| | | Today's headlines | Zapped! Lightning strike sparks iPod safety debate
Ethiopian journalists face death penalty
10 e-Commerce events that shook the last 10 years
Hawkins interview, Part 2: The price cuts and their impact
Uganda newspapers go mobile
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Branding | | EGYPT Egypt to sell public sector bank
Egypt agreed on Monday to offer 80% of the country's third-largest public sector bank, Banque du Caire, to a strategic investor, a cabinet spokesman told AFP.
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CRM | | SOUTHERN AFRICA SA contact centre industry set to become global player
While the South African contact centre industry is not immune to global challenges, the country is currently improving its promising position in the global market as a more coherent strategic focus becomes evident in the industry in SA.
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Design | | UGANDA A fortune up for grabs for company logo design
[Walter Wafula] As more powerful brands emerge in Uganda, the fever of distinction has gripped the old ones, prompting them to revolutionize their selling points.
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Digital | | AFRICA Zapped! Lightning strike sparks iPod safety debate
A Canadian jogger happened to be carrying an iPod at the wrong place at the wrong time.
NORTH AFRICA Libya to receive fibre optic backbone
Alcatel-Lucent has signed a contract with Libyan Post Telecommunications & Information Technology Company (LPTIC) to supply a nationwide fibre optic backbone network that will serve all of Libya.
AFRICA Zombie nation
A bot is a computer whose operation has been secretly hijacked by malware. The infected computer, which is often referred to as a "zombie," has a Trojan program which directs the computer to connect to a remote location to download additional instructions. A group of hijacked zombie computers forms a botnet.
ALGERIA Djezzy GSM expands its connexion in Algeria
Orascom Technology Solutions completes deployment of Redline's RedCONNEX™ products to provide wireless backhaul for expansion of Orascom Telecom's Djezzy GSM service.
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Media | | SOUTH AFRICA Is SuperSport soccer deal under threat?
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Football is Africa's most popular sport, with a huge following throughout the continent. Naturally, sponsorships are key to the success of the game – as is news surrounding the sport, its teams and players, and the broadcasting of games to the widest possible fan base. Recent events in South Africa have shown, however, that sponsorship issues are not always straightforward; in the case of the spat between the national broadcaster, pay-TV channel and the country's Premier Soccer League, even the government has got involved!
COTE D'IVOIRE Robbers hit Ivory Coast media groups
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called on the Cote d'Ivoire government to take urgent action after four media groups were robbed.
KENYA How free is Kenya's media?
Media freedom is taken as a given in Kenya, but problems persist and in this interview with Kenyan publisher Gitobu Imanyara, RAP 21 asked him to expand on a number of issues that still influence media freedom in the East African country.
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Mobile | | NIGERIA Handset theft: NCC sets up price-fixing committee
[Jonah Iboma] The Nigerian Communications Commission has set up a committee to recommend an acceptable charge for the blocking and recovery of stolen handsets in the country.
SEYCHELLES Environmental protection goes mobile
[Gervais J. Henrie] The decision by Cable & Wireless Seychelles telecommunications company to introduce e-top up technology is expected to be a positive step towards environmental protection.
WEST AFRICA Mobile network connects rural Sierra Leone to the web
[Bai-Bai Sesay] In a war ravaged country like Sierra Leone where internet services can only be accessed from commercial internet cafe sites, the introduction of mobile internet services is gradually forcing other network subscribers to switch over.
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Newspapers | | EAST AFRICA Ethiopian journalists face death penalty
The prosecutor in trial of four journalists convicted after being arrested during the violent suppression of anti-government riots in November 2005 seeks death penalty.
WEST AFRICA Niger takes on newspapers
The Niger authorities have suspended one newspaper and warned three others over their coverage of rebel group's activities.
AFRICA Zapiro zaps the competition
Jonathan Shapiro, the South African cartoonist who was detained by the apartheid regime – and is now being sued for defamation by a high-ranking member of SA's present ruling party – has seen off tough competition from other African cartoonists and won the Cartoonists Rights Network 2007 award for courage.
WEST AFRICA Gambian reporter goes into hiding
A freelance Gambian reporter went into hiding last week after several individuals, including an executive of the pro-government daily and suspected security agents, harassed him about his alleged links to the regional press freedom group Media Foundation of West Africa (MFWA), according to the group and CPJ sources.
SOUTHERN AFRICA Swazi editor riles MPs
Editor investigated for contempt of Parliament following critical reporting of House of Assembly.
UGANDA Uganda newspapers go mobile
[Walter Wafula] Banks, matchmakers, advertisers, marketers and a host of other businesses, are using phones to deliver their services. Now it is the newspapers' time.
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Radio | | EGYPT Conversations from Cairo
CKI FM's youth talk show, Conversations will be broadcasting live from Egypt at the International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) Conference and Youth Summit from 21 - 26 July 2007.
EAST AFRICA Troops raid Somali radio station
Radio Shabelle raided four times in 48 hours, troops threaten to kill staff, following coverage of military abuses.
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Recruitment | | UGANDA Regional bank offers graduate youths career opportunities
[Walter Wafula] East Africa Development Bank has announced career opportunities for young graduates in the region as it prepares to expand into two new markets.
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Retail | | ZIMBABWE Hawkins interview, Part 2: The price cuts and their impact
On SW Radio Africa's 'Hot Seat' programme, journalist Violet Gonda interviews leading Zimbabwean economist Tony Hawkins. Read part 1. This is Part 2 of the interview.
ZIMBABWE Forced price cuts drive down production
A government operation forcing businesses to reduce prices by 50% will drive manufacturing under, push unemployment up and bolster the informal market as basic commodities become scarcer, analysts have warned.
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TV | | UGANDA Media group readies for broadcast media
[Walter Wafula] Vision Group, Uganda's most profitable media industry and commercial printing company is set to spread its tentacles in the broadcasting industry. The group is ready to set up a television and radio station according to the group's Chief Executive Robert Kabushenga.
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| | Business | | Australia issues a revised warning to its citizens travelling to Zimbabwe
The Australian government has issued a revised warning to its citizens against travelling to Zimbabwe as violence escalates in the country amidst the chaos accompanying the government directive on price cuts. [Business travel] | UCT conference to build Africa-India trade and investment bridges
The UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) is to host a high-level conference aimed at growing trade and investment between Africa and India. [Management] | 10 e-Commerce events that shook the last 10 years
The advent of search engine giant Google tops the Software and Information Industry Association list of the top 10 developments in e-commerce during the past decade. [Technology] |
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| | Events to diarise | SatWiBB East & West Africa AITEC Africa - Lagos, Nigeria, 21 August
SatWiBB East & West will provide practical business and technology briefings to empower resellers, service providers and users to maximise their returns on the increasing investment that they will be making in satellite and wireless broadband technology over the coming years. | | | High-level conference to boost trade, investment - Cape Town, South Africa, 20 September
The UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) is to host a high-level conference aimed at growing trade and investment between Africa and India. | | |
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