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Give us the good newsAmong the bad news stories from Africa ( ongoing famine, aid workers killed in South Sudan, etc,) there are always good news stories to balance it out. And Africa is full of good news stories that need to be told and headlined and made to go viral, to balance out the negative effect of that bad news which plays into a negative, stereotypical view of Africa. That ‘poverty, war-torn' narrative needs to change to that of the thriving, innovative, digital-led, mobile-first continent that we have become. Exciting developments like Kenya's selling of government bonds via mobile; and how mobile innovation is reaching Africa's unbanked, are the stories that need to be told... how Africa's fibre demands are outstripping supply; and that dialogue is taking place on how to meet developmental needs on the continent using the internet through collaboration... We are all responsible for changing the storyline for Africa, in broadcasting the more positive stories too, not only through the media, but our own timelines on social media, through conversations with contacts. Let's make sure the good news gets a headline too. Have a great week! Louise Marsland
Africa Editor: Bizcommunity.comComment 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". | Weekly top stories |
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| |  | Ministers from the world's top economies heralded plans to boost development in Africa at the G20 gathering, making a hoped-for "Compact with Africa" a top priority for 2017... read | |  | Fifth Africa CEO Forum Opens in Geneva with the theme of interrogating and rethinking the African ‘business model' in order to overhaul it... read | |  | The licences of 54 broadcast stations in Nigeria have been revoked over failure to pay mandatory fees, according to the Media Foundation for West Africa... read | |  | Nicci Botha The continent's mobile banking revolution is only just beginning, and although payment systems are becoming more seamless, cash is still king in Africa... read | |  | Stephen Marshal With purchases happening online, the travel industry is going completely digital to expand its business beyond expectations. Here are a few trends for the year 2017 that you need to watch out for... read | |  | Wynand Smit The entire customer journey, whether in sales or customer service, must be as seamless as possible and working with feedback from your customers is the best place to start... read | |  | "Smart farming solutions will become the cornerstone of global food production over the next decade." read | |  | The Aspiring Innovators Programme will take place at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2017, profiling African technology startups to an audience of over 1000 CIOs and senior IT executives... read | |  | Lauren Hartzenberg ‘Omnichannel' is not merely a business buzzword, it's the new retail reality. Amanda Herson, e-commerce director for the Cape Union Mart Group, shared her thoughts... read | |  | LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria's second largest airline Aero Contractors has laid off two-thirds of its workforce to save costs and prevent it from going under... read | |  | Kate Kenyon Great content that works is a real asset to any organisation. .. read | |  | Andrew MacKenzie When I mention direct marketing, do you cringe and think of all those offers you receive overflowing in your postbox? Although this form of direct marketing does have a place, I'm talking about direct marketing with a bit more impact, that's far more memorable... read | |  | Ross Sergeant The media world is changing more rapidly than ever before. Keep up... read | |  | Issued by Dentsu Aegis Network ACCRA, Ghana - Insel Communications has announced its new affiliation with leading global advertising network Dentsu Aegis Network Sub-Saharan Africa... read | | |
 | Eskom and its Namibian counterpart, NamPower, have signed a five-year firm electricity sales agreement... read | | |  | Thando Vilakazi and Shingie Chisoro Dube Entry of the mobile technology ride-sharing service, Uber, into passenger transport markets across the world has brought disruptive competition with substantial benefits to consumers... read | |
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