SOUTH AFRICA [Mvelase Peppetta] In the past twelve months or so, what has occurred in the South African digital marketplace can only be described as an explosion of innovation. Whereas "innovation" in the digital marketplace is usually the domain of the small, nimble start-up, South Africans have suddenly started seeing the big retail names they're used to encountering in malls take up position in the digital marketplace.
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AFRICA [Mvelase Peppetta] With the world's highest rates of HIV and TB, health care provision has to be at the top of most African countries' agendas - and innovative use of mobile technologies may be just the salve they are looking for. |
SOUTH AFRICA [Mvelase Peppetta] When radio jock and Idols judge Gareth Cliff describes Playboy magazine on his Facebook page as "classy" and "riveting", does he mean it - or is he being paid to say it? A good word from Gareth Cliff could cost you R20 000, but his 400 000 Facebook friends and Twitter followers may not know that they are reading advertising. |