly scale up investment in energy to unlock Africa's potential as a global low-carbon superpower... read more>>
AFRICA
EOH acquisition expands African footprint
Technology group EOH announced on Thursday it was acquiring an equity stake of between 49% and 80% of Twenty Third Century Systems (TTCS) and its subsidiaries, as the group seeks to expands its African footprint further... read more>>
AFRICA
Multinational companies cheat Africa out of billions of dollars
Africa was cheated out of US$11bn in 2010 through just one of the tricks used by multinational companies to reduce tax bills, according to new Oxfam report, 'Africa: Rising for the few.' read more>>
More Government news
New events to diarise
2015 Africa CEO Roundtable and Conference on CSR
ThistlePraxis Consulting Limited - 18 Jun 2015 to 19 Jun 2015, Lagos

M&A: Increasing your revenue
Xigo - 26 Jun 2015, Johannesburg

International Marimba and Steelpan Festival
Education Africa - 1 Aug 2015 to 2 Aug 2015, Johannesburg

Geo Empower Africa Summit
Fleming Gulf - 6 Oct 2015 to 7 Oct 2015, Santiago, Chile

Africa Energy Indaba 2016
Siyenza - 16 Feb 2016 to 17 Feb 2016, Johannesburg

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