| Today's headlines | Uganda Investment Authority to launch new website Betray your customers' trust, and you could lose your customers Selling Zimbabwe A mine of information - or not... Media faces new threat in Swaziland Minister: No licences for foreign broadcasters Kenya named as a top reforming country
| | Marketing | | KENYA Kenya named as a top reforming country [Carole Kimutai] The World Bank has honoured Kenya as one of the world's top reforming economies. Amos Kimunya, Kenya's Minister for Finance received the award from World Bank at a ceremony sponsored by the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID).
| Branding | | AFRICA Betray your customers' trust, and you could lose your customers Research shows that unethical business practices, customer dissatisfaction and lack of innovation erode consumer trust. And though the following article relates to Europe, there are lessons for African business; lose your customers' trust and winning it back will be an uphill road.
ZIMBABWE Selling Zimbabwe [Dumisani Ndlela] Selling brand Zimbabwe, a land of great natural beauty should be relatively simple, but it is not, for the chaos beside the beauty makes it a difficult sell.
| Education and Training | | NIGERIA NITDA places prize on ICT graphic book [Remmy Nweke] The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has announced a N250,000 prize for any youth who publishes the best Information and Communication Technology (ICT) graphic book for primary schools in the country.
| Media | | SOUTHERN AFRICA Media faces new threat in Swaziland The Swazi media faces a new threat following a call by Parliament for government to pilot the contentious Media Council Bill within eight weeks.
ZIMBABWE Minister: No licences for foreign broadcasters Zimbabwe will not allow foreigners to own broadcasting stations but could relax rules and licence locals who have been battling to meet stringent requirements, the information minister said on Monday.
| Online Media | | UGANDA Uganda Investment Authority to launch new website [David Muwanga] Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), a government agency responsible for investment promotion is to launch a new website aimed at providing updated information about investment opportunities in the Ugandan economy, an official of the authority has said.
| Out Of Home | | SOUTH AFRICA The Linear Banner Wall - Right Stuff Right Stuff has diversified the Linear Stand range to include the Linear Banner Wall, the latest in banner wall products. As with the Linear Stand, the Linear Banner Wall doubles as a banner display, as well as a brochure/product holder.
| Public Relations | | SOUTHERN AFRICA A mine of information - or not... Communication gaps in Rio Tinto's Madagascar mining project are creating mistrust and social conflict.
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