AFRICA

The world wishes Madiba a happy 90th birthday
Nelson Mandela turns 90 today and without reservation, organisations from around the world dedicate a moment in time to join in celebration and pay tribute to this incredible man who has changed the landscape of South Africa and the world for the better.


South Africa: Police storm refugee camp
Police stormed a refugee camp today in southern Johannesburg to release four security guards held hostage by foreign nationals displaced by the recent xenophobic violence in South Africa.

Why you should include HTML text in your emails
[Aaron Smith] I was under the impression that most email marketers were well aware of the advantages of including HTML text - also known as system text - as opposed to graphical text in their messages. However, I am still frequently surprised to see emails in my inbox from well-established players that rely almost exclusively on images to convey the main point of the message.

Stan Chart and Equity haul major awards at Euromoney Awards 2008
[Walter Wafula] Standard Chartered Bank and East Africa's Equity Bank scooped major awards at the 2008 Euromoney Awards for Excellence in London, last week.

AFRICA

South Africa: Exhibition launched telling Madiba's life story
Joining the rest of the world in marking Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, the Department of Education officially opened the Nelson Mandela exhibition ‘Making the Legacy' on Wednesday. The exhibition, which was developed in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and Umlando Productions, highlights key aspects of the life of Mandela.

AFRICA

NEPAD urges media to highlight Africa's positive developments
The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) has urged the media to highlight Africa's positive developments and achievements objectively.


Media watchdog welcomes Ghana's right-based court
A sub-regional media freedom body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), on Thursday welcomed the creation of a Human Rights Court in Ghana.

South African journalism students expand Nokia's mobile journalism experiment
After the experiment with the Nokia packages by Reuters, which gave the kit to journalists for filing news reports on the move, journalism students from the University of Witwatersrand (WITS) and first year film and television students from City Varsity school are using the same equipment to produce and distribute mobile news content.


Uganda Telecom unveils 3G mobile broadband
[Walter Wafula] Uganda Telecom (UT) has joined the league of global telecom operators offering mobile broadband services introducing the 3G Mobile Broadband card, a pocket-sized USB device that users can plug into either their laptops or personal computers to access and surf the internet.

UCT GSB's Foster-Pedley joins Namibia Business Innovation Project
Jon Foster-Pedley, senior lecturer in strategy at the UCT Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB), has been appointed creativity and innovation advisor to the Namibia Business Innovation Centre Project, a new initiative combining a science park, technology park and business incubator.

The growing threat of job site scams, Part one
The qualities the make the Internet a good communication medium also appeal to those with more nefarious intentions. Job boards in particular have become a favorite spot for fraudsters trying to scam you out of your money.

CENTRAL AFRICA

IMF gives Malawi US$79m to meet its balance of payment
[Gregory Gondwe] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has increased the financial assistance it renders to Malawi through the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement from US$16.9m to US$79m to help it meet its run-away balance of payment, which has been soaring due to higher fuel and fertiliser prices.

ZIMBABWE

Zim govt worried by rejection of local currency
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's acting attorney general, Bharat Patel, has warned Zimbabweans against conducting business in foreign currency as the business sector began shunning the beleaguered domestic currency, opting for United States dollars.


Latest OECD economic assessment of SA
BUSA (Business Unity South Africa) welcomes the overall thrust of the OECD's economic assessment of SA as reflecting a realistic grasp of the socio-economic priorities that should prevail in helping to shape the future economic and business environment in the country.