Irvine Partners opens up shop in Lagos
Integrated marketing and PR agency Irvine Partners has expanded to Nigeria, opening up an office in Lagos to service clients such as Google.
1 hour ago
How this Senegalese fintech startup is going pan-African
Fintech startup InTouch is a Senegalese company taking an unusual step by establishing a footprint across the continent.
Tom Jackson 5 hours ago
#CEMAfrica2017: ‘Remember that I'm human' - your customer
There is an organisational shift taking place in the customer experience industry, where traditional siloed structures are breaking down to enable a culture of customer-centricity. This trend was unpacked by Joe Fuster, global head of CX Cloud at Oracle, at the 6th annual Customer Experience Management Summit in Cape Town last week.
Louise Marsland 23 hours ago
Hate speech declared “an act of terrorism” - Osinbajo
ABUJA, Nigeria - Acting Nigerian President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has “drawn a line” against hate speech, declaring it a ‘'act of terrorism” which seeks to intimidate and ultimately, could result in bloodshed.
1 day ago
#Loeries2017: ALL THE WINNERS!
The full list of winners for the 39th Annual Loerie Awards, which concluded on 20 August 2017 at the Durban ICC, have been announced. Congratulations to all!
1 day ago
#Loeries2017: Design Army's Pum Lefebure on how to master the art of seduction
Pum Lefebure, co-founder and CCO of Design Army, based in Washington DC was the last speaker of the day at the DStv Seminar of Creativity, where she explained how marketing is a lot like dating, and how similarly falling in love with a brand goes from flirting to romance to seduction.
Jessica Tennant 3 days ago
Kenyan journalists harassed, detained, reporting on election violence
NAIROBI, Kenya - Authorities in Kenya should credibly investigate incidents of harassment against journalists covering the aftermath of August 8's disputed elections and should reform Kenya's Firearms Act to lower the barriers on journalists' ability to wear protective gear, the Committee to Protect Journalists said last week.
3 days ago
#Loeries2017: Be the popes, the geeks and the rock and rollers, says Creative Shop's Weera Saad
First up at today's DStv Seminar of Creativity was Facebook's head Creative Shop: MEA, Weera Saad, who spoke about how things have changed over time and how we need to change to ride this new wave that's arrived. “It's a brave new world, the big wave is here and it's perfect, and it's staring you in the face.” We need to surf it, she said.
Jessica Tennant 3 days ago
#CEMAfrica2017: Embracing a CX ‘citizen first' strategy in government
How do you convince your colleagues in government to embrace citizen needs first and deliver excellent customer service and experience to citizens, meeting service delivery needs and solving their problems? This was the question posed by Phakiso Tlali, director of customer experience in the Gauteng government, South Africa's most populous province and the economic hub of Southern Africa.
Louise Marsland 3 days ago
Africa's data revolution probed in UN-backed report
Nairobi, KENYA — Limited capacity, investment and collaboration are among the challenges facing data communities working towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Africa's Agenda 2063, according to the inaugural Africa Data Revolution Report (ADRR).
18 Aug 2017
#CEMAfrica2017: "Be an experience business or be out of business" - Adobe
CEM Africa attendees were presented with a choice of workshops to attend throughout the two-day summit. As the Summit was completely sold out, these sessions were limited to 30 attendees max and it really was a tough choice deciding which to sit in on. I'm so glad I went with the session by James McDonald, solution consultant at Adobe, on how to be an experience-driven business. Here's why.
Leigh Andrews 17 Aug 2017
#CEMAfrica2017: Your employees are always on - now TRUST THEM
You hired your employees for what they bring to the business and have trained them up on all your brand stands for, but do you trust them enough to run with their own ideas of the best customer experience? Chantel Botha of BrandLove shares why you need to cut the cord and let them do so at the first day of CEM Africa 2017.
Leigh Andrews 17 Aug 2017
Africa's best documentaries are available to stream
In an African first, AfriDocs Anytime is now available as a free streaming platform on www.afridocs.net with a catalogue that includes nearly 40 films available for viewing at any time.
16 Aug 2017