Malawian government pushes green vehicles
As crude oil prices hit a record high, the Malawi government has launched a project to ensure that all vehicles in the country switch to the cheaper and greener alternative fuel - ethanol - in a few years.

Africa must train more content developers
[Irene Hoaes] Africa must improve ICT infrastructure and expand training for content developers to have any prospects in the knowledge and digital economy.

UGANDA

Foundation launched to empower Ugandans
[Walter Wafula] For any business to prosper, it should serve people who are able to enable it to survive through effective demand for its products or services. If its target market cannot offer this support then the business is destined to wind up as soon as possible.

ZIMBABWE

Three South African newspaper titles hit Zimbabwe newsstands
A newspaper marketing company has started selling titles from South Africa's Independent News & Media (SA) (INMSA), just over a month after the Sowetan hit the country's newspaper stands but was quickly withdrawn because distributors had been “testing the market”.

AFRICA

Steps taken for multilingual Internet
[HANA Reporter] The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the International Telecommunication Union, and UNESCO will collaborate on global efforts to forge universal standards towards building a multilingual cyberspace.

AFRICA

Online game helps to feed the hungry
An Internet game which donates 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for every correctly answered question, has passed the one billion grain mark after one month.

Placing the right people in the right job
Accsys, a South African provider of HR and payroll management solutions, first established its HR/payroll industry-focused recruitment division called Accsys PeoplePlace four months ago. Since then this extension to the business has made a significant impact on the market says Andiswe Mjali, Recruitment Division Manager.

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Tourism TV station to launch
[Carole Kimutai] Southern Africa Direct, a new free-to-air lifestyle and culture television channel is set to go on on-air on the UK's Sky digital broadcast platform on November 26 2007.

GTV cashes-in on low pricing
[Joyce Joan Wangui] GTV, the satellite-based pay television network based in Nairobi, Kenya, brings with it a unique bouquet of goodies, among them lower pricing and a relevant content for African viewers.