| | | Today's headlines | South African Tourism embarks on East Africa road show
Blaring ads can scare off customers
No spirit from spirit medium in Zimbabwe
Guinea Bissau journalists intimidated
Zambian security flips over flight
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Marketing | | ZIMBABWE No spirit from spirit medium in Zimbabwe
[Cris Chinaka] With his economy crumbling, Mugabe has his ministers even investigate mystic's claims of diesel (already refined, apparently) from a rock.
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Advertising | | AFRICA Blaring ads can scare off customers
It isn't only the "gotcha" scare that turns unsuspecting users off to audio ads; it is a combination of poor taste, bad timing and terrible tact. "Ads are generally off topic and often poorly made," says Jean-Pierre Khoueiri, CEO of Internet advertising and search engine optimization specialists Constant Click. "Cnet News is one example. It is famous for serving unrelated video/audio ads."
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Branding | | EAST AFRICA South African Tourism embarks on East Africa road show
Tourism in South Africa is booming. It contributes about 7% of South Africa's GDP and with the 2010 FIFA World Cup around the corner, provides an excellent opportunity for the travel trade to sell the country. According to South African Tourism (SA Tourism) the East and West African market are important to the overall tourism growth in South Africa.
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Digital | | KENYA Kenyan techies headed for jail...
[Rebecca Wanjiku] If the new Kenya Communications Amendment bill becomes law, all Kenyan techies and computer owners will have to pay a fine of shs 1 million, or risk a jail term or both if they are not licensed.
KENYA Kenya Anti-corruption Commission goes digital
[Joyce Joan Wangui] The war against corruption in Kenya is to assume new dimensions following the introduction of an online corruption reporting system code named Business Keeper Monitoring System (BKMS) to enable whistle blowers report corruption cases anonymously.
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Media | | WEST AFRICA Guinea Bissau journalists intimidated
Journalists covering drug trafficking in Guinea Bissau have allegedly been intimidated by the authorities.
ZAMBIA Zambian security flips over flight
In an apparent case of over-reaction, security personnel prevent journalists from photographing visiting president's stranded airplane.
UGANDA Ugandan reporter takes top honours
Investigative reporter for the Weekly Observer in Uganda, Richard Kavuma outstripped more than 1500 other African journalists to lift CNN's/Multichoice's African Journalist of the Year in Cape Town at the weekend.
CENTRAL AFRICA Malawi High Court says No! to regulatory board
High Court nullifies improperly appointed communications regulatory board.
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Mobile | | KENYA Reduction of mobile phone tariffs to lure subscribers
[Joyce Joan Wangui] A recent government study conducted under the auspices of the Ministry of Information and Communication indicates that subscribers are often scared away due to the high charges of mobile phone handsets and airtime costs.
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Newspapers | | WEST AFRICA Guinea-Bissau police pinch ‘No Pintcha's' camera
Police prevent journalist from taking photographs.
EAST AFRICA Somali reporter freed
Somaliland authorities have freed a newspaper reporter after seven days in detention.
EAST AFRICA Ethiopian authorities see sense
Four Ethiopian journalists convicted of treason pardoned and freed.
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Out Of Home | | SOUTH AFRICA Innovation is the key - Right Stuff
 Recently Right Stuff developed the popular Pop Right Open range further to include the all-new Vertical Pop Right Open, which comes in two sizes. The new option offers greater variety for branding optimisation.
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Radio | | WEST AFRICA Niger bans RFI broadcasts
One-month ban on RFI broadcasts fuels concern about rapid decline in press freedom.
ZAMBIA Zambian police gag radio station
Police prohibit radio station from covering demonstration.
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| | Business | | South Africa tourism agency woos Ugandans
South African Tourism (SA Tourism) has kicked off a campaign to market South Africa as a preferred holiday destination for Ugandans. [Business travel] | Zimbabwe business grab on the way
The Zimbabwe government's proposed Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment (NIEE) Bill will become law in September, a senior government official has said. The law has implications for any and every foreign-owned company operating in Zimbabwe. [Management] | Senegal's primary schools grapple with digital technology
In the poor fishing neighbourhood of Medina in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, a small school sits wedged between a run-down cemetery and a craft market. Piles of rubbish line a sandy alleyway that leads to the school's front gate. The school walls are stained; desks are cracked and dusty. [Technology] |
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| | Events to diarise | 2nd Ann. Connecting Rural Communities Africa Forum CTO - Nairobi, Kenya, 21 August
This international event, titled "Bridging the digital divide through ICT connectivity", aims to bring together African government officials, senior figures from African regulatory authorities and international ICT experts who are leading the private sector connectivity drive to discuss key challenges, opportunities and benefits of connecting rural Africa. | | | Monitoring and evaluation AMREF Headquarters - Nairobi, Kenya, 22 October
This four week course aims to equip participants with competencies in monitoring and evaluation of health and development interventions at project, programme and organisational level. | | |
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