| | | Today's headlines | Retail investors flock to AccessKenya
Somali regime faces music of resistance
Europe, others jostle for NigComSat1 transponders
NITEL: BPE stalls Transcorp, Vodacom talks
Character-based loans grow in Kenya
Countdown time for GTV
Prevent road deaths in Africa - Desmond Tutu
Pay TV viewership race hots up
Algerian journalists jailed
Giving Somali girls a chance
Chad lifts prior censorship for privately owned print media
IMF policies may impact on education quality
SA's Securex breaks ground with revolutionary surveillance solutions
Demystifying BAMPS
SA fuel giant buys into DRC company
Pan-African service provider makes new acquisition
Private sector key to fighting poverty in Africa says Sexwale
Off to a flying start
Arab news channel for SA pay-TV
Uganda's leading women
IMF delegation hopeful over Côte d'Ivoire recovery
The tragedy of a country in a basket
Arab newspaper wins international design awards
Gambia's State prosecutor asks court to jail newspaper journalist, publishers
Kenya's first listed ICT company to start trading at the bourse next month
Activating future stars
NBCC partners PR Africa on London trade exhibition
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Marketing | | CENTRAL AFRICA SA fuel giant buys into DRC company
Engen Petroleum Limited and Shell Petroleum Company Limited have signed a sale and purchase agreement for a 60% stake in Shell en Republique Democratique du Congo (SRDC) and for a 13% stake in Service des Entreprises Petrolieres (SEP Congo).
ZIMBABWE The tragedy of a country in a basket
The massive decrease in spending power caused by the world's highest inflation rate is seeing basic commodities being sold in smaller packages, both in Zimbabwe's formal and informal marketplaces.
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Design | | NORTH AFRICA Arab newspaper wins international design awards
In tough competition with almost 14,000 other newspapers, the Gulf News of the United Arab Emirates recently became the most awarded paper from the Arab region in the international Best of Newspaper Design competition.
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Digital | | WEST AFRICA Europe, others jostle for NigComSat1 transponders
British Telecom has connected Nigeria to its $20bn global 21 CN platform. The CN platform is a global Internet Protocol-based Virtual Private Network solution for high net worth corporates.
AFRICA Pan-African service provider makes new acquisition
Gateway is to acquire GS Telecom in a transaction worth US$37.5m. The acquisition will create the largest provider of pan-African network services to a broad range of businesses and telecommunications operators in 37 countries.
KENYA Kenya's first listed ICT company to start trading at the bourse next month
[Carole Kimutai] Next week Monday June 4, AccessKenya Group becomes the first ICT company to start trading at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE).
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Education and Training | | EAST AFRICA Giving Somali girls a chance
Hawa Aden Mohamed was motivated to establish the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development by her own experience, particularly the opportunity to go to school at 14.
AFRICA IMF policies may impact on education quality
International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies that require many poor countries to freeze recruitment of teachers in an attempt to curb spending is impacting on the quality of education, says a new report.
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Exhibitions | | AFRICA SA's Securex breaks ground with revolutionary surveillance solutions
Visitors to Securex 2007, taking place towards the end of June in South Africa, will be exposed to a wide range of security, safety, fire and protection solutions available in South Africa, including high-tech surveillance solutions.
NIGERIA NBCC partners PR Africa on London trade exhibition
Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) in collaboration with Pielle/Africa PR International are planning a week-long trade conference and exhibition to take place in London in July. The "Opportunity in Nigeria Investment" conference will, among other things, be aimed at presenting business opportunities in Nigeria to UK investors. Clifford Amuzuo of Vanguard reports...
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Magazines | | AFRICA Off to a flying start
 British Airways' new in-flight magazine, horizons, has been onboard all local and regional flights operated by Comair Limited since 1 May 2007, with the second issue now in seat pockets.
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Mobile | | NIGERIA NITEL: BPE stalls Transcorp, Vodacom talks
[Everest Amaefule] The consummation of talks between Transnational Corporation and Vodacom may have to wait until the Bureau of Pubic Enterprises decides which investor takes control of 24% stake in the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited.
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Newspapers | | ALGERIA Algerian journalists jailed
Two newspaper journalists have been jailed in a libel case; another manhandled and placed under investigation.
NORTH AFRICA Chad lifts prior censorship for privately owned print media
The Chadian government has decided the country's newspapers can again be published without having to obtain prior approval for each issue from a censorship committee that was set up under a state of emergency in November 2006.
WEST AFRICA Gambia's State prosecutor asks court to jail newspaper journalist, publishers
The prosecutor in the trial of Lamin Fatty, a reporter with the banned Banjul-based bi-weekly The Independent newspaper, who is being tried for allegedly publishing "false information" on 23 May 2007, asked the Court to convict the journalist of the charge.
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Production | | ZAMBIA Activating future stars
Exp. Momentum Zambia, a leading brand activation and sponsorship agency, were asked to project manage the Celtel Star Search recording process under the leadership of project director, Justin Howard, and Evans Muhanga, marketing director of Celtel. The initiative is said to be biggest musical talent search in Zambia, and Runway Music has been contracted to sign the winners - Theo, Viola and Kapuka. Theo started recording in New York in May, while Kapuka and Viola will be recording Cape Town, South Africa. The albums are due for release worldwide over the next few months.
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Radio | | EAST AFRICA Somali regime faces music of resistance
[Beatrice Debut] Upon entering a tiny recording studio in a grimy Nairobi building, Felis removes her face veil, slides headphones onto her ears and starts singing in a high voice: “Girls are raped. Warlords are to blame”.
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Research | | BOTSWANA Demystifying BAMPS
Seminars aimed at creating awareness of the research study known as All Media and Products Surveys (AMPS) are to be held in Gaborone this June.
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Retail | | KENYA Retail investors flock to AccessKenya
[Philip Ngunjiri] AccessKenya Group has ended up with a large number of retail investors — 94.5% of total shares offered during its initial public offer, despite its initial bid to avoid them.
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TV | | EAST AFRICA Countdown time for GTV
 [Carole Kimutai] In exactly 29 days, a new pay TV service will go on air in Kenya. Carole Kimutai spoke to Rhys Torrington, GTV Commercial Director on what he has in store for African TV viewers.
EAST AFRICA Pay TV viewership race hots up
[Carole Kimutai] The battle for pay television viewership numbers in Kenya is getting hotter.
NORTH AFRICA Arab news channel for SA pay-TV
Al Jazeera English, the world's first global English language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East, will be available from 31 May on DStv's Channel 62.
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| | Business | | | Character-based loans grow in Kenya [Management] | | Prevent road deaths in Africa - Desmond Tutu [Motoring] | | Private sector key to fighting poverty in Africa says Sexwale [Management] | | Uganda's leading women [Management] | | IMF delegation hopeful over Côte d'Ivoire recovery [Management] |
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| | Events to diarise | GSM>3G West Africa - Dakar, Senegal, 19 June
GSM>3G West Africa is the premier meeting place for communications decision-makers to discuss the key issues facing the market. | | | 7th Annual BEN-Africa Conference BEN-Africa - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1 August
The conference will be looking at East African perspectives on business ethics and anti-corruption measures, and fairness in international trade and investment, among others things. | | |
| | Upcoming events | Retail assistants workshop Staff Training - Limpopo, 1 June SatWiBB Africa Conference and Exhibition AITEC Africa - Nairobi, Kenya, 4 June The Third Telecentre Leaders Forum for East Africa Telecentre.org - Kenya, 4 June Markex Gauteng 2007 Exhibitions For Africa - Johannesburg, 5 June Sales training Staff Training - Cape Town, 6 June | More... Submit an event | | |
| | Jobs offered | | Core Course Convenor - Johannesburg | | Public Relations Officer - Retail Promotions - Randburg | | Advertising Representative - Beeld - Beroepe - Johannesburg | | Freelance Resource Database - Johannesburg | | Sales Representative - Cape Town | | Graduate - Market Research - Johannesburg | | Marketing Team Leader - Tokai | | Production Co-ordinator - Wynberg - Johannesburg | | Sales Representative - Nelspruit | | Events Representative - East Rand | | | |
| | Noticeboards | | AFRICA Raising donations for the aged: Five cyclists, 439km, one day![Sponsorship] It has never been attempted before but now for the first time ever, five Victoria Falls based cyclists will ride a record 439km from Victoria Falls to Bulawayo in just 24 hours, in an effort to raise funds for the plight of old age pensioners in Zimbabwe. | | More... Submit a Noticeboard | | |
| | Quotes | | | "It is foolhardy to climb two trees at once just because one has two feet." - Ethiopian proverb | | More... Submit a Quote | | |
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