| | | Today's headlines | New medical website launched
Currency crashes, so barter's better
Liberian football coach assaults reporter
Even the music has stopped
GTV launches with one month's free subscription
Editors join journalist and teacher in Mali jail
World's 'lightest' notebook PC on the way
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Digital | | EGYPT World's 'lightest' notebook PC on the way
Toshiba Computer Systems Division has announced the launch of a new notebook PC with optical disc drive - the ultra slim Portege R500. The company claims the new product, which weighs in at 779 grams, is the world's lightest.
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Media | | WEST AFRICA Peacekeepers beat journalists
Liberian police, apparently able assisted by UN peacekeepers, have beaten up two journalists in Liberia.
KENYA Kenya gets ombudsman
[Nation Reporter] President Kibaki has appointed an ombudsman to deal with public complaints.
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Mobile | | ZAMBIA Interactive mobile phones for Zambian farmers
[Timothy Kasonde] Celtel Zambia introduces interactive mobile services to help Zambian farmers have access to data.
NIGERIA Why rollout of 3G services is delayed
[Jonah Iboma] Telecommunication subscribers expecting to access 3G mobile services in Nigeria may have to wait a little longer as market realities slow down operators' initial plans to quickly rollout the services.
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Newspapers | | WEST AFRICA Liberian football coach assaults reporter
Sports journalist has been assaulted by football coach and threatened by team administrator, after exposing their salaries.
WEST AFRICA Editors join journalist and teacher in Mali jail
Four Malian editors have been imprisoned after republishing an article that put a journalist and teacher in jail over a week ago.
ZIMBABWE Herald reporter held over bribery allegations
Zimbabwean police on Friday arrested a state media journalist from the Herald newspaper over allegations that he demanded a bribe.
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Online Media | | AFRICA New medical website launched
Bizcommunity.com has moved into the medical field with our new site, www.bizcommunity.com. The new site is aimed at becoming the site of choice for information and news relevant to the field.
SEYCHELLES e-Government projects see the light
Government services in the Seychelles go online despite the country's low ICT literacy rate.
NORTH AFRICA Yemeni editor detained on terror charges
Outspoken editor of the Yeman's Al-Shoura online newspaper has been detained on terrorism allegations.
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Radio | | SOUTHERN AFRICA Lesotho journalist on hunger strike
A Lesotho journalist who was arrested last week on treason charges has declared a hunger strike pending trial.
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Retail | | ZIMBABWE Even the music has stopped
[Torby Chimhashu] Zimbabwe's economic crisis has claimed a new and unlikely victim - music.
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Sales | | ZIMBABWE Currency crashes, so barter's better
Zimbabweans are switching to barter, payment in kind and the use of foreign currencies, such as neighbouring South Africa's rand, instead of the local dollar to survive hyperinflation and the accelerating economic meltdown.
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TV | | AFRICA GTV launches with one month's free subscription
 The hotly anticipated launch of GTV delivered a shot in the arm to Kenya's previously under-competitive pay-TV industry and revealed new dimensions to the GTV offering.
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| | Business | | | Zanu-PF wants war veterans to take over all shutdown firms, companiesZANU-PF wants war veterans to take over all closed firms as the party tries to buy their support ahead of next year's harmonized presidential and parliamentary elections, a top politburo member has said. [Management] | | BMF launches managerial legacy leadership companyThe Black Management Forum (BMF) has launched a new managerial leadership company called People Skills Africa (PSA). The announcement was made at the BMF corporate update dinner on Friday, 22 June, which was attended by more than a thousand members. [Management] |
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| | Galleries | | AFRICA Getting down at the GTV launch
 
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| | Events to diarise | Tanzania ICT Expo and Conference 2007 AITEC Africa - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 9 August
The Tanzania ICT Expo and Conference 2007 will bring stakeholders from the private sector, government and civil society to sample state of the art technologies and witness the technological advancement the country has made in the last one year. | | | Global Expo Botswana 2007 Global Expo Botswana - Gaborone, Botswana, 17 October
The expo will feature the country's international business-to-business exhibition whose main focus is on industrial and agricultural sectors including agribusiness, leather, power and renewable energy, and tourism. | | |
| | Upcoming events | 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 | | |
| | Jobs offered | | Newsstand Allocations Executive - Circulations - Cape Town | | DTP Operator - Fourways | | Receptionist - Bellville | | Graphic Designer - Johannesburg North | | Sales and Promotions Co-ordinator - Centurion | | Senior Research Executive - Quan/Qual - Johannesburg | | Graphic Designer/Artist - Durban | | Sales Executives - Cape Town | | Graphic Designer/Artist - Durban | | Publicity Manager - Northern Suburbs | | | |
| | Noticeboards | | AFRICA Sponsorship to open feeding centre for the blind[Sponsorship] The Zimbabwe Pastors Forum through it's Hope Centre is appealing for help from well wishers, sponsors and donors to raise funds to open a feeding centre for the blind community. | | More... Submit a Noticeboard | | |
| | Quotes | | | "The one who fetches the water is the one who is likely to break the pot." - African proverb | | More... Submit a Quote | | |
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