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Portfolio Night Johannesburg: Bizcommunity launches a shooting star

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:13:00 +0200

Bizcommunity is pleased to announce a worthy winner of the ticket to attend McCann Johannesburg's Portfolio Night initiative coming up this Wednesday, 22 May 2013, as judged by Biz creative director Terry Levin (@TerryLevin)!
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Inaugural MEF Connects for mobile industry leaders

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:34:00 +0200

MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, have announced the inaugural MEF Connects Kenya event for mobile industry leaders in Kenya. The pan-African business partnering event will be held at the Sankara Hotel on the fringes of East Africa Com on Wednesday, 22 May 2013.
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Malian children face education crisis

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:29:00 +0200

While the world remains focused on ending Mali's conflict following rebel incursions into the northern part of the country early last year, there are about 400,000 Malian children facing severe disruptions in their education, warns the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF.
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The Choice for African Education debate

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:21:00 +0200

Four controversial experts will take part in "a bare-knuckle fight" about priorities for African education at this year's eLearning Africa conference, taking place from 29-31 May 2013 in Windhoek, Namibia.
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Orange inaugurates a new campus in Dakar

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:46:00 +0200

With the creation of a new Orange Campus site in Senegal, the France Telecom-Orange Group, which is present across 20 African countries, reaffirms its commitment to strengthening its worldwide managerial community and to supporting managers in their daily responsibilities.
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Your online reputation is worth gold...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:35:00 +0200

If you are interested in finding out what people are saying about your services and products online, have you considered starting an online reputation management strategy? Online reputation management, better known as ORM, involves so much more than just checking for links online. It's about monitoring (listening) to your actual reputation on the web and how people feel about your services, products, and company.
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Students, don't forget to enter Biz's Portfolio Night competition!

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:04:00 +0200

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.
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Mobile: the future of learning in Africa

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:59:00 +0200

Following the success of the African budget smartphone, Microsoft produced a smartphone targeted specifically at the African mobile market, the Huawei 4Afrika, which was released in February 2013. Since the launch of this smartphone, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of students and even staff making use of smartphones to assist in learning.
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Reminder for Jozi students to enter Portfolio Night competition on Biz

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:10:00 +0200

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.
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Kenya engineering university students to recieve free software

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:22:00 +0200

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.
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