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Consolidating gains: 2008 Research Industry Survey results

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:02:00 +0200

Each year the Marketing and Social Research Association (MSRA) takes a close look at the health of the East African research industry. The survey records actual revenue of member agencies for the previous calendar year and asks agency heads to forecast future growth. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Sabinet Gateway to establish African online journal archive

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:29:00 +0200

Sabinet Gateway has been awarded a US$1.8 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to create an African online journal archive. The archive will contain purely African content, making academic inputs from all over Africa available for research purposes to local and international organisations and academic institutions. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Investors look to logistics, transport

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:24:00 +0200

Financial deals in Africa's transportation sector: shipping and aviation dominate the industry landscape in early 2008. Read full story... | Send to a friend

How mobile technology is facilitating development work

Wed, 21 May 2008 13:55:00 +0200

The advent of mobile technology has transformed and facilitated the work of a number of NGOs involved in various forms of development work, mainly relief and advocacy. Nothing attests to this better than a report recently released by the United Nations Foundation and The Vodafone Group Foundation. Read full story... | Send to a friend

How to succeed in the African market

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:02:00 +0200

Want to do successful business with Africa? Here are some tips to help you do just that... Read full story... | Send to a friend

Using crowdsourcing for real-world innovation

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:53:00 +0200

US - One of the promises of the Internet, and especially Web 2.0, has been moving companies closer to their customers. A new survey released today, 12 March, by The Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG), an organisation of senior-level marketing executives, finds that 62% of marketers surveyed have been using crowdsourcing to help them shape the future of their products. Read full story... | Send to a friend

More Black women in the US marketplace

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:26:00 +0200

Miriam Muley, CEO of The85%Niche, and previously Executive Director of Diversity Growth Markets at GM, has authored a recent paper describing opportunities to serve "a vital source of incremental business (that) has waned in recent years." Read full story... | Send to a friend

CNBC Africa survey provides some interesting insights

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:18:00 +0200

CNBC Africa conducted a small survey by means of an on-line questionnaire, and though the sampling is too small as a base for definitive, the results have proved valuable. There are some significant differences in responses from South Africans and respondent in the rest of Africa. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Economic impacts of software piracy

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:13:00 +0200

A new study released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has made a strong economic case to tackle software piracy in Africa. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Doing business in Africa is not for the faint-hearted

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:09:00 +0200

Over the last few years Africa has become a business talking point. South African and international companies are rushing to explore new markets. But despite positive economic indicators, Dr Darrel Wratten of the Consumer Insight Agency (c.i.a.) cautions that a lack of knowledge about Africa is causing some businesses to come unstuck. Read full story... | Send to a friend