e-Marketers getting crafty in spam-flooded world
[Keith Regan] Even in a post CAN-SPAM world, where legal protections and technological advances give consumers more control than ever over their inboxes, e-mail remains a key component of many interactive marketing strategies.

UGANDA

Airlines sweeten travel in Ugandan skies
[Walter Wafula] First, Fly540 a new Kenyan airline, started low-cost daily flights from Entebbe to Nairobi, then South African Airways launched daily flights to Johannesburg, and just before the week could close, Air Uganda added a third and comfortable airplane to its fleet.

Kenya gets major health drive boost
[Carole Kimutai] Thousands of new mothers in Kenya are set to receive free child health tips as part of an ongoing maternal health awareness program funded by Reckitt Benckiser, makers of Dettol.

Malawi student developing a solar autoclave
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's University of Mzuzu final-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Renewable Energy is developing a solar autoclave, the first of its kind in Malawi.

SOUTHERN AFRICA

SA to participate in Nordic/Africa meeting
South African Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is to lead a South African government delegation to the 7th Informal Nordic–Africa Foreign Ministers meeting.

Last call for Tabbie nominations
CLEVELAND, US: The nomination process for the 2008 Tabbies is close to wrapping up. Entries in the editorial and design awards programme, run by Trade, Association and Business Publications International (TABPI), must be postmarked by Wednesday, 5 March 2008.

ZIMBABWE

RBZ donates new fleet to state media
[Lebo Nkatazo] Zimbabwe's central bank has "donated" a fleet of brand new vehicles to state media houses, to prop them up ahead of the 29 March 2008 elections.

Uganda Telecom to give away seventh car to customers
[Walter Wafula] Thousands of university students in Uganda have the opportunity to own a new Nissan Tida, the seventh the company has given away. The offer has been made by Uganda Telecom (UT) is its latest promotion dubbed Jazz My Life.

SOUTH AFRICA

This year's World Newspaper Congress lineup
Eighteen months after combining three publishing companies into one multi-media group, Belgium's De Persgroep is ready to report on the lessons of its transformation at the World Newspaper Congress, to be held in Göteborg, Sweden, 1 – 4 June 2008.

Third Cameroonian broadcaster under censorship
Police in the Cameroon capital, Yaoundé, last week forced a popular radio station off the air and confiscated its equipment over commentary critical of the government during a call-in program, according to local journalists.

WEST AFRICA

How to avoid a food crisis again this year
According to the government's current estimates, donors will need to provide 20,000 tonnes of food aid to compensate for Guinea-Bissau's expected production shortfalls in 2008.