| | | Today's headlines | Claims of Ugandan links surround Rwandan newspaper closure
Intercontinental Plc to deploy 50,000 prepaid MasterCards in Nigeria
UN takes a byte to save Africa from e-waste
Wanted: Digital Village Managers
Africa's banks to consider challenges
Innovative methods to keep newspapers going strong
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Marketing | | ZAMBIA One stop border post to improve regional trade
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) says regional trade and the movement of people are expected to improve once the One Stop Border Post (OSBP) is brought into effect.
NIGERIA Intercontinental Plc to deploy 50,000 prepaid MasterCards in Nigeria
[Remmy Nweke] Electronic banking in Nigeria takes another giant step following Intercontinental Plc's decision to introduce a prepaid MasterCard that could be utilised anywhere in the world.
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Branding | | AFRICA Africa's banks to consider challenges
Seven out of ten banks in South Africa and three out of 12 banks in Nigeria are now factoring environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into their credit risk assessment for corporate and consumer loans.
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Digital | | KENYA New deal to enhance Kenyan wireless network
Celtel Kenya has selected Alcatel-Lucent to expand and enhance its wireless network with the latest generation of Alcatel-Lucent's GSM/EDGE* radio equipment.
AFRICA UN takes a byte to save Africa from e-waste
[David Kezio-Musoke] The United Nations has called for policies to protect African nations from unregulated imports of electronic waste (e-waste) that release heavy metals and chemicals.
KENYA Wanted: Digital Village Managers
[Zachary Ochieng] In its efforts to bridge the digital divide between urban and rural Kenya the government is to introduce a training program for 1,000 digital managers.
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Media | | EAST AFRICA Sudanese journalists arrested in transit
Four journalists employed by Khartoum-based daily newspapers were arrested in Dongola, in the state of Shamiliyah (North), last week while on their way to cover a protest against the building of a dam in the Kijbar region.
WEST AFRICA Mali high school essay assignment lands journalist in prison
A state prosecutor in Mali has jailed a journalist and a teacher for an article about a high school essay assignment in which the students were asked to write about a fictional sex scandal involving a president and his mistress.
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Newspapers | | EAST AFRICA Claims of Ugandan links surround Rwandan newspaper closure
The reasons for the closure of the privately owned Weekly Post by the Rwandan government on 6 June remain unknown, but there are suspicions that they revolve around the paper's perceived ties to neighbouring Uganda.
AFRICA Innovative methods to keep newspapers going strong
[Elvira van Noort] Consumers seek information in new ways and the newspaper industry can't stay behind. Converged newsrooms, free newspapers and multimedia were some of the keywords used in a business session about the future of news at the 60th World Newspaper Congress in Cape Town recently.
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Out Of Home | | SOUTH AFRICA Right Stuff at Markex - Right Stuff
 Right Stuff had the pleasure of participating in the annual Markex trade show held recently at the Sandton Convention Centre. As usual, the show was a great success and filled to the brim with exhibitors from all over the country, their stands as impressive as ever, making a visit to the show very much worth the while.
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Public Relations | | SOUTHERN AFRICA Belgian PR company aims to expand into southern Africa
Leading Belgian PR group, Creative Strategies, has established its own office in South Africa. This is the first step in a strategy to expand the company's business activities into the southern African region and to lend additional support to the group's existing international expansion.
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Radio | | CENTRAL AFRICA DRC radio station shut down for broadcasting 'bad French'
Intelligence agents in the Democratic Republic of Congo shut down a privately owned radio station for “intoxicating the population” and “broadcasting in bad French”. It was the sixth Congolese broadcaster this year to be raided by security forces over its coverage.
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Research | | AFRICA Research program to improve agriculture sector
[Seshnee Govender] A £37.5 million (approx R531 million) Research Into Use (RIU) program aims to put the best agricultural and natural research into widespread use across Africa and South Asia.
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| | Business | | | Improved flight schedule to SwazilandSwaziland Airlink, the ‘Kingdom's Airline', recently announced its new flight schedule which aims to improve accessibility to and from Swaziland. [Business travel] | | Zimbabwe - yet another currency changePreviously, changes in Zimbabwe's currency failed to halt rampant inflation, which was triggered by Mugabe's chaotic and often violent land grab of white-owned farms. The authorities have now decided on yet another attempt to slow inflation, which is approaching 3700%. [Corporate wellness] |
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| | Events to diarise | Mozambique ICT Conference & Exhibition AITEC Africa - Maputo, Mozambique, 4 September
With a wide range of national ICT initiatives under way, the first National ICT Convention will provide a valuable platform to assess progress, share knowledge and identify investment opportunities in the conference. | | | GSM>3G North Africa - Cairo, Egypt, 30 October
GSM>3G North Africa is the premier meeting place for communications decision-makers to discuss the key issues facing the market. The event attracts an unrivalled number of operators, regulators, investment and finance organisations, as well as the vendor community. | | |
| | Upcoming events | GSM>3G West Africa - Dakar, Senegal, 19 June Securex 2007 Securex - Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 June Africa Skills Development Audit & Evaluation Melrose Advanced Professional Training - Fourways, South Africa, 25 June | More... Submit an event | | |
| | Jobs offered | | Advertising Sales Representative - Johannesburg | | Telesales Consultant - Advertising - Cape Town | | General Manager - Fashion - Dubai | | Advertising Sales Representative - Claremont /Observatory | | Branch Manager - Hardware and DIY - Robindale - Randburg | | Assistant Manager - Hardware and DIY - Robindale - Randburg | | Account Director - Corporate Practice - Bryanston | | Trainee Manager - Hardware and DIY - Robindale - Randburg | | Sales Executive - Johannesburg | | Junior-mid Graphic Designer - Johannesburg | | | |
| | Quotes | | | "He who refuses to obey cannot command." - Kenyan proverb | | More... Submit a Quote | | |
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