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Africa's new ‘space race'Access to the internet for everyone all of the time, is coming. With global plans by Google, Microsoft and Elon Musk, to link the world in a network of satellites and other innovations, there will come a day when no despotic dictator can cut off the internet or threaten to curb internet freedoms to quell dissent against repressive regimes. This is Africa's ‘space race' - the race for internet connectivity across the continent and lower broadband costs, says Michèle Scanlon, new business development at Gondwana International Networks. If you want to know what it is like to live without the internet in this day and age in a thriving economic hub, read Monique Kwachou's stirring account of ‘No Internet Cameroon' and the #Bringbackourinternet campaign. The English-speaking region of Cameroon has had its internet cut off by the government for three months, following protests. In Kenya, it's a different story altogether as Facebook and Surf launch free Wi-Fi express hotspots for the populace, in the belief that access to the internet should be available and affordable for everyone. Have a great week! Louise Marsland
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According to a survey of 1,000 companies, 41% of brands have no idea what impact social media has on their brand's finances... read | |  | LAGOS, Nigeria: South African telecoms giant MTN has paid nearly $100m of a $1.7bn fine for failing to disconnect unregistered SIM cards in Nigeria... read | |  | Issued by Hitchcock Michalski Hitchcock Michalski won the opportunity, in a three-way pitch, to develop a brand-new identity, visual language, collateral and full environmental experience for a new Nigerian bank... read | |  | Oracle recently hosted what is described as Africa's largest tech event in an aim to further drive digital transformation and encourage the adoption of IaaS solutions... read | |  | ‘InfoMigrants' is a multi-lingual media project aimed at educating refugees in Africa as to the asylum process in Europe, as well as the dangers of the journey... read | |  | Surf and Facebook have officially launched Express Wi-Fi by Facebook in Kenya, providing fast, affordable public Wi-Fi... read | |  | Tom Jackson Recently launched Nigerian startup PayMyRent is offering users access to a variety of loans from different providers in one online marketplace... read | |  | The 2017-2018 media rights for broadcast partners in the sub-Saharan region, have been awarded by FIFA for each of FIFA's various events over the coming season... read | |  | Tom Jackson Lagos has the most valuable startup ecosystem in Africa, with the local entrepreneurship scene worth US$2 billion, according to a new report... read | |  | Technology, design thinking, powers life-saving innovation in cancer screening for developing countries... read | |  | The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) forecasts that international tourist arrivals in Africa will increase by between 5% and 6% in 2017... read | |  | SAA receives Best Airline in Africa and Best Business Class to Africa Awards for 2016 from US readers... read | |  | In a recent paper, delivered at the Seamless Pay Conference in Cape Town, entitled ‘The Future of Authentication', Steven Jackets, examined some of the issues... read | |  | Greg Mason After almost a decade in the marketing and publishing industry, Greg Mason shares the common mistakes publishers make and how they can sustainably grow their audience... read | |  | The emerging trend in the African energy sector is a shift away from utility-scale developments to community-sized generation projects... read | |  | aha Hotels & Lodges has announced that Gondar Hills Resort is nearing completion. The new luxury resort will be managed exclusively by aha Hotels & Lodges and incorporated fully under the aha brand... read | |  | Fake news is a big issue for news brands, whose credibility matters more than ever before. It is time to sort the wheat from the chaff before the trustworthiness of the media industry as a whole is brought into question... read | |  | Leigh Andrews FCB's leaders from across the globe were recently in Cape Town for their Global Leadership Conference... read | |  | Oxford Professor Mark Graham spells out the opportunities and challenges for African workers in the new digital world... read | |  | Monique Kwachou The internet has been cut off in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon since mid-January. This is life in ‘No-internet Cameroon'... read | |  | Tom Jackson Applications have opened for the Zunde Africa Fund, which identifies, mentors and invests in student-led startups and projects across Africa... read | |  | Kenyans abroad are the biggest senders of mobile to mobile remittances, as data shows that 93% of WorldRemit's money transfers to Kenya go to mobile money accounts... read | |  | In its current format, point of sale (POS) technology stands to exclude the mass market, say FinTech experts from mobile banking innovator, WIZZIT International... read | |  | Marketers want better ways to visually inspire mobile shoppers to purchase, and so Facebook is introducing a new ad format called 'collection'... read | |  | Danette Breitenbach At this point, blockchain protagonists are not regarded as early adopters, but rather the lunatic fringe... read | |  | Esther Ndumi Ngumbi The continent has unique opportunities for vertical farms. Future innovators and entrepreneurs should be thinking of how to specialise growing vegetables to meet a rise in demand of Africa's super vegetables... read | |  | A solar power system was considered the logical way in which to provide electricity to power the irrigation pumps on a new macadamia farm on the outskirts of Hazyview, Mpumalanga... read | |  | ABC Cosméticos has opened in Angola with a budget of $10 million and capacity to produce 8.840 tonnes per a year of five different products... read | |  | While many see Africa as lagging in harnessing the benefits of smart city development, Kenya is leading the charge to embrace this new technology-rich ecosystem... read | |  | Werner Uys, head of Lucan Visuals, a Cape Town-based studio focusing on animation, design and live action for traditional and experiential channels, runs through five tips on how to ensure high-tech campaigns deliver... read | |  | Izzy Pugh The first digital photograph dates back to 1957. Today, more pictures are taken every two minutes than throughout the whole of the 1800s. And the vast majority of those are by people recording their lives and experiences, not brands or organisations. read | |  | Dean Workman Africa has only a 26.9% internet penetration rate according to Internet World Stats, far below that of developed countries... read | |  | Mara Social Media has acquired the global instant messaging and communications platform Nimbuzz... read | |  | Decentralised births and deaths registration system for under-fives to benefit over 650,000 children in Geita and Shinyanga regions... read | |  | Marriott International to debut Aloft Hotels in Mauritius with signing of the brand's first adaptive re-use project in Africa... read | |  | Leigh Andrews Tony Granger, South African born and bred global CCO of Y&R Advertising, shares how the network resists the usual by focusing on local relevance while collaborating globally in real time... read | |  | Daniel Marcus, CEO of Magnetic Software warns local agencies against letting bad budgeting habits trickle into their business operations and eat into profit margins... read | | |
 | Commenting on unaudited month-end fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund, the AA has said that fuel prices for April will be lower than in March... read | |  | Energy project roll-outs are evolving from large-scale power generation to smaller renewable plants to increase access to electricity in Africa... read | | |  | Drivers NG recently launched in Nigeria to make the job of selecting and hiring professional drivers easier for individuals and businesses in the country... read | |
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