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Today's headlines
  • Swazi media owners finally embrace MCC
  • FY07 and investment lessons from ‘Black Friday'
  • Five new channels for DStv
  • State media seeks to shore up print run ahead of key elections
  • Biodun Shobanjo is CEO of The Apprentice Africa
  • Bizcommunity.com Cape Town on the move


  • Marketing
    SOUTHERN AFRICA
    HIV-induced famine hits agriculture in southern Africa
    Hunger and HIV/AIDS are reinforcing each other in Southern Africa, "leading to a potentially tragic new level of famine", says a book published by a regional agricultural think-tank.

    SOUTH AFRICA
    Bizcommunity.com Cape Town on the move
    Our Cape Town-based Bizcommunity.com head office finally moved into its new premises in Cape Town yesterday, Thursday, 1 November 2007. The new physical address is 24 On Main, Main Road, Mowbray, Cape Town. The entrance is on Rose Street, off Main Road. The new contact numbers are: tel +27 (0)21 680 3500 and fax +27 (0)21 685 1045. Please update your records accordingly.


    2010 FIFA World Cup
    SOUTHERN AFRICA
    FIFA chooses 2009 – 2014 hospitality provider
    [Lavinia Mahlangu] This week world football governing body FIFA announced MATCH Hospitality AG, as its hospitality rights holder for the 2009 – 2014 period.


    Media
    SOUTHERN AFRICA
    Swazi media owners finally embrace MCC
    On 28 October 2007, media owners in Swaziland finally embraced the long-awaited Media Complaints Commission (MCC), a media self-regulatory framework whose operation has been delayed by lack of firm buy-in from the media proprietors.

    SOUTH AFRICA
    MSA scores another first with broadcast content delivery solutions - Monitoring South Africa
    Monitoring South Africa (MSA) will from 1 December offer clients premium quality digital content for all broadcast coverage, thanks to new communications technology and restructuring of the Broadcast Monitoring Division.


    Newspapers
    ZIMBABWE
    State media seeks to shore up print run ahead of key elections
    [Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's state-owned media house, Zimbabwe Newspapers (Zimpapers) group is battling to shore up circulation of its newspapers ahead of key elections next year, after an undersupply of newsprint, which has forced it to drastically cut on print runs, Bizcommunity heard from market players.


    Retail
    ZIMBABWE
    FY07 and investment lessons from ‘Black Friday'
    [Lance Mambondiani] The 14th of November 2007 will mark the 10th anniversary of a day of terrifying economic nightmares for Zimbabwean citizens. Zimbabwe's economic crisis is often traced back to 14 November 1997, a day analysts referred to as ‘Black Friday', when the Zimbabwe dollar lost 71.5% of its value against the US Dollar.


    TV
    SOUTH AFRICA
    Five new channels for DStv
    [Issa Sikiti da Silva] DStv's MultiChoice last night, Thursday, 31 October 2007, launched an additional five channels to its existing bouquet at the Constitution Hill in Johannesburg, sending a clear message to its newly-baptised rivals that it will fight on despite the end of its 12-year monopoly of South Africa's pay TV market.

    NIGERIA
    Biodun Shobanjo is CEO of The Apprentice Africa
    [Emeka Enyadike] Bank PHB, in conjunction with The Executive Group (TEG) and Storm Vision has announced that Biodun Shobanjo, chairman of the Troyka group and co-founder of Nigeria's largest and unarguably, most successful advertising agency, Insight Grey has signed on as the CEO of The Apprentice Africa.


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