| Today's headlines | Africa lifts pace of reform to encourage business, jobs and growth Talk show format change slammed in Namibia Mauritanian journalist threatened Chinese company wins major Ethiopian contract Call on Egypt to release journalist who criticized torture Bungling Brit brains threaten to deport Zimbabwean journalist to Iraq Sudan surprises Ethiopian journalists released but others still held District official assaults and verbally abuses TV journalists Academics urge greater pluralism and diversity in African media Radio presenter receives death threats International investment strengthening telecoms market Namibian editor and publisher face defamation suits
| Marketing | | AFRICA Africa lifts pace of reform to encourage business, jobs and growth According to a report issued by the International Finance Corporation, doing business in a number of African countries during 2007 is going to be easier than in the past.
| Media | | NORTH AFRICA Sudan surprises A five-day fact-finding mission in Sudan by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has turned up some results that not everyone expected.
AFRICA Academics urge greater pluralism and diversity in African media African media regulators have long operated as an extension of government rather than an essential part of national democracy building, according to a Network of Media and Communication Studies meeting of academics in Johannesburg, South Africa in April 2007.
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| Mobile | | EAST AFRICA Chinese company wins major Ethiopian contract China's Zhongxing Telecom Corporation competed against five other major players to win the lucrative contract that should see a major improvement in northern African state’s communications.
EAST AFRICA International investment strengthening telecoms market According to forecasts by Informa Telecoms & Media's WCIS, the African market is on the increase, with African subscriptions expected to have surpassed 211m at the end of March. This will reflect over an 8% increase on the previous quarter.
NIGERIA Get connected via mobile broadband Nigeria's second national operator, Globacom, has awarded Alcatel-Lucent the contract to install a wireless network in selected Nigerian cities, including Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Benin and Ibadan. The network is to be based on UMTS/HSPA (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service/High Speed Packet Access) technology, and aims to provide an additional one million subscribers with mobile broadband services. - Alcatel-Lucent
| Newspapers | | NORTH AFRICA Mauritanian journalist threatened Credit union head tells journalist he will be ‘thrown into the sea’ after newspaper publishes article critical of loan deal.
ZIMBABWE Bungling Brit brains threaten to deport Zimbabwean journalist to Iraq Bungling British Home Office officials have threatened to deport a Zimbabwean journalist to Iraq.
EAST AFRICA Ethiopian journalists released but others still held According to one watch-dog organisation, Ethiopia has more journalists in prison barring any other country other than Eritrea.
NAMIBIA Namibian editor and publisher face defamation suits On 25 April 2007, The Namibian newspaper reported that its editor, Gwen Lister, and The Free Press of Namibia, the company that owns and publishes the newspaper, were instructed to pay N$7 million (approximately US$1 million) to the Palazzolo family, or face legal action in the form of five defamation suits.
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| Online Media | | EGYPT Call on Egypt to release journalist who criticized torture Arrest of TV journalist and blogger is latest blow to free speech.
| Out Of Home | | SOUTH AFRICA Markex has the Right Stuff - Right Stuff Right Stuff will be exhibiting at Markex from 5 - 7 June 2007 at the Sandton Convention Centre. They will have several items of our product range on display, including their latest and very popular Popbrella, Pop Right Open, Right Banner and Dart Ad.
| Radio | | NAMIBIA Talk show format change slammed in Namibia Watchdog organisation claims that national broadcaster's planned format change to call-in radio programme is "an attempt to stifle public debate".
WEST AFRICA Radio presenter receives death threats Radio presenter in Burkina Faso receives e-mail titled: "You will be killed".
| TV | | GHANA District official assaults and verbally abuses TV journalists Filming of mountain of refuse leads to a slap in the face.
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| Business | | Boost for IT security in NamibiaSouth African IT security firm, Telspace Systems is to provide Business Connexion (BCX) Namibia with managed security services for its clients. This falls under the agreement recently signed by the two companies, which awards BCX Namibia with the exclusive rights to market and sell Telspace services within the country. [Technology]
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