ZIMBABWE
SA supports Mbeki's continued mediation in ZimPRETORIA: Government supports former president, Thabo Mbeki's continued assistance in forming a government of national unity in Zimbabwe.
AFRICA
Winners of Wolda '08 announced
MILAN: The Worldwide Logo Design Annual, an innovative graphic design awards scheme that rewards the best logos and trademarks designed throughout the world, announced the winners of its inaugural 2008 edition earlier this week. 192 logos were selected from almost 1100 entries submitted from 43 different countries around the world.
ZIMBABWE
VoIP now legal in Zimbabwe?Has the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) finally seen the light? If developments at Econet Wireless are anything to go by, VoIP is now legal in Zimbabwe. Or is it?
SOUTH AFRICA
Author reveals 61 secrets of web fameDavid Seaman was still in college when he staged a faux ‘Free Paris' rally that garnered international media attention. Since then, he has been behind some of the most explosive and shocking viral trends on the internet. And now he's written a book…
CENTRAL AFRICA
Malawi media and MPS to mend fences[Gregory Gondwe] The Malawian Police Service has accused the media of capitalising on the mistakes the police commit in order to generate stories that tarnish its image. The media, however, have been complaining that the police have been abusing its powers by arresting journalists doing their jobs as well as for holding onto certain information.
AFRICA
African regulators to impose fines for poor mobile serviceAfrican communications regulators are moving to combat poor services by mobile service providers by imposing heavy fines.
COTE D'IVOIRE
MTN Cote d'Ivoire acquires Arobase Telecom and AfnetThe MTN Group, through its Cote d'Ivoire subsidiary, has acquired 100% of Arobase Telecom SA as well as 100% of Afnet.
CENTRAL AFRICA
MTN negotiates renewal of Kigali telecom licenseDespite having infrastructural challenges MTN Rwanda is due to renew its license to operate as a communication service provider in Rwanda, according to the MTN Group Integrated Report of the year 2007.
UGANDA
Pastor threatens to sue Ugandan tabloid for defamationThe Red Pepper, a Ugandan tabloid newspaper has been warned against publishing defamatory stories about Pastor Isaac Kyobe Kiwewesi of the Kansanga Miracle Centre in Kampala.
AFRICA
Late-night horror and erotica at AiM 2008
[Carole Kimutai] The 2008 Africa in Motion (AiM) film festival will feature night screenings of African horror and erotica. Bizcommunity.com found out more from Lizelle Bisschoff, AiM festival director.
SOUTH AFRICA
Emotional television advertisements influence viewersA recent study by the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) at the University of South Africa (Unisa) found that television advertisements that evoke primary emotions (primary emotive reactions are essentially non-conscious pleasurable or repulsive states of arousal), are remembered more readily than less emotional advertisements.
