The Education & Training community of Africa

UNISA supports African Education Week

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:29:00 +0200

UNISA's newly established College of Education has shown its commitment by sponsoring the 6th Annual African Education Week Convention and Learning Expo, which takes place 2-4 July 2012, at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Launch of Location Based Services platform in SA

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:15:00 +0200

MapIT is hosting a free developers' day in Johannesburg on 24 February 2012 at 9am to launch its Location Based Services (LBS) platform for South African developers.
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Tricks of the trade: improving your on-air content

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:42:00 +0200

The South African Advertising Research Foundation (SAARF) invited a number of top players in the radio industry to speak at a recent Community Radio Forum, giving community radio delegates advice on everything from programming to marketing. This is my advice for presenters on how to deliver a show with the kind of on-air content that attracts and retains listeners.
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Mobile marketing summits set for Com World Series

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:05:00 +0200

Informa Telecom & Media and the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) have announced their partnership on a series of mobile marketing summits, to be held in association with the flagship series of digital events in Africa & the Middle East, Com World Series.
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Greenpop launches Trees for Zambia

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:37:00 +0200

For three weeks in July 2012, Greenpop will host a reforestation project in Livingstone, Zambia, reportedly the country with the second highest deforestation rate in the world. Over 5000 indigenous and fruit trees are expected to be planted. In addition, educational sessions for children and subsistence farmers will also take place.
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YoungAfricaLive now live in Kenya

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:30:00 +0200

YoungAfricaLive, a mobile community that entertains and educates young people on topics of love, sexual health, gender and relationships affecting the youth, has launched in Kenya, adding to the mobile community portal's presence in East Africa which commenced when YoungAfricaLive launched in Tanzania in December 2011.
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R886m invested in varsity ICT

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:25:00 +0200

The Higher Education and Training Department says R886 million has been invested in connecting South African universities and public research organisations to each other at a minimum speed of 10 gigabits per second.
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Orange, Wikimedia Foundation partnership brings Wikipedia to Africa

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:34:00 +0200

Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation earlier this week announced a partnership that will provide more than 70 million Orange customers in Africa and the Middle East with mobile access to Wikipedia, without incurring data usage charges.
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Intl students essay competition for meetings industry

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:22:00 +0200

As part of the ten year celebration of IMEX, the global meetings, events and incentive travel industry trade show, the organisers, together with research partners, Fast Future Research, are inviting students from all over the world to enter an essay competition as part of its new 'Power of 10' research study.
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[2012 trends] The way to customers' hearts is through their phones

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:53:00 +0200

Never before have people had such a love affair with a communications medium as they have with their mobile phones. Now, marketers aren't communicating with consumers via an impersonal one-way device; rather, they are communicating with them through a device people happily carry around 24/7. Here are my top 12 trends for the mobile world in 2012.
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