<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>the CRM community of West Africa</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com//412/33.html</link><description>West Africa CRM news</description><ttl>15</ttl><category>CRM news - West Africa</category><image><url>http://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/11/logo5.gif</url><title>Bizcommunity.com</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/</link></image><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:41:34 +0200</pubDate><item><title>Zain Nigeria's call centre commences operations</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/38401.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://mars.bizcommunity.com/c/0907/34183.jpg?r=0" width="46" height="65" align="left"  /&gt;ABUJA: The newly built call centre established by Zain Nigeria in Abuja has commence operations. The facility has started taking calls from customers and plans to be formally commissioned in the coming weeks.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/38401.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=157&amp;c=33&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=38401"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/38401.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:13:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/33.html</source></item><item><title>Skills shortage impacts on customer care in Nigeria</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/31107.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Nigeria has expressed concern over lack of manpower and expertise in the field of information and communication technology.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/31107.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=157&amp;c=33&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=31107"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/31107.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:57:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/33.html</source></item><item><title>UBA launches tourism paycard in Nigeria</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/25874.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;United Bank for Africa Plc, has introduced UBA Tourism Paycard in Nigeria.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/25874.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=157&amp;c=33&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=25874"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/25874.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:16:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/33.html</source></item><item><title>Conexus paves the road for automotive sales and service standards in Africa</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/33/25150.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Conexus, a leading outsourced call centre company, has successfully extended their capabilities across Africa, having completed a challenging multi-country project. The venture into the continent continued when Conexus was tasked with implementing a large-scale customer satisfaction study for a leading, international automotive client in African countries.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/33/25150.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=33&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=25150"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/33/25150.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:11:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/33.html</source></item><item><title>Thuraya to expand services in Nigerian market</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/23409.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications says it is ready to offer more services in Nigeria, especially in the light of government's desire to increase access to more users in the country.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/23409.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=157&amp;c=33&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=23409"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/23409.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:53:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/33.html</source></item><item><title>Senegal telecoms seals major deal with Ascade</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/412/33/22931.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Senegal's national telecommunications operator and its largest international wholesale carrier, Sonatel SA has selected Ascade's Carrier Cockpit Suite to optimise and automate all aspects of its global interconnect business.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/412/33/22931.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=412&amp;c=33&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=22931"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/412/33/22931.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:01:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/33.html</source></item><item><title>Press harassment hinders Niger's development, watchdogs warn</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/412/15/21025.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Press freedom groups agree that an increase in arrests, intimidation and harassment of journalists in Niger is impeding development in one of the poorest countries in the world.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/412/15/21025.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=412&amp;c=15&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=21025"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/412/15/21025.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:32:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/33.html</source></item><item><title>Innovation is alive and well and living in loyalty programs</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/423/19589.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Innovation is alive and well among coalition loyalty programs around the world. Despite their advancing age, coalitions are continuing to innovate to keep their programs fresh and relevant to their target members. This applies equally in Africa as consumers' buying power increases, and retailers must think up new ways to keep existing customers and attract new ones.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/423/19589.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=410&amp;c=423&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=19589"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/423/19589.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:35:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/33.html</source></item><item><title>Quality of service committees to investigate networks</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/19050.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The quest towards finding a lasting solution to the lingering poor quality of services being offered by operators has made the Nigerian Communications Commission to go some extra miles. Besides issuing warning to operators to ensure that they upped the quality of services they offer end-users, the NCC also has set up four industry-wide committees to address the problem.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/19050.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=157&amp;c=33&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=19050"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/33/19050.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/33.html</source></item><item><title>When someone telephones your company...</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/98/17865.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Do they get a response that encourages them to stay – or are they driven towards your competitors? How your staff talks to people who call can attract – or repel – those people. And that means a better business, or a failing one.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/98/17865.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=410&amp;c=98&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=17865"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/98/17865.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:45:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/33.html</source></item></channel></rss>