Be big on biz with Portfolio Night and Bizcommunity - competition

[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] If you are a branding, design or advertising student in Johannesburg, by Thursday next week your life may have changed! After years of negotiations, the largest one-day advertising portfolio review in the world, Portfolio Night, is finally making it to Johannesburg, South Africa - and Bizcommunity, in conjunction with McCann Johannesburg, has one coveted ticket to give away. 15 May 2013 11:32

M&G editor resigns, off to New Delhi

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Mail & Guardian's editor-in-chief, Nic Dawes, has resigned to take up a post at the Hindustan Times in New Delhi, the newspaper reports. 17 May 2013 11:17

Students, don't forget to enter Biz's Portfolio Night competition!

[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] A reminder once again to all branding, design or advertising students in Jozi to enter our competition to win a ticket to attend South Africa's first Portfolio Night hosted by McCann Johannesburg next week, Wednesday, 22 May! Complete this form and upload a Biz Portfolio Showcase before Monday, 20 May. You will need to create a MyBiz Profile if you don't have one already. 17 May 2013 11:04

Deloitte Digital aims to be continent's powerhouse

With a business strategy built on recruiting only the best and most talented digital professionals in the country, Deloitte Digital is expressing its intention of establishing the brand as the most formidable digital consultancy in Africa. 16 May 2013 10:37

Mobility changing the face of African enterprise

[Ayanda Dlamini] Mobility is changing the way business is run across Africa, and the IT department needs to step up to enable it, says Ayanda Dlamini, business development manager at LGR Telecommunications. 16 May 2013 09:31

Registration opens for ACEC

Registration is now open for the third African Creative Economy Conference (ACEC), which is expected to attract some 400 delegates, including visitors from at least 40 African countries, to Cape Town, South Africa from 6-9 October 2013. 15 May 2013 15:51

Orange African Social Venture Prize returns in 2013

Following on from the success of the first two programmes run in 2011 and 2012, Orange, the telecommunications corporation, has launched the third Orange African Social Venture Prize. The project promotes social innovations in support of developments that use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). 14 May 2013 21:05

Africa Domain Name System Forum to be held in SA

Co-organised by the Internet Society, AfTLD, and ICANN, the Africa Domain Name System Forum will bring together registries, registrars, experts and policy makers to foster cross-border collaboration, will be held from 12-13 July 2013 in Durban, South Africa. 14 May 2013 13:16

Tangy Crosse & Blackwell gets some Oomph! in Mozambique

[Issued by Oomph! Africa] When Tiger Brands went looking for a partner to assist them grow market share and create brand awareness in Mozambique, they found what they needed in experiential marketing specialists, Oomph! Africa. 17 May 2013 11:13

Reminder for Jozi students to enter Portfolio Night competition on Biz

[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] Branding, design or advertising students in Jozi, don't forget to enter our competition to win a ticket to attend South Africa's first Portfolio Night hosted by McCann Johannesburg next week Wednesday, 22 May 2013! Simply complete this form and upload a Biz Portfolio Showcase before Monday 20 May. 16 May 2013 14:10

Alliance Media awarded Superbrand status

[Issued by Alliance Media] Alliance Media has recently been awarded Superbrand Status by Superbrands, the world's largest independent arbiter of branding. The award has been made for the period 2012 - 2014. 15 May 2013 12:24

Kenya engineering university students to recieve free software

The Kenya section of the global Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) has confirmed continuity of a partnership with Microsoft under which a wide selection of software is provided to IEEE student members and graduate student members for free. 15 May 2013 15:22

MISA tells 'Times' editor to resign

The Media Institute for Southern Africa has called on the managing editor of Swaziland's only independent newspaper group to resign because he is too close to King Mswati III. MISA, the foremost media freedom group in the region, said Martin Dlamini's position was 'untenable'. 15 May 2013 15:39

Liberian security service director takes newspaper to court

Othello Warrick, director of the Executive Protection Service [the presidential guard unit] has taken The Monitor newspaper and its news coordinator, Octavin Williams, to court on charges of "actions for damages for wrong". 15 May 2013 15:32

Ugandan journalists blocked from reporting at airport

A number of Ugandan journalists were blocked by security forces from accessing the national airport at Entebbe to cover the return of an army officer, General David Sejusa (formerly Tinyefuza) who sparked off a controversial debate in an alleged ploy dubbed 'The Muhoozi project' in which the president's son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, would ascend to the presidency. However, General Sejusa - who is the coordinator of intelligence services did not return as expected, due to unknown reasons. 14 May 2013 14:20