KENYA
WEF names Kenyan as 2008 young global leader[Carole Kimutai] The World Economic Forum has selected 40-year-old James Shikwati as a young Global Leader 2008. Shikwati joins 245 leading executives, public figures and intellectuals – all 40 or younger – chosen from around the world.
EAST AFRICA
Telling it like it isFleishman-Hillard, a leading global PR firm, recently announced its strategic partnership with Tell-Em Public Relations, one of East Africa's leading PR agencies. Carole Kimutai finds out more about the new alliance from Elizabeth Cook, Tell-Em's Public Relations General Manager.
AFRICA
African team selected to revitalise Kenya Airways brand
Kenya Airways has awarded the contract for an extensive brand revamp to Johannesburg-based branding specialists, BLACK Brand, Strategy & Design.
SOUTHERN AFRICA
SADC central banks urged to invest in ICTs[Timothy Kasonde] Central banks from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region must continue investing in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). This is according to Bank of Zambia (BoZ) Deputy Governor Tukiya Kankasa 'Mabula, who explained the important role ICTs play in the banking sector.
ZIMBABWE
Charamba reads riot act to foreign correspondents[Lebo Nkatazo] Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's press secretary on Wednesday, 19 March 2008, summoned and read the riot act to journalists working for foreign publications over coverage of the 29 March elections.
NIGERIA
Nigeria reaps from telecom licensingNigeria has attracted Foreign Direct Investment to the tune of US$11.5 billion in the telecommunications industry, just as the Federal Government has earned over US$2.2 billion from spectrum licensing in the last five years.
ZIMBABWE
Zimbabweans become hunters and gatherersThere is a general weariness in the eyes of John Manyaradzwa, who recently lost his job as a clerk with a manufacturing company in Harare.
