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Looking to female business inspiration across the continentWhen marketing to millennials, it helps to remember that they're 'self-centred', so you'll do well sticking to selfies, hashtags and retweets when your brand looks to appeal to this target market, writes Michele Warbreck. Something sure to appeal to that market, Mohammed Awal writes about the app developer challenge launched by Airtel in Ghana, designed to encourage start-up developers to build locally but internationally appealing and relevant apps. It's a five-month challenge that reaffirms the company's belief in empowering people. Then, still on the topic of empowerment and as part of our #WomensMonth special feature, Beverley Klein looks at [#WomenInBiz] making waves across Africa and breaking through the gender barriers to become visionaries, leaders and an inspiration for young women all over the world - find out more about Isis Nyongo and Ory Okolloh from Kenya, as well as Folake Folarin-Coker and Adenike Ogunlesi of Nigeria. An inspiring read, this Women's Month... Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Today's top stories |
Michele Warbreck Millennials are self-centred. They love selfies, and hashtags, and sharing all their life moments online. And as they reach their prime working and spending years, brands are now faced with a huge opportunity to appeal to this consumer market... Read more >> | Mohammed Awal Airtel - the world's third largest telecommunication services provider - has launched an app developer challenge designed to encourage start-up developers to build locally but internationally appealing and relevant apps... Read more >> | Beverley Klein In celebration of Women's Day, these African women are making strides in business across the continent. They've broken through the gender barriers and have become visionaries, leaders and an inspiration for young women all over the world... Read more >> |
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 | Thirty-three Samsung Electronic staff volunteers have built houses and conducted IT training in the village of Kabwe, Zambia. They built two houses, donated 31 NotePCs, launched a Solar Powered Internet School (SPIS) and conducted IT training for teachers and students. read more>> | | |
 | The closing date for online registration for Highway Africa 2015 is 15 August 2015. The conference will be held from 30-21 August under the theme 'Journalism and the City'... read more>> | |  | The first female president of Malawi, Joyce Banda, will deliver the keynote address at the 2015 Businesswoman of the Year Awards (BWASA) on 3 September 2015... read more>> | | |
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