The Ivory Coast because of political turmoil remained for a long time at the periphery of the technological changes sweeping the African continent.
The conference which will be held during 3 days will allow the various actors of the banking and technological sectors to explain to the end consumers ,how to use their technologies, the relevance as well as the advantages of the various solutions now available on the market.
This conference will be also the occasion to discover the safety measures put in place to guarantee the safe and secure transactions. Finally the conference will highlight the interconnectivity between each and every actors who contribute into making the make the future of capital flow ,faster, safer and more personal.
The participation of international experts who during these 3 days will communicate their knowledge and their experience on the matter will do for a great intellectual experience.

When:

From March 22nd to March 24^th

Where:
Caistab,Plateau,Abidjan,Cote d’Ivoire ( Ivory Coast )

Who:

The Agenda

List of sites for more information on:
TICBANK
www.ticbank.net
www.ticbank2012.eventbrite.com

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From the MTN PR department:

“Africa’s leading telecommunications provider has commercially launched this service to its subscribers in Uganda and its West and Central Africa (WECA) operations including Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria after successful pilots last year.

MTN Ghana launched Mobile Money ahead of its competitors in partnership with nine banks*. The service will allow Ghanaians to perform a range of basic financial transactions using their handsets without the need to open or have a bank account.

The service, which was launched at the International Conference Centre in Accra recently, will allow subscribers to have access to money beyond banking hours or at anytime.

MTN Mobile Money gives cash management freedom to subscribers in line with MTN’s pay off line: “everywhere you go”™ for as long as users can access MTN’s network.

This service which will also be available on the Internet will enable users to save time for other activities.

Mr. Brett Goschen, MTN Ghana CEO, said: “The introduction of MTN Mobile Money which is convenient, accessible, safe and easy demonstrates the company’s commitment to bring world class mobile services to subscribers in all parts of the country”�.

He added that the platform also allows non-MTN customers, including those who do not have a cell phone, to transfer or receive money by using the services of the authorised MTN Mobile Money merchants.

” The secured system and processes conforms to best practices in the industry and highly regulated by relevant authorities,”� said Goschen.

With this innovative product, subscribers would enjoy the convenience of easily transacting from the comfort of their homes or offices at any time of the day, instantly.

* CAL Bank, Ecobank, Fidelity Bank, GTBank, Intercontinental Bank, Merchant Bank, UBA, Stanbic, Zenith Bank”

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It’s no secret that the music industry and especially hip-hop has turned to the millions of promotional and media dollars that consumer brand companies possess in order to help underwrite album promotional costs. Recent deals where brands are footing promotional costs include:

TAG Bodyspray - The much publicized partnership with Jermaine Dupri and Def Jam to create an entire new record label called TAG Records. Under the deal, TAG will pony up the promotional and media dollars necessary to launch the new artists from the emerging label

Fila - Nas signs his first major promotional deal with a brand company in order to fund his multi-million dollar ad and tour campaign for his latest album. In exchange, Nas lends his likeness to promote the Fila brand in print and outdoor ads

Drinks America – Dr. Dre teams up with Drinks America to launch Aftermath Cognac which was planned to be timed with the release of his long-anticipated album “Detox”

Sears – In a fully integrated marketing campaign, LL Cool J will be releasing his LL Cool J branded fashion line at Sears in conjunction with the release of his new album. Sears will pony up the money for promotional dollars that will be split between promoting the clothing line and the new album.

Verizon – Hollywood hipster rapper Shwayze signs a deal with Verizon Wireless which has Verizon as the exclusive online distributor for his next single “Corona & Lime” and will pay for all other promotional costs in order to push the single
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For the African music industry to follow the same business model, that would mean companies such as MTN,Ecobank,Zain,Solibra,Ethiopian Airlines,Air Ivoire,Safaricom,Peugeot Nigeria,Tantalizers,Nestle,Google Africa,DHL Africa,Coca Cola Africa to name few should embrace sponsorship of music artists as much as they do football teams or favorite soccer players/runners.

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Excerpts from the book:

“The cultural divide between the Zambian-led group and its new partners in BIAO was wide. Perhaps it should have been clear at this point that using the merger between Meridien, the ITM-owned bank, and BIAO to create an African based banking network with a better understanding of the continent’s needs, and an ability to foster development of private African enterprise, was going to be extremely difficult given the attitudes of the French and Francophone Africans. The clash of cultures is vividly illustrated by the reaction of the French managers in West Africa to Sardanis’ edict that each bank in the CFA zone keeps its spare cash in vaults in US dollar travellers’ cheques as a hedge against devaluation. The anticipated devaluation did take place in 1993. Unfortunately all but a couple of the managers sold the travellers’ cheques to foreign and settler businesses a week or so before the devaluation, at great cost to Meridian-BIAO.”

“In addition to the cost of cultural illiteracy, ITM was also subjected to negative propaganda by players threatened by its success in the market place. There is ample evidence in the book of colonial bank resentment of Meridien BIAO’s success.”

“The particular target of this campaign was Meridien BIAO Zambia which introduced hitherto unseen innovative products like the Meridien Card, a smart card that not only acted as an electronic purse but also verified customer identity and thus expedited service in the banking hall.”

“ But this book is not just about the attitude of colonial banks and multinationals towards Africans. It is also about an Africa that we are rarely shown by the media. It’s about an Africa with indigenous professional and business people capable of cutting deals with the most astute negotiators around the globe; it’s about an Africa with a determined and resilient entrepreneurial class whose vocabulary does not include the word ‘fail’.”

The book is not available online for the moment, Could it be a deal for a publishing 2.0 company ? Would they acquire the copyrights for this piece of literature and sell/distribute it under different formats, Audiobook, ad -supported podcast series,PDF file.
The company could partner with African social networks or social networks heavily used by Africans to promote and sell their products.
Good luck to whoever take up the challenge to distribute African oriented literature.

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