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SOUTH AFRICA
Here's why your business needs its own mobile app
[Charles Mburugu] Today's customers are on the move, and they are taking their mobile devices with them. Mobile devices are undoubtedly important in the lives of millions of people across the world... read more>>



Biz Takeouts
SOUTH AFRICA
[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 144: Justin Gomes, ECD for FoxP2, on nabbing two Apex Awards
On the latest Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Justin Gomes, ECD and Creative Circle Chairperson for FoxP2 Cape Town... read more>>
Advertising
AFRICA
BBC World Service offers new advertising opportunities in Africa
BBC World Service, which broadcasts to Africa in Arabic, English, French, Hausa, Kinyarwanda/Kirundi, Kiswahili and Somali, now offers brands the opportunity to connect with consumers in Africa through advertisements... read more>>
Digital
KENYA
Safaricom Foundation launches a start-up fund

Richard Mungai

Safaricom Foundation has launched a start-up fund to raise seed capital for young entrepreneurs, the chairman Joseph Ogutu said yesterday. read more>>
Mobile
KENYA
NGO launches app to encourage youth participation in devolved administration

Parris Mabel Akinyi

Youth in Nairobi will be able to interact with their MCAs using mobile phone after an NGO launched a platform to facilitate participation. read more>>
Retail
SOUTH AFRICA
TFG scales up in Africa as SA growth sags

Zeenat Moorad

In line with its belief that the rest of Africa was a growth area, The Foschini Group (TFG) would open 10 stores in Kenya by March next year, CEO Doug Murray said on Wednesday, 12 August... read more>>
Sponsorship
AFRICA
MTN Group sponsors 2015 Highway Africa Conference
The MTN Group is to sponsor the 2015 Highway Africa Conference, one of the largest annual gatherings of African journalists in the world. It takes place 30-31 August in Grahamstown. read more>>
TV
KENYA
CA clears new digital broadcast players

Martin Mwita

The Communication Authority of Kenya has started licensing of commercial Free-to Air Television services in the country, after digital migration which saw the switch off of analogue signals in February. read more>>
International
SOUTH AFRICA
Sundar Pichai: the little-known new chief of Google
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: His name may not ring a bell, but Google's new CEO Sundar Pichai has worked on some of the company's best-known products -- from the Chrome browser to the Android mobile software. read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Twitter lifts limits on direct messages between users
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Twitter lifted its character limit on Wednesday for direct messages between users, saying it would help make the private side of Twitter "more powerful and fun." read more>>
More International
Business
SOUTH AFRICA
How to keep your battery going while on the move
It's always annoying to run out of battery power when you're not near a charger and a power point... read more>>
SOUTH AFRICA
Concern about silence on key threats to SA's economic longevity
South Africa has a leadership crisis, but this is not limited to government. Trevor Ncube, entrepreneur and publisher of SA's Mail & Guardian newspaper, recently addressed corporate leaders on their silence on key threats to the country's economic longevity... read more>>
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New events to diarise
Agile Africa 2015
JCSE - 24 Aug 2015 to 26 Aug 2015, Johannesburg

Durban Annual Africa Enterprise Development Event
Global Invest Group - 26 Aug 2015 to 27 Aug 2015, Durban

Navigating Business in Africa Forum & Panel Discus
International Institute of Business Management - 3 Sep 2015, Johannesburg

Algeria DecorExpo 2015
ELAN EXPO - 18 Nov 2015 to 21 Nov 2015, Algiers

North Africa Downstream Summit
The Energy Exchange - 7 Dec 2015 to 8 Dec 2015, Algiers

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