KENYA

Kenya Tourist Board goes global
The Kenya Tourist Board will launch its first multimedia advertising campaign on CNN International, combining traditional TV spots with an online push comprising banner advertising and video pre-roll together with a run of print advertising in CNN's bi-monthly glossy travel magazine, CNN Traveller.

ZIMBABWE

Image key to Zim tourism revival
[Dumisani Ndlela] The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) is hoping to produce a turn in dwindling international arrivals from its Zimbabwe International Travel Expo, which has been re-branded, the Sanganai Travel and Tourism Africa Expo.

ICTs pose challenge to cops in East Africa
Ethiopia: Combating crime has become a daunting challenge to law enforcement officers in East Africa as advances in the information and communication technologies (ICTs) make it easy for resourceful criminals to operate beyond national barriers, according to Ethiopia's police chief.

Cybersecurity lacking in Africa, official says
Africa will not realise the benefits of IT without improvements in cybersecurity, the secretary general of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) said yesterday.

GHANA

China doubles its scholarships for African students
Accra: The Chinese government has doubled the number of scholarships it grants to Africa to 4000 students per year, says Yu Wenzhe, China's ambassador to Ghana.

Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education launched
A competition offering a $1,000 prize for the most entrepreneurial education programs in every African country, and with a top prize of $10,000, was launched today by UK-based education charity Teach A Man To Fish.

IFJ calls on Senegal to end intimidation of media
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the Senegalese authorities to put an end to the attacks on media and independent journalists and to build a new relationship with journalists. The call comes after a police raid of a print house to prevent distribution of the newspaper L'As and the interrogation of the paper's publisher.

CENTRAL AFRICA

Malawi government takes over trading of maize
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi government has taken over trading of maize in the country after private traders have been found hoarding the commodity in order to capitalise on the impending high demand towards the end of the year.

Malawian companies to participate in Chinese Trade Fair
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi Export Promotion Council (MEPC) has said it will participate in the African Commodities Trade Fair scheduled for early September this year.

Ecobank launches $2,5bn share offer
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has launched the first-ever cross-border shares to raise $2,5bn to expand operations in ten African countries.

Barclays joins Mandela Foundation
Barclays Plc has announced that it would be sponsoring three Mandela Rhodes Scholarships permanently as part of its contribution to the development of homegrown leaders in Africa.

Big Brother Africa excites Abuja subscribers
An unusually large number of susbcribers besieged the Abuja office of Multichoice yesterday to get connected or reconnected to the network cable.