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Today's headlines
  • Consumer Banking Africa conference comes to Nairobi
  • Presidential guards allegedly rough up reporters in Tamale
  • Radio journalist assaulted over comments about presidential candidate
  • Dam power cuts frustrate Ugandans
  • Ethiopians pay tribute to their unsung hero
  • Sierra Leone's first look at 'Blood Diamond'


  • Marketing
    UGANDA
    Dam power cuts frustrate Ugandans
    Frequent power cuts in the Ugandan capital of Kampala and the country in general are hitting businesses of all types and raising costs.

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    Wild Talk Africa is an international festival and conference for the wildlife, travel and cultural filmmaking industry.

    The event takes place from the 27- 30 August 2007 at the ICC Durban.

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    Cinema
    WEST AFRICA
    Sierra Leone's first look at 'Blood Diamond'
    The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), together with the United States film company Warner Bros. Pictures, will host Sierra Leone's first-ever screening of the film 'Blood Diamond' in Freetown on 8 and 9 May 2007.


    Eventing
    KENYA
    Consumer Banking Africa conference comes to Nairobi
    PIC Solutions, a leading specialist credit risk management consultancy in the Africa and Middle East region, will present at the Consumer Banking Africa conference in June.


    Media
    EAST AFRICA
    Ethiopians pay tribute to their unsung hero
    Ethiopians fear that Saturday’s air crash in Cameroon claimed the life of a man who revealed what is really going on in their country.

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    Newspapers
    GHANA
    Presidential guards allegedly rough up reporters in Tamale
    It is claimed that guards prevented journalists from covering a visit by the Ghanaian president to a flooded region in the north of the West Africa country.


    Out Of Home
    TANZANIA
    Coke side of life in Tanzania
    Through “The Coke Side of Life” creative strategy, the company is using its global resources to drive a multi-media, multi-cultural platform in markets across the world. The fully integrated campaign consists of television, outdoor advertising, print executions, viral marketing, and public relations.



    Radio
    GHANA
    Radio journalist assaulted over comments about presidential candidate
    On 3 May 2007, World Press Freedom Day, while discussing the electoral prospects of presidential candidates from the ruling party, a radio correspondent was reportedly attacked by a friend of one of those reviewed.


    Business
    South Africans, international journalist in Cameroon air crash
    Among the passengers on Flight 507 were MTN Cameroonian chief executive Campbell Utton, chief financial officer Sarah Stewart, Patrick Njamfa, Patrice Enam. Stewart's husband, Adam James, was also on the flight as was Nairobi-based Associated Press correspondent Anthony Mitchell. [Business travel]


    Events to diarise
    Digital and Mobile Content Management 2007 Koetsa Holdings - Sandton, South Africa, 16 June
    A few items on the agenda include the mobile device market, mobile technologies penetration in Africa, operators and ISP partnerships.
     
    Cairo International Film Festival 2007 Cairo Film Festival - Cairo, Egypt, 28 November
    The Cairo International Film Festival is celebrating its 31st year since its inception in 1976.
     

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