Event Partners
Founding partners of the event are:
myMOBworld.mobi
A mobi shopping mall where people can buy digital and
tangible products and services, and brands can interact with their target
market(s) and build Quality Leads™
myMOBworld.com
A mobile marketing and communications consultancy that
provides practical mobile marketing and communications solutions.
Media partners for the event are:
BizCommunity.com
South Africa's leading B2B website, focusing on the
South African advertising, marketing, media, retail and associated sectors.
BizCommunity also covers the same sectors in Africa. Categories within each
portal ensure coverage of advertising, branding, design, marketing and much,
much more. Hence, BizCommunity provides a targeted range of categories so
clients' advertisements, news, Press Offices (akin to mini websites), reach
exactly the audience they want to reach. BizCommunity's dedicated Africa
portal, Medical and Retail portals, all have their own dedicated categories,
carefully selected to focus on providing more than 100,000 subscribers with the
information they need whether they are doing business in and with Africa, in
the medical, pharmaceutical or allied fields, or dedicated to the retail
sector.
BizCommunity offers:
- Press Offices - clients own their Press Office; it is
their mini website on BizCommunity, build by BizCommunity;
- Special features -
written by BizCommunity journalists for clients, to present their company to
their current and potential clients;
- An extensive, ever-growing job site,
putting employers in touch with potential employees;
- An extensive range of
editorial content - current news, opinion pieces, research papers, trends and
more, keeping clients, subscribers and readers right up to date with what is
happening.
mobiThinking.com
mobiThinking from dotMobi provides
everything marketers need to know to help take their brand mobile. It is packed
with practical guides, briefings, interviews, videos, case studies and
essential tools that benefit mobile marketing novices and experts alike.
mobiThinking's 2010 World Cup briefing is essential reading for all South
African and international brands keen to capitalize on the biggest mobile
opportunity of 2010. Backed by the world's most influential mobile companies,
dotMobi is the ICANN-appointed registrar of the .mobi domain
Endorsing partners for the event are:
Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
The IDC is a South African self-financing, state owned national development finance institution that provides financing to entrepreneurs and business engaged in competitive industries.
MTN Business
MTN Business is a leading Internet Service Provider (ISP) operating one of Africa's technically innovative, reliable and secure Virtual Private Networks (VPN). This puts MTN Business in a perfect position to provide quality products and services that will improve your business' cost management and operational efficiencies.
Direct Marketing Association of South Africa (DMASA)
The DMASA was established in November 2005 and represents the interests of both direct marketers and consumers. It aims to protect the industry and consumers from unethical or ignorant practitioners, and lobby against adverse legislation from government and other regulatory bodies.
Online Publishers Association (OPA)
In May 2003 a group of publishers formally established the Online Publishers Association (OPA) with the main aim of promoting the online publishing industry. Starting with 13 members, the OPA has grown to almost 100 members in 2009, of which 25 are agencies. In 2008 the OPA launched the first annual Bookmark Awards in order to recognize creativity in the online industry.
