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Today's headlines
  • DRC journalists detained
  • Zimbabwe's battle of the brands
  • Race for fibre optic cable heats up
  • Sierra Leone telecoms company gives the blind a shoulder to lean on
  • Zimbabwe's newspaper industry grapples with rising costs
  • Covering Africa's elections and promoting press freedom by phone
  • Sudan's media laws not enough


  • Branding
    ZIMBABWE
    Zimbabwe's battle of the brands
    Zimbabwe's economy may be crumbling, but it's business as usual in the branding business.


    Digital
    AFRICA
    Race for fibre optic cable heats up
    [Zachary Ochieng] Africa will benefit immensely from competing undersea fibre optic cable networks linking Africa with overseas destinations.


    Education and Training
    SOUTH AFRICA
    USB-ED enhances its offering to business in Gauteng by opening a new office - USB-ED
    USB Executive Development Ltd (USB-ED), the executive education arm of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), recently celebrated the official opening of its new offices in Gauteng at a cocktail function at the Westcliff Hotel.


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    Media
    AFRICA
    Sudan's media laws not enough
    New draft media laws will not improve dire situation for media, says media rights organisation.


    Mobile
    WEST AFRICA
    Sierra Leone telecoms company gives the blind a shoulder to lean on
    As part of their social responsibility, one of the leading mobile telecommunications companies in the country, Celtel, has dished out US$5,000 to the Milton Margai School for the Blind choir for a performance tour in the United Kingdom.

    KENYA
    Covering Africa's elections and promoting press freedom by phone
    Mobile phones have revolutionised communication in Africa - even during elections.

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    Newspapers
    ZIMBABWE
    Zimbabwe's newspaper industry grapples with rising costs
    [Dumisani Ndlela] Escalating printing and newsprint costs are conspiring to create a nightmare for the newspaper publishing industry in Zimbabwe, battling to survive under a volatile economic environment and legislative controls largely considered draconian.


    TV
    CENTRAL AFRICA
    DRC journalists detained
    Four state television journalists detained for "trying to destabilise RTNC".


    Business
    Race for fibre optic cable heats up
    Battle lines have been drawn as major players jostle for space in the hitherto uncompetitive international submarine fibre-optic industry. [Technology]


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