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Africa
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Does Social Media Translate Into Cash For South African Companies? [INFOGRAPHIC]
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cerebra, a brand-focused South African strategic communication agency, recently did a massive survey of how the best African companies utilise social media. Ever since the advent of sites like Facebook and Twitter, everyone wanted to know how these sites could work in business, and whether more followers really does mean more money.
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9 African Millionaires To Bet On In An Internet Boom
07 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Almost everyone on this list has already made sizeable personal fortunes with online ventures, but some of them, like Heunis and Apteker seem to be biding their time. With internet commerce projected to be one of the fastest growing African industries in the next 10 years, these are 10 people who have the expertise and the industry know-how to exploit an African internet boom.
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The Majority Of Millionaires In Africa Call South Africa Home
06 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A study has revealed that South Africa is the favoured country in Africa for millionaires. There are over 35,000 millionaires living in South Africa according to senior analyst at New World, Andrew Amoils.
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Millionaire Mo Ibrahim Explains Why – And How – Africa Could Solve Its Own Problems
22 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mo Ibrahim wrote an article for Forbes that details “how (and why) Africa should solve its own problems”. Ibrahim is the founder and Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation that he established in 2006.
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The Future Is Terrific: Google Will Bring WiFi To Africa On High Altitude Floating Blimps
27 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google has unveiled plans to roll out free wireless networks across Africa and Asia using high-altitude blimps and balloons. If the project is succesful, 1 billion previously unconnected people will have internet access.
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BBC Africa – The Series That You’ll Want To Own On Box Set [VIDEO]
11 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For over four years, the BBC searched the African continent to find and film unfamiliar wildlife, surprising behaviour and new landscapes for the BBC’s new Africa series. The Africa series is however drawing to a close, with only one geographic still to be covered on BBC Knowledge, DSTV Channel 184. Episode one was filmed […]
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Recent Report Shows Over 5 Million Twitter Users In South Africa
07 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa is home to Africa’s most prolific tweeters according to a report by Portland Communications and Tweetminster. They monitored more than 11,5 million geolocation tweets in Africa. They also conducted a survey of the region’s 500 most active twitter users. The results are interesting./p> The report, “How Africa Tweets” noted that South Africa has […]
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Step Aside Silicon Valley – Ghana Plans To Build Africa’s IT Hub
05 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Ghana’s President, John Mahama has launched the Hope Project. The project aims to build an IT university near the capital of Accra within three years, at an estimated cost of R91 billion, including a residential area, a hospital and social and sports amenities. The university will be built on empty land and house Africa’s tallest building at […]
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Radical Pitching Start-Up SliceBiz Wins Apps4Africa Competition
21 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The SliceBiz team, a Ghanaian start-up, were one of three teams to win the $10 000 cash prize at the Apps4Africa competition this year. The start-up plans to make crowdfunding the “it” thing in Africa by displaying 30 second pitches, recorded by entrepreneurs, to potential investors on mobile phone devices. Investors are then be able to transfer […]
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New Africa-Only Smartphone Set To Disrupt Local Mobile Market
05 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Huawei, the Chinese technology manufacturer, has launched a smartphone that is exclusive to Africa. Huawei has partnered up with Microsoft to create this device and lower the cost of smart devices throughout Africa. Gustavo Fuchs, Director of Microsoft Windows Phone division in the Middle East and Africa said, At first we are making the product […]
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Africa Is The World’s Fastest Growing Mobile Market
14 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Africa continues to be the world’s fastest growing mobile market with subscriptions set to reach 761 million this year The industry is also making a ton of cash, generating $56 billion toward the continent’s GDP, of which mobile operators made up the largest share.
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SA Drops To 127th On Global Peace Index
27 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Earlier this month Vision Of Humanity released its latest Global Peace Index of 158 countries, on it South Africa place 127th. SA dropped 29 places from when it sat at 98 in 2007. Conversely, the world has become more peaceful for the first time in three years.
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Egyptians Go To The Polls For The First Time In Five Thousand Years
23 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Today Egyptians will be able to go to the polls and elect their leader in a democratic fashion for the first time in their recorded history. Who are the frontrunners for Hosni Mubarak’s old job, and can Egyptians expect a smooth transition?
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Samsung Now Outsells Nokia, Apple
30 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nokia is no longer the world’s biggest selling cell phone manufacturer. For the first time ever, Korean handset manufacturer Samsung has outsold Nokia in the last quarter – by an estimated 93 million mobile phone units compared with Nokia’s 83 million. It’s also predicted that Samsung has outsold the iPhone in the smartphone market in recent months.
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Charles Taylor Found Guilty Of Aiding War Crimes By UN-Backed Court
26 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The trial of ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor at the Hague has come to an end with a guilty verdict in all of the eleven counts against him after nearly five years of proceedings. Taylor is the first African leader to stand trial for war crimes at the U.N.-backed International Criminal Court.
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Forbes Reports 12 Out Of Africa’s 20 Most Powerful Business People Are South African
24 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Forbes.com released a list of Africa’s 20 most powerful business people yesterday (they do like a list over there at Forbes) and it wasn’t too hard to pick up a trend on the list of the continent’s commercial high flyers – no less than 12 of them are South African. Are we awesome, or what? We’ve got the full list, including our Mzansi business powerhouses, after the jump!
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Zimbabwe Suspends Weddings Indefinitely
04 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Zimbabwe has suspended all weddings indefinitely – reportedly in an effort to curb corruption and fraud. The ban on matrimony was revealed by the state-run Herald newspaper, SW Radio Africa reported yesterday.
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Kony Film Creators Release New Video Addressing Criticisms [VIDEO]
13 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
By now most of you will have seen the infamous Kony 2012 video which, as of this morning, has become the most viral video ever. You’ll also have seen the considerable backlash, both from Ugandans and elsewhere. Now, watch how the original video’s creators responded to criticism, live. Click through for the video.
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“Bad” Cocaine Killed Amazing Race Producer
27 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Following further investigation it has come to light that Jeff Rice, the American TV producer found dead in his hotel room in Uganda, died after ingesting contaminated cocaine and not as a result of being poisoned as was initially thought.
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Poisoning Leaves One Amazing Race Producer Dead And Another In Critical Condition
22 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An Amazing Race producer was found dead in his hotel room in Africa following an alleged botched shakedown by local thugs. His assistant was also poisoned in the same hotel and was found in a critical condition. More after the jump…
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Time-Lapse Of ISS Passing Over Stormy Africa [VIDEO]
24 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Start your Tuesday the way your forefathers did, with an amazing time-lapse video of the International Space Station passing over a storm-struck African continent with the Milky Way popping in to say hello in the background. Also visible is Comet Lovejoy, two weeks after its near-fatal sunburn. Please, go look. You’ll feel better about being up.
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Buy Season 2 Of Downton Abbey Online
28 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
For those of you who missed the first season of Downton Abbey, I suggest you get your teeth into that with great urgency – CLICK HERE to buy season one AND two right now. And just to bring you up to speed on the five-time Primetime Emmy Award winning series. Try this out for size, […]
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Debut SA Rolling Stone Magazine Cover Revealed
22 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The world’s premier music magazine has finally come to our shores! Hugh Masekela graces the cover of the first edition of the South African Rolling Stone magazine – which you will see appearing on shelves from tomorrow. Check out their website here. Follow the link to find out more about the magazine, their vision, the […]
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Order The Steve Jobs Book Online Now
07 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Walter Isaacson weaves a full and often revealing tale that brings Steve Jobs to life through interviews with the late Apple visionary and those in his inner circle.* The most anticipated book of the year is available available to buy. And what better Christmas present for all your Mac friends and tech-minded family! The Guardian […]
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Adele To Wail Bond 23 Theme
05 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Soulful UK songstress, Adele is heading in to the studio to record the theme for the upcoming 23rd Bond film, according to reports from music industry insiders (read: pizza, flowers, and cocaine delivery people).
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Call Of Duty: UK Teacher Appointed Somali Deputy PM
15 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
UK teacher, Mohamed Ibrahim, unexpectedly received an email from Somalia asking him to visit his former homeland over the UK summer holidays. When he returned to war-torn Mogadishu, he was unexpectedly appointed the Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country.
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So Just How Crazy Is Gadaffi?
24 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
While the Libyan leader stubbornly clings to power amidst the uprisings that are sweeping his country, we thought we would take the time to remind you just how crazy he is. And let’s just say, as far as tyrannical African dictators go, he’s up there with the best of them.
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SPOT THE DICTATOR’S JET
26 Aug 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Word is spreading like wildfire through 2oceansvibe headquarters that a British photographer, by the name of Nick Gleis, managed to sneak onto the private jets of a number of Seth’s closest confidants, who also happen to be the steward’s of many of Africa’s most glorious revolutions. These hallowed men include the likes of Bob Mugabe, […]
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