AFRICA

Fuelling Africa
Engen Petroleum Limited, one of South Africa's leading petroleum companies, is set to extend its African footprint even further by signing a sale/purchase agreement to buy out Shell Petroleum Company Limited's downstream petroleum business in Gabon.

AFRICA

Joburg to host International Broadcasting Centre in 2010
[Bathandwa Mbola] The City of Johannesburg will host the International Broadcasting Centre (IBC) for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and develop a multi-million Rand precinct around Nasrec.

Bob Scarpelli gets ready to step out of his shoes at Cannes this year - Gallo Images
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Tanzania: Sun-Flag closes factory
Sun-Flag (Tanzania) Limited is closing down its Unga-Limited textile plant, signalling another major blow to the already suffering local textile industry.

EAST AFRICA

Sudanese put an end to censorship
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has welcomed an agreement by Sudanese authorities to end censorship after journalist union leaders brought together a group of newspaper editors in a concerted effort to strengthen ethical journalism and media independence in the country.

World Bank commits to deepen reforms to benefit middle-income countries in Africa
The World Bank Group has reiterated its commitment to reduce the non-financial costs of doing business with it and to expand the menu of products and services serve middle-income countries (MICs) in Africa better.

CENTRAL AFRICA

Malawians like new TV bouquet
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawians are excited about what they have described as very affordable subscription fees for the newly introduced bouquet by pan-African pay-TV satellite service GTV. The service will cost them K1,480 (US$10.57) a month.

SOUTH AFRICA

Big Brother back by popular demand
M-Net has announced entries for the third season of the blockbuster show, Big Brother Africa. The show boasts audience involvement of in excess of 900 000 SMS's, over 14 million page impressions and over 4 million video clips viewed online for their 2007 season. M-Net is on a drive to highlight sponsorship and product placement opportunities as a results-driven advertising medium with figures like that.