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Pan-African published fiction prize up for grabs...The Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 has put out its call for entries. This is the first ever Pan-African prize celebrating debut African writers of published fiction. Also making headlines, a new app will allow Kenyan SMEs to buy government bonds with just Ksh3,000. Known as M-Akiba, it's part of the treasury mobile direct (TMD) programme, and lets Kenyans purchase government securities directly from the comfort of their mobile phones. Hindering the move towards media freedom, a Zambian editor and journalist were detained on Thursday and released on bail on Friday, four months after publishing a letter that Zambia's anti-corruption commission allegedly sent to President Edgar Lungu. They're set to stand trial in August and could face a maximum sentence of 25 years in jail. Lastly, make sure you don't miss out on the first of three webinars presented by Meltwater Africa in association with Gumtree and Bizcommunity, on how to successfully influence brand reputation in today's hyper connected world, with Claire Cobbledick: Head of Marketing Gumtree South Africa, set to lead the one-hour conversation on Tuesday, 4 August at noon. Click here to register and book your spot! Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Weekly top stories |
| Small and medium enterprises will be able to save and invest in government bonds with just Ksh3,000 via a mobile phone platform to be launched in July. Read more >> | LUSAKA: A Zambian newspaper editor and a journalist arrested after publishing information related to corruption were released Friday on bail. Read more >> |
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 | On the latest Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Kira Koopman and Alistair King... read more>> | | |
 | Virginia Hollis, managing director at the Magnetic Connection, heads up the Loeries Media Innovation category as jury chair... read more>> | | |
 | Rolf Akermann We all remember our parents telling us this a million times, "finish your homework, then you can go and play". Yet we forget to do this later in life... read more>> | |  | Leigh Andrews What do you get when you amalgamate two previous company names Premium TV and Inform? Perform Group, of course. Peter Burroughs, Perform Group Africa MD, explains how the company keeps scoring goals on the continent... read more>> | | |
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 | NAIROBI, KENYA: RTI International and IBM's Africa research lab have announced a partnership to deploy big data analytics and cognitive technologies to help transform development approaches in Africa... read more>> | | | | |
 | The upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya, on 25 and 26 July 2015, and is the 6th annual gathering of entrepreneurs at all stages of business development, business leaders, mentors, and high-level government officials. read more>> | |  | The 7th Annual AfricaCom Awards highlight industry leaders and innovation in African communications. This year the awards are taking place on 18 November, at The Lookout, on Cape Town's Waterfront... read more>> | | | | |
 | Employees at General Motors South Africa (GMSA) traded their vehicle production line to work on a food-packing line when they volunteered their time to help the less fortunate for Mandela Day... read more>> | | |
 | Julius Bizimungu According to Emmanuel Mugisha, the head of the organising team of RBEA, the awards are recognition of outstanding journalists in electronic media. read more>> | | |
 | Government-owned telecommunications firm Zarnet is negotiating with Telecel Zimbabwe shareholders for a possible takeover of the mobile phone company, Parliament heard. read more>> | |  | The GSMA announced the first speakers for the 2015 Mobile 360 Series - Africa conference, including executives from organisations such as Huawei, the Internet Society, MTN and Telenor... read more>> | | |
 | Leigh Andrews If you're in any way involved in this industry, you're a natural storyteller, editor or reteller. If there's a story burning in your chest but you have no way to get it on the big screen, here's your chance... read more>> | | |
 | Nicole Shapiro The importance of family for marketers and brand managers is undisputed. They are our bread and butter; from the life policy that leaves a lasting legacy for loved ones to the frozen vegetables we want on their dinner tables... read more>> | |  | The recently compiled survey titiled "eMarketing Egypt insights 5th Edition 2014 Report" pointed out that 60% of Egypt Facebook users have Google+ accounts, and 54% of them have also twitter accounts... read more>> | | |
 | Nigeria has been experiencing a boost in online businesses due to the massive surge in m-commerce. The rise in mobile phone traffic to online stores is incited by the overall trend of social media... read more>> | | |
 | Kenya is continuously becoming hostile for journalists, Committee to Protect Journalist has said. In a report released in Nairobi, CPJ said journalists face both legal and physical harassment... read more>> | | |
 | Phillimon Mhlanga Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries have agreed on a deadline to switch off the analogue television transmissions to digital platforms... read more>> | | |  | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Virtual reality star Oculus on Thursday announced a deal to buy an Israel-based startup specialising in technology that can track hand movements... read more>> | |  | AD STARS has announced the list of 1,717 works - 1,470 by professionals and 247 by non-professionals - that has made it to the final rounds... read more>> | |  | Matt Eastwood, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer of JWT, has been announced as a speaker at the London International Awards 2015 Creative LIAisons programme... read more>> | |  | Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Design Army, Pum Lefebure, has been announced as a speaker at the London International Awards 2015 Creative LIAisons programme... read more>> | | | | | More International | |
|  | Frost & Sullivan will present key trends influencing the African landscape at the Growth Innovation Leadership (GIL) Africa congress at The Table Bay Hotel, Cape Town on 20 August 2015. read more>> | | | More Government news | |
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 | Chris Brewer Last week I wrote about setting objectives, but we also have to consider the two integral parts that make the setting of objectives possible. And this, naturally, includes strategies and forecasting... read more>> | |
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| Plutarch "What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality." Maya Angelou "Nothing will work unless you do." Aristotle "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." |
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