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Today's headlines
  • Crowds besiege food store
  • WIFI/WIMAX to ease Internet access in Sierra Leone
  • NITEL to pay N14bn damages to Interstella
  • Egyptian tycoon plans new TV stations against radicals
  • Cup of Nations adopts beer


  • Marketing
    AFRICA
    Zimbabwe shelves currency plans
    Zimbabwe's central bank chief said he has shelved plans to introduce a new currency in a bid to rein in galloping inflation and wants to direct efforts towards increasing supply of goods and services.


    Digital
    WEST AFRICA
    WIFI/WIMAX to ease Internet access in Sierra Leone
    [Bai-Bai Sesay] In its bid to offer easy access to internet service users in Sierra Leone, a technological breakthrough has occurred in the capital Freetown recently when an indigenous company known as FGC Wireless announced that it has successfully completed a city-wide unrestricted WIFI/WIMAX network that will ease the problems of internet users in the country.

    AFRICA
    Cisco to invest $10m in Africa
    [Remmy Nweke] Cisco Systems is to invest $10 million to develop its network infrastructure on the continent.


    Media
    SOUTH AFRICA
    Unlocking the power of being informed - Monitoring South Africa
    Monitoring South Africa has introduced a new telesales department within the Sales and Marketing division. Driven by a group of passionate people, the new department will focus on delivering information to clients faster, better and at the most competitive rates in the market.


    Mobile
    NIGERIA
    NITEL to pay N14bn damages to Interstella
    [Remmy Nweke] The Federal High Court sitting at Umuahia, Abia State on Monday ordered the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) to pay the sum of N14 billion to Interstella as damages for a breach of contract.


    Online Media
    AFRICA
    Dengate Thrush emerges new ICANN chairman
    [Remmy Nweke] New Zealander and lawyer, Peter Dengate Thrush, has emerged unanimously, the new chairman, of board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).


    Recruitment
    AFRICA
    Getting hired
    Culture and economy is in a shift and, much like abroad, it has been stated that people will have more than one career and probably even more jobs in their lifetime.


    Retail
    ZIMBABWE
    Crowds besiege food store
    Desperate people besieged a food store in Harare last week as shortages of staple maize meal intensified.


    Sponsorship
    NIGERIA
    Cup of Nations adopts beer
    [Emeka Enyadike] Sponsorship for Nigeria football reached new heights last Friday, as Guinness Nigeria Plc. became the latest sponsors of the Nigerian National football Team -The Super Eagles.


    TV
    EGYPT
    Egyptian tycoon plans new TV stations against radicals
    Egyptian billionaire and telecoms tycoon Naguib Sawiris plans to launch new television channels to counter what he describes as increasing social and religious conservatism in the Arab Muslim country.


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