GHANA

Ghana to benefit from Africa's largest technology park
The non-profit group, Life for Africa will establish the continent's largest technology park in Ghana.


Kibaki roots for ICT investment
Kenya is investing heavily in information and communication technology (ICT) to build the infrastructure it needs to become a regional communication hub, President Kibaki has said.

MCI continues its penetration up into Africa
MCI Consultants, distributor for the IBM Cognos TM1 product in South Africa, today announced that Banco Commercial Angolano in Angola had embraced TM1 as its management reporting tool. Angola is the latest in a string of the other African Barclays operations that are using the TM1 tool.

Zain connects Africa to Middle East
[Walter Wafula] Mobile telecommunications company Zain formerly known as Celtel in Africa has eliminated roaming charges incurred by its subscribers when making calls between Africa and the Middle East.

NORTH AFRICA

Sudan: Authorities block YouTube
On 29 July 2008, ANHRI denounced the government's decision to block the YouTube website. Since 22 July, internet users in Sudan have been unable to access the site, instead receiving an error message stating that the site was blocked by the National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC).

ZIMBABWE

Zimbabwe: Govt calls emergency meeting as prices skyrocket
[Dumisani Ndlela] Government, today moved swiftly to curtail a rapid escalation of prices which threatened to erode the embattled new currency introduced on Friday.

New Delhi: Govt may allow exports of non-basmati rice to Africa
With the area under paddy cultivation increasing, the government is mulling at allowing exports of about three million tonnes of non-basmati rice to African countries after November.

Fina Bank to promote free flow of East Africans
[Walter Wafula] Fina Bank, a newly licenced commercial bank in Uganda, is set to encourage the movement of workers amongst East African countries, to facilitate the transfer of skills among members of the community.


ADB to double funds for Malawi
[Gregory Gondwe] African Development Bank Group (ADB) President Dr. Donald Kaberuka who has been visiting Malawi since earlier this week, has announced that the bank will be doubling its financial assistance to Malawi.

Powerful sponsorships - Exp
Kim Skildum-Reid, who heads up Power Sponsorship and is one of the world's top corporate sponsorship consultants, trainers, speakers, and authors, will be presenting a keynote speech on Last Generation Sponsorship at the African Experiential Marketing Summit on 3 September 2008, in Johannesburg.

Gateway Broadcast Services selects MediaHighway Middleware and EPG for its African pay-TV service
NDS, provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that Gateway Broadcast Services (GBS), the new pan-African pay-TV service has broadened its relationship with NDS. GBS has chosen MediaHighway Middleware and NDS Electronic Program Guide (EPG) to enhance its pay-TV satellite service for sub-Saharan Africa.

NIGERIA

Nigeria: Senate seeks to censor Big Brother Africa
Abuja: Senate has directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to censor or ban outright the Big Brother Africa Reality programme brought into Nigerian homes via the Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) owned by Multichoice if the contents contradict socio-cultural values of the Nigerian people.