| | | Today's headlines | Marketing in Africa: East and West – the Parallels, Paradigms and Perspectives
Johncom reports 36% growth in headline earnings
There ain't nothing like a DAME
Ethiopia signs licence agreement with Starbucks
NTA acquires free to air English Premier League rights
Journalist Gift Phiri freed - charges "nonexistent"
Kenya retail supermarket among the best
Online television and radio service begins operating in Ghana
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Marketing | | KENYA Marketing in Africa: East and West – the Parallels, Paradigms and Perspectives
[Lampe Omoyele] We are all Africans, we are all in Africa, but the business of marketing in Nigeria (West Africa) and Kenya (East Africa), is not the same in both regions… Different buying patterns, different attitudes and other factors demand different approaches.
NIGERIA Which way Nigerian banks?
[Emeka Enyadike] Nigerian banks are having to face the selling and marketing challenges of post-consolidation blues.
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Cinema | | AFRICA TCM'S Annual Short Film Competition open for entries
Due to popular demand from filmmakers, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has, for the first time, opened its annual short film competition entry gates to the African, the Middle Eastern and European industries (EMEA).
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Digital | | GHANA Poor telecom services - NCA to wield axe
[Atiku Iddrisu] Following numerous public complaints regarding poor quality of communication services experienced at certain locations and times within Ghana, the National Communications Authority (NCA) has intensified its monitoring and evaluation and set out clear compliance guidelines for the sector.
EAST AFRICA Rwanda's knowledge revolution
[Andrew Mack and Jeremy Goldberg] There was again, the same look - a combination of concern and disbelief — when I told a colleague that I'd been working in Rwanda. After all, what do we in the outside world know about Rwanda? A small country with a history of unspeakable violence and ethnic division, perhaps, but a place of opportunity? A leader of Africa's march into the 21st century? Rwanda?
KENYA Cable manufacture to benefit from budget proposal
[Carole Kimutai] East African Cable, a regional cabling solutions provider and manufacturer has lauded budget proposals outlined by Kenya Finance minister Amos Kimunya.
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Education and Training | | AFRICA Will eLearning make teachers redundant?
[Rosalia Omungo] Does electronic learning (eLearning) threaten to displace the teacher?
UGANDA Connecting 80 Ugandan schools
[David Muwanga] Uganda's Communications Commission (UCC) is to spend a total of USD$1 million to connect 80 secondary schools to the Internet.
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Media | | AFRICA Johncom reports 36% growth in headline earnings
Johnnic Communications (Johncom), integrated media and entertainment group, has announced its group financial results for year ending March 2007.
NIGERIA There ain't nothing like a DAME
[Emeka Enyadike] It's time again for Nigeria's legendary awards - the Diamond Awards for Media (DAME).
ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe journalists launch self-regulation body
[Lebo Nkatazo] Zimbabwean journalists have launched an independent media regulating council - with the hope that government will abolish the government-appointed Media and Information Commission (MIC) that has presided over the closure of four newspapers.
AFRICA Journalists in exile
Over the past six years, the Committee to Protect Journalists has documented 243 cases of journalists who have been forced to flee their home country to avoid harassment and imprisonment. On average, three journalists a month make this escape, with less than 15% of them ever seeing home again. Elisabeth Witchel and Karen Phillips report.
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Newspapers | | WEST AFRICA Media organisation sues Gambian government
The issue of a journalist who has disappeared has prompted the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) to sue the government of Gambia in an effort to force it to release him.
ZIMBABWE Journalist Gift Phiri freed - charges "nonexistent"
A Zimbabwean journalist charged with "writing falsehoods" has been freed by a Harare court after it emerged he was being charged under a nonexistent section of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).
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Online Media | | EGYPT Good news, bad news for Egyptian judge in website case
Court refuses judge's request to block websites, but allows for their censorship and prosecution; investigation of blogger suspended.
GHANA Online television and radio service begins operating in Ghana
[Emily Nyarko] Video and audio online services come of age in Ghana following the release of a new website to offer on demand viewing and listening programs.
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Research | | KENYA Global research company gains Kenyan affiliate
Infotrak Research and Consulting, a market research and consulting company based in Kenya, has become the newest affiliate member of the Harris Interactive Global Network of independent market research companies.
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Retail | | KENYA Kenya retail supermarket among the best
[Carole Kimutai] Only one African retailer other than those out of South Africa has achieved a world ranking - and that retailer is in Kenya.
EAST AFRICA Ethiopia signs licence agreement with Starbucks
Representatives of the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and senior leaders from Starbucks Coffee Company on Wednesday announced that they have concluded an agreement regarding distribution, marketing and licensing that recognizes the importance and integrity of Ethiopia's specialty coffee designations.
KENYA Kenya introduces punitive excise duty on plastics
[Carole Kimutai] Supermarket chain introduces reusable carrier bag as cost of manufactured goods expected to increase.
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TV | | NIGERIA NTA acquires free to air English Premier League rights
[Emeka Enyadike] The new season of the English Premier League (EPL) commencing August 11, 2007 marks a remarkable breakthrough for the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA). The national broadcaster, which claims to be Africa's largest TV Network, will broadcast one live game every week in the latest instalment of the most popular EPL.
AFRICA Freestylin' Dance Africa winner
Abraham Dithebe has been named 'Africa's ultimate freestyle dancer' in Channel O's Dance Africa competition.
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| | Business | | | Zimbabwe currency ‘goes crazy'The Zimbabwean dollar suffered its worst crash in memory, dealers said yesterday (Thursday). The crash sparked a run on dollars and forcing stores to close early to put new prices on their meager stock. [Management] |
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| | Events to diarise | Forum Africa 2007 Forum Africa 2007 - Montreal, Canada, 27 September
The African Business RoundTable (ABR) and Afrique Expansion Mag (AEM) in collaboration with the Canadian Corporate Council on Africa (CCAfrica) will host FORUM AFRICA 2007, focusing on promoting and advancing opportunities for investments and partnerships for sustainable development in Africa. | | | Positioning Africa in the 21st Century IREN - Tanzania, 11 November
This annual event brings together economists, academics, policy makers, businessmen, farmers, think-tanks and other organisations interested in Africa's development. | | |
| | Upcoming events | Africa Skills Development Audit & Evaluation Melrose Advanced Professional Training - Fourways, South Africa, 25 June Mauritius for Africa 2007 Enterprise Mauritius - Pailles, Mauritius, 27 June 10th Zanzibar International Film Festival Zanzibar International Film Festival - Zanzibar, 29 June Call for entries: World Communications Awards 2007 TotalTeleCom - London, 29 June | More... Submit an event | | |
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