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20Jul

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Explore business process outsourcing in the South African context and climate at CEM Africa Summit

Explore business process outsourcing in the South African context (Microsoft Word) The anticipated Customer Experience Management Africa Summit will be held in Cape Town from 2 to 3 August 2012. The event will bring together Africa’s industry leaders, and provide a unique platform to build relationships, share ideas and most importantly, to do business. The summit is produced by international business-to-business conferencing company, Kinetic Events. The South African government, together with combination of resources with other South African business advisory and support groups, is committed to actively promoting South Africa as a business process outsourcing destination of choice within the customer service industry. Industry executives and professionals are seeking advic...

20Jul

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Ethiopian Airlines buys additional plane for US$276 million

By Sanday Chongo Kabange (ABN) HONG KONG - Ethiopian Airlines has ordered an additional 777-200LR aircraft valued at US$276 million from Boeing, bringing the number of similar planes to six. The Addis Abba-headquartered carrier is to add an additional aircraft to its fleet, less than two months after two plane crashes in Ghana and Nigeria notched up the question of aviation safety in Africa. The 777 is Boeing's second-biggest plane, with 321 seats as flown by Ethiopian Airlines, which already has five of them. "The 777-200LR has been a fantastic airplane for Ethiopian Airlines," Tewolde Gebremariam, Ethiopian Airlines chief executive said in a news release. “This additional airplane will let us take full advantage of the performance and economics of this great airplane." The 777-200...

19Jul

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What’s your marketing mindset?

by Chemory Gunko What's your marketing mindset (Microsoft Word) Any marketing campaign, at it’s essence, is all about shouting your name out to the world, in an effort to get masses of exposure and attract the attention of people out there who are looking for you and your amazing products and services. It all begins though, with the way you see your business and the value you believe what you offer has to bring. So, just how do you think about your products and services, and what are the words, thoughts and ideas that you use when describing your offering to yourself? For many people, the idea of marketing is scary. You’re putting yourself out there – and like putting yourself out there in any situation, what you risk is rejection. From people simply b...

19Jul

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AFDB gives ATI support

By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa More and more support is pouring in; in an attempt to beef up the attraction of investment into Africa. Recently the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a USD15 million equity investment in the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) to increase its capital base. A statement reports that this contribution will allow ATI to increase its provision of trade, credit and political risk insurance products that encourage foreign direct investment and trade in Africa. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, ATI was founded in 2001, under an International Treaty by African Member States at the initiative of Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa and with the technical and financial support of the World Bank. ATI has a mandate to incr...

17Jul

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Complexity at the desktop can impede your customer experience strategy – summit to define CEM

The Customer Experience Management Africa Summit will be held at the 15 on Orange Hotel in Cape Town from 2 to 3 August 2012. The event will bring together Africa’s industry leaders and provide a unique platform to build relationships, share ideas and most importantly, to do business. The summit is produced by international business-to-business conferencing company, Kinetic Events. The summit is set to focus on complexity at the desktop can impede your customer experience strategy, highlighting fundamental obstacles in delivering exceptional experiences have been proven to originate in the complexity of the enterprise representatives desktop. Multiple communication channels and a host of often disparate, disconnected applications can possibly result in sluggish and ineffective service lev...

17Jul

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Mount Rock Capital Announce Expansion into South Africa

Mount Rock Capital is proud to announce the launch of its first licensed financial advisory office in the Republic of South Africa. Our new office in Johannesburg will provide a range of international pension, offshore wealth management and financial structuring solutions to expatriates and internationally minded high net worth South African individuals and family offices. As an organisation with a growing international advisory presence, the Johannesburg offices will be our third new branch on the African continent in the last 18 months and the second this year, thus extending our reach to Clients in this highly regulated marketplace. The South African management team has a wealth of experience both locally and internationally and has been working very closely with the loca...

16Jul

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Protect yourself from fraud and stand in line to win an iPad!

by Tina-Louise Company: Compuscan Telephone: 021 888 6127 It is estimated that identity theft costs our economy over R 1 billion each year. Despite the fact that consumers are becoming more vigilant, fraudsters are becoming more cunning. Techniques such as card skimming and phishing are used daily on unsuspecting victims to access their identity and personal information. Social media websites have also become a goldmine for fraudsters who are looking for access to personal information. If consumers want to protect their identity from impersonation the first step is to equip themselves with knowledge on how to prevent identity theft and what to do should they become a victim. Many individuals believe that fraud will not affect them and as a result do not put appropriate measu...

16Jul

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How is electricity in South Africa affecting the tourism industry?

by Corlia Goosen Company: Discover Africa Telephone: 021 422 3498 The growth of the business sector and industry along with the population leaves electricity supply short in some parts of the country. An increasingly high demand creates high volumes of output providing South African’s with a grid that struggles to cope and unable to function crashes under pressure. Comparing to electricity in Africa, South Africa is way ahead of the masses and leading the way. Electricity in South Africa: Linking Coal and Tarrifs According to iAfrica.com Business, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Thursday 14 June, that the South African government is considering declaring coal a strategic resource, "We are engaged in discussions with the ministers of mineral resources ...

14Jul

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Eight reasons why copywriting is more important than ever before

by Chemory Gunko 8 reasons copywriting is more important than ever before (Microsoft Word) You’d think, with the variety of tools available to us in today’s wide media landscape, that the need for good copywriting would have fallen by the wayside – but you couldn’t be further from the truth. Nowadays, more than ever, it’s the guys with the best copywriting – and most informative content – that achieve the kinds of viral traction that we all dream of for our business marketing. So, why is great copywriting still so much of a draw card in today’s multimedia world? 1. Content is King There may be a million things to do online, but the most important one is reading. Without negating the importance of your design, which is crucial to grabbing people...

14Jul

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Why SEO is not the be-all and end-all of everything

by Chemory Gunko Why SEO is not the be-all and end-all of everything (Microsoft Word) The buzzword on everyone’s lips – for a while already – has been SEO. And it doesn’t matter where you turn or who you speak to, every agency is telling you that if they do your website and SEO, you’ll rank number one on all Google searches and your success is assured. But how realistic is this really? 1. Is your product something that people will search for? I can’t tell you how often I’ve seen this one – and really wanted to turn around and say, okay well when did you last go on to the Internet searching for air freshener or toilet rolls? The truth is that there are just some things that people aren’t looking for – or wouldn’t even think to inser...