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| Nola Bond In a free market environment, the tender process is important to ensure fairness and transparency but a practice has developed whereby those tendering are often required to relinquish their ideas, proposals and intellectual property, even if their tender is unsuccessful, and with no compensation... read more>> |
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| Ahmed Bulbulia With Nigeria overtaking South Africa as Africa's largest economy, many eyes are looking at this bustling nation as a source of opportunity and a key market for business growth... read more>> |
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| This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with David Alves, Head of Digital at Net#work BBDO... read more>> |
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| John Harvey There can be little doubt that the proliferation of entry-level banks in the past few years has vastly changed South Africa's financial landscape... read more>> |
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| The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC), dedicated to the success of small business in South Africa, is gearing up to host its 7th My Business Expo in Joburg, now one the largest event of its kind in the world... read more>> |
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| Media24's digital division, 24.com, has announced plans for a news wire service launching in April. The announcement follows Sapa's closure. The new service will be called News24Wire... read more>> |
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| Arthur Goldstuck, writing in BD Live, says many global manufacturers target Africa with the same cut-and-paste products that appear on shelves the world over, but that's changing... read more>> |
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| Mafrik TV, tagged as the African music channel, is dedicated to distributing West African music videos without a charge to the artists... read more>> |
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| Ericsson and The Rwanda Ministry of Youth and ICT have come together in an initiative called 'Smart Rwanda', geared towards connecting, innovating and transforming Rwanda into a knowledge economy to drive its global competitiveness and job creation... read more>> |
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| Danette Breitenbach Janine Lazarus, founder and owner of Janine Lazarus media consultancy was a journalist for 31 years, and has worked across the board from newspapers to radio... read more>> |
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| Deirdre Elphick-Moore It's great to have a firm idea of your career ambitions and, once you have a clear goal in mind, translate it into an action statement that you can easily remember and recall every day... read more>> |
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| The latest Ask Afrika Orange Index provides customer service trends based on 13 years of data, across 32 industries and 155 companies... read more>> |
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| Issued by Nielsen A new report from Nielsen shows hard retail data, consumer needs and behaviour, combined with macro-economic datasets, are better indicators of opportunity and success in African markets... read more>> |
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| Monika D'Agostino The other day I got a connection request from LinkedIn. The person's profile was very scarce, but I accepted the request as I am on a mission to elevate the reputation of sales and its practitioners... read more>> |
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| Beyond The Eyes (BTE), a black-owned production company, has launched an independent online television network to deliver compelling African content to the world through 'Video on Demand' (VOD)... read more>> |
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| Ritesh Sanghani AHMEDABAD, INDIA: The world is moving at dynamic speed, posing numerous opportunities and challenges. Here's how to beat the heat of this competitiveness and gain an edge... read more>> |
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| European digital marketing research firm Best Marketing International monitors almost 300 digital award competitions Worldwide... read more>> |
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| LAS VEGAS, US: NAB Show, held from 5-10 April 2015 in Las Vegas, is one of the world's largest electronic media shows, covering filmed entertainment and the development, management and delivery of content across all mediums... read more>> |
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| NEW DEHLI, INDIA: India said on Thursday it had asked YouTube to block access to a documentary about a savage gang-rape in Delhi, after barring broadcasters from airing the film... (Videos) read more>> |
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| BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Organisers of the prestigious World Press Photo awards have revoked a major prize after receiving "misleading information" regarding the entry, which portrayed gritty industrial Belgian town Charleroi... read more>> |
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| New PwC survey dispels myths about women and work... read more>> |
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| BARCELONA, SPAIN: Several big Asian phone companies launched new high-end smartphones and other wireless gizmos on Sunday, hoping to challenge US giant Apple in a big year for wireless gadgets... read more>> |
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| Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has sent condolences to the family of helicopter pilot, Hendrik Willem Marais, who died in a helicopter crash while providing aerial support against the fire in the Cape Point Nature Reserve... read more>> |
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| Christina Watson When interventions made to raise the levels of mathematics skills and knowledge among South African learners fail to bear fruit, it's understandable that many are quick to feel that we are in a state of crisis... read more>> |
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| Chris Barron In his state of the nation address, President Jacob Zuma said foreign land ownership was a threat to South Africa's control of its own food security and therefore foreigners would not be allowed to own land. In addition, the government would cap all land ownership at 12,000ha, he said. read more>> |
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| NEWSWATCH: Brand SA wants Comms Minister Faith Muthambi to pay the agency cash it says it is owed, and the SABC head of news has been charged with assault... read more>> |
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| NEWSWATCH: The New Age newspaper has pulled out of the Press Council's ombudsman system, the council said yesterday, reports Mail & Guardian... read more>> |
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| Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Nissan has employed a nifty designer to trim some excess fat as well the many sharp edges off its likeable X-Trail to give it a much softer, more elegant urban warrior look but without sacrificing any of its bush and dirt capabilities... read more>> |
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| Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Domestic new vehicle sales of 52,368 in February were only 584 units more than the same month last year but export sales shot up by 35.6% to 29,760 units... read more>> |
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CIMEX CongoManikongo AfriVision - 15 Jul 2015 to 17 Jul 2015, Kinshasa |
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Idries Shah "Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort, right time, right people, right materials." Lorii Myers "Believe that your hard work, dedication and persistence will pay off; improve through continual learning and believe in your future" Rob Liano "All success comes down to this... action." |
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