AFRICA
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] [Flux Trends] In a world where technology-minded consumers have wrested power from editors, publishers and brand managers, bringing a whole new set of opportunities, brands need not to fear these changes but should rather embrace them and understand these technologies and start looking for new business models. This has emerged at the Digital Lab workshop taking place today, Friday, 26 February 2010, at the University of Johannesburg, in conjunction with the 2010 Flux Trend Review conference. 26 Feb 2010 12:28
AFRICA
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] [Flux Trends] In a world where technology-minded consumers have wrested power from editors, publishers and brand managers, bringing a whole new set of opportunities, brands need not to fear these changes but should rather embrace them and understand these technologies and start looking for new business models. This has emerged at the Digital Lab workshop taking place today, Friday, 26 February 2010, at the University of Johannesburg, in conjunction with the 2010 Flux Trend Review conference. 26 Feb 2010 12:28
AFRICA
LAGOS: Zain Nigeria, at the weekend, was awarded Best Customer Care Operator of the Year in Nigeria, at the 2009 Nigeria Information Technology and Telecommunications Awards (NITTA). 25 Nov 2009 07:29
AFRICA
Standard Bank South Africa has awarded MTN Business, a wholly owned division of MTN, the contract to rollout the African network infrastructure footprint. The bank, which under Stanbic has a presence in 17 countries across the continent, required the successful provider to ensure maximum uptime and low latency and guarantee data delivery back to South Africa without interruption to business operations. 1 Oct 2009 10:04
AFRICA
ABUJA: The newly built call centre established by Zain Nigeria in Abuja has commence operations. The facility has started taking calls from customers and plans to be formally commissioned in the coming weeks. 29 Jul 2009 10:13
AFRICA
The recession is inflicting damage on companies in numerous ways, but it is also creating new opportunities in some niches, according to various reports covering the information technology (IT) sector. 17 Jun 2009 11:03
AFRICA
EGHAM, UK: Social computing is becoming a significant customer relationship management (CRM) market trend and represents a disruptive force in this market, according to Gartner. Gartner predicts that, by 2010, more than 60% of Fortune 1000 companies will have some form of online community that can be used for customer relationship purposes. 23 Feb 2009 11:51
AFRICA
The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council has found that, despite overwhelming agreement on the importance of customer experience and word-of-mouth, nearly two-thirds of companies do not have a formal 'Voice of Customer' program in place. 27 Jan 2009 12:29
AFRICA
Nigeria has expressed concern over lack of manpower and expertise in the field of information and communication technology. 8 Dec 2008 13:57
AFRICA
United Bank for Africa Plc, has introduced UBA Tourism Paycard in Nigeria. 27 Jun 2008 13:16
AFRICA
[Gregory Gondwe] As battle for clientele ensues in the Malawi banking sector, the Malawi Savings Bank (MBS) has become the latest to introduce an innovation called Cash Passport, a facility that enables customers to take money abroad. 4 Jun 2008 13:29
AFRICA
Outsourced call centre company Conexus has successfully extended its capabilities across Africa, having completed a challenging multi-country project. The venture into the continent continued when Conexus was tasked with implementing a large-scale customer satisfaction study for a leading, international automotive client in African countries. 3 Jun 2008 16:11
AFRICA
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's private sector has launched the Institute of Customer Services (ICS) as the country grapples with poor quality products and service delivery due to an economic crisis now in its ninth year. 7 May 2008 14:00