| | | Today's headlines | CCK launches quality monitoring system
Vodka brand ranked world's most powerful
IPA launches new web site
Somali journalists killed in ambush
Zimbabwe's tourism hurt again
IPI resolution on full access to Darfur for journalists
Pan-African youth get Up Front
Safety training for human rights reporting
Blogger case presents last chance for Egyptian justice
Slim's stampede report leads to beating
DRC journalist still in jail after seeking comment from official
Death of Somali Journalist was avoidable
e-School project brings reality to 'cyber island' dreams
MOTO-empowering Ugandan women
Enter the 2007 AISI Media Awards
Draconian comms bill a threat to rights
Direct flights to Harare, Lusaka
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Marketing | | AFRICA Teasing and testing your traffic
[Thomas Syvertsen] How to test your traffic, and tweak to promote your Internet business in a better way.
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Branding | | KENYA Vodka brand ranked world's most powerful
[Carole Kimutai] Over 40 quality checks and a unique distillation system pays off for Smirnoff.
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Digital | | ZIMBABWE Draconian comms bill a threat to rights
New Bill encroaches even further on the rights of Zimbabweans to communicate freely.
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Education and Training | | EGYPT Safety training for human rights reporting
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRinfo) is planning to hold a series of workshops titled: "Training sessions for journalists and human rights activists on how to work on the Internet".
MAURITIUS e-School project brings reality to 'cyber island' dreams
The NEPAD e-Schools Demonstration Project was recently launched by Mauritian Prime Minister, Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, at Belle Rose State Secondary School, in Plaine Wilhems District, south-eastern Mauritius.
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Media | | AFRICA CNN MultiChoice African Journalist finalists
Finalists in the 12th annual CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2007 Competition were announced on 17 May 2007, by Joel Kibazo, chair of the independent judging panel.
EAST AFRICA IPI resolution on full access to Darfur for journalists
Meeting at its Annual General Assembly on 14 May 2007 in Istanbul, Turkey, the IPI membership adopted a resolution calling on the government to grant all journalists full access to the Darfur region and to halt its repression of local media and journalists in Sudan over the last 14 months.
NORTH AFRICA Slim's stampede report leads to beating
A Tunisian journalist has been repeatedly assaulted after linking president's relative to deadly concert stampede in which seven young people died.
EAST AFRICA Death of Somali Journalist was avoidable
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the death of journalist Mohammed Abdullahi Khalif, shot while on assignment in Puntland, north-eastern Somalia on Saturday, 5 May, and says his death could have been avoided.
SOUTHERN AFRICA Enter the 2007 AISI Media Awards
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its partners have announced the 2007 AISI Media Awards.
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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.
For more info visit www.wildtalkafrica.com |
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Mobile | | KENYA CCK launches quality monitoring system
The Communications Commission of Kenya has launched a monitoring system to ensure the quality of mobile services in the country.
UGANDA MOTO-empowering Ugandan women
 Motorola's MOTOPOWER initiative provides a solar solution to recharge mobile use in Uganda, while offering women the chance to run their own businesses.
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Newspapers | | CENTRAL AFRICA DRC journalist still in jail after seeking comment from official
Despite the fact that the complainant has withdrawn the charges she laid against the journalist, he has not been released from prison.
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Online Media | | EGYPT Blogger case presents last chance for Egyptian justice
Observers reckon that the revocation of blogger Karim Amer's verdict is the last chance for justice in Egypt.
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Printing | | AFRICA IPA launches new web site
IPA launches new web site as part of project to improve IPA communications to members and the public.
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Radio | | EAST AFRICA Somali journalists killed in ambush
Two journalists have been shot dead while travelling with provincial governor's convoy which was ambushed by gunmen.
AFRICA Pan-African youth get Up Front
Millions of young adults in Africa can now tune in for candid discussions about issues affecting them on Up Front, Voice of America's (VOA) newest radio show.
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| | Business | | | Zimbabwe's tourism hurt again [Business travel] | | Direct flights to Harare, Lusaka [Business travel] |
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| | Events to diarise | Sales skills MaST Botswana - Gaborone, 29 May
A one-day training course in basic selling skills for people who have little or no sales training; people with previous sales training can use it as a refresher. | | | ICT Africa 2007 ICT Africa - Nairobi, Kenya, 1 October
The topics are wide ranging and the conference includes a technical track and technical tutorials organized in conjunction with the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), as well as a commercial and policy track organized in collaboration with NEPAD Kenya and the Kenyan Ministry of Information and Communications. | | |
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