| Submit news Subscribe Invite a friend | Today's headlines | Zimbabwe: A way out of the crisis? Kenya's new media law astounds industry First credit card introduced in Ghana Big Brother Africa 2 housemates unveiled DRC journalist jailed for not airing politician's interview Enyimba and Rangers International for Under-19 football tournament in South Africa
| | Marketing | | ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe: A way out of the crisis? With Zimbabwe's economy in meltdown, drastic and fundamental changes are crucial if there is to be a return of international investment and a recovery in that country.
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| Digital | | UGANDA Wireless launched for rural Uganda [David Kezio-Musoke] Community wireless networks have been set up at telecentres in northern Uganda in Lira and Nabweru, areas that are considered extremely rural by the CWRC.
| Magazines | | AFRICA Moroccon government confiscates newsweeklies, charges publisher On Saturday, 4 August, Moroccan police seized copies of the Arabic-language weekly Nichane from newsstands and other locations around the country and confiscated printed copies of its sister weekly, the French-language TelQuel at the printing press used by both magazines, local journalists told the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
| Media | | ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe media law increases oppression Sweeping surveillance law targets "imperialist-sponsored journalists".
KENYA Kenya's new media law astounds industry A controversial press Bill is on the way to being signed into law; it requires journalists to reveal sources.
EAST AFRICA Ethiopia plans new communication strategy The Ethiopian government is to implement a new communication strategy, aimed at disseminating the annual plan of government through a unified communication system.
| Printing | | SOUTH AFRICA Paarl Media tests shark waters - Paarl Media Paarl Media has announced the appointment of Doug Heger, previously CEO of NuPrint-Ability, as its Business Development Manager for KwaZulu-Natal to help explore opportunities for expansion in this province.
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| Radio | | WEST AFRICA Gunmen attack Sierra Leone radio station Two presenters have been injured in an armed attack on evangelical radio station in the nation's capital.
| Retail | | GHANA First credit card introduced in Ghana [Emily Nyarko] Ghanaians to have a taste of an electronic Visa credit card to carry out transactions.
GHANA UNECA supports e-trade in Ghana [Emily Nyarko] Ghana and the rest of Africa can make significant progress in developing high-tech export products' industry to boost trade if attention is given to the development of scientific and industrial research base.
| TV | | AFRICA Big Brother Africa 2 housemates unveiled [Emeka Enyadike] The housemates of the second edition of Big Brother Africa were unveiled to members of the press and other invited guests on Sunday, 5 August 2007, at the Bar Royal, Planet one, Maryland, Lagos.
CENTRAL AFRICA DRC journalist jailed for not airing politician's interview Intelligence agents in central DRC have jailed a reporter for failing to broadcast an interview with a local politician, according to news reports and local journalists.
NIGERIA Enyimba and Rangers International for Under-19 football tournament in South Africa [Emeka Enyadike] SuperSport is to bring to the screen the third edition of the SuperSport Under-19 football tournament in South Africa.
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