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Alan Winde impresses at Net Prophet 2013

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:00:00 +0200

Western Cape Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism Alan Winde impressed yesterday, 23 May 2013, at the Net Prophet conference with news of exciting tech innovations for the province. Winde's announcement of the Bandwidth Barn ICT business incubator model being spread throughout the rest of Africa was met with resounding applause from attendees at the Artscape.
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Samsung partners with Zamtel to launch Galaxy S4

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:20:00 +0200

Zamtel in partnership with Samsung has unveiled the fourth generation Samsung Galaxy Series of mobile phones, the Galaxy S4, designed to meet the business and personal communication needs of our time.
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Experiential Marketing - the contagious idea

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:34:00 +0200

Companies are defined by what they are selling. Products come off shelves, cars get driven off lots, SMSs get sent and social media is accessed from the edgy new phones people upgrade to... What is it about the brand you picked off the shelf, signed vehicle finance for or the network you subscribe to that defined your choice? The experience. Your experience. How you felt planning your purchase and how you feel about that decision after you'd done it because of what you had taken home.
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Alliance Media awarded Superbrand status

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:24:00 +0200

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.
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Orange African Social Venture Prize returns in 2013

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:05:00 +0200

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).
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Mataka used media funds on the Zambian

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:56:00 +0200

Former Zambia Daily Mail deputy managing director, Davis Mataka was given money from the Public Media Support Fund for the purchase of office equipment and allowances for officers tasked to publish the Zambian Newspaper, a witness has told the court.
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PTA Bank approves loan for fiber optic network

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:22:00 +0200

PTA Bank has approved a loan of US$11.5million to Burundi Backbone Systems Company S.M. (BBS) with a guarantee of US$1,767,058 for the construction of a national fiber optic network in the country. The financing was approved by the board members of PTA Bank during a board meeting of the bank in Nairobi early in April 2013.
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Airtel creates borderless network

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:10:00 +0200

Bharti Airtel, the global telecommunications services provider with operations in countries across Asia and Africa has introduced the ONE AIRTEL service which will further ease the burden of roaming costs whilst travelling.
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Mobile to drive BI this year

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:53:00 +0200

Mobile is top of the big four influencers of BI change across Africa this year. The massive growth in mobile across Africa is driving resurgence in business intelligence (BI) growth, as executives across the continent see the value of having relevant, updated data at hand at all times.
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Alliance Media remembers genocide in Rwanda

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:35:00 +0200

This month marks the 19th anniversary of the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994. In just 100 days, over 800,000 men, women and children lost their lives in a wave of violence that began when the Hutus massacred the Tutsis.
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