AFRICA

Africa's industrialisation key to achieving MDGs
DURBAN: Through accelerated industrialisation and the strategic use of the international demand for natural resources, Africa will be able to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Temporary shelters in Cape Town dismantled
[Nthambeleni Gabara] CAPE TOWN: The City of Cape Town on Tuesday, 28 October, 2008 confirmed the closure of the temporary shelter at the Youngsfield Military Base which has been housing displaced people from other countries.

Global matchmaking site launched for linking creatives, NPOs
NEW YORK: DesignismConnects.org was launched earlier this week by The Art Directors Club, in partnership with Idealist, to support the creative needs of non-profits and connect them with creatives willing to give their time and talent to causes.

BOTSWANA

Branding Botswana
Botswana promotes own tourist attractions in a bid to keep more money at home.

AFRICA

Bloggers to fight hunger in Africa
[Janine Erasmus] The ingenuity of an African NGO is raising international awareness for the plight of Africa's millions of starving people, and harnessing the power of the internet to drive its newest project.


Namibia: Improved internet connectivity by the private sector
Improved internet connectivity by the private sector received a significant boost last week when Internet Technologies Namibia (ITN) commissioned their second satellite dish to provide another direct international broadband link.

Ghana: MTN unveils training centre
Committed to invest in its human resource capacity in its operational areas in the West, East and Central African (WECA) regions, telecommunications giant, Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN), over the weekend in Accra, unveiled a training centre to help train and upgrade the company's staff in order to meet future challenges.

2008 Global Mobile Marketing Award finalists released
NEW YORK, LONDON, SINGAPORE & SAO PAULO: The finalists in the fourth annual Global Mobile Marketing Awards, which honour the companies who are successfully using and leading the adoption of the mobile channel for marketing purposes, were released yesterday, Tuesday, 28 October 2008, by the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA).

Tellumat boosts Nigerian Starcomms fortunes
Doing business in Africa, according to Tellumat, is a daunting prospect, with Nigeria near the top of the 'no-sissies' list. And yet the country is an extremely attractive proposition, with sound economic fundamentals and largely untapped potential.

UGANDA

Uganda bows to global financial crisis
[Walter Wafula] Ugandans are beginning to feel the pinch of the wild financial mess that is ravaging American, European and Asian economies. In the past few weeks share prices of the nine listed companies at the Uganda Securities Exchange have danced to a rhythm echoed by falling stock prices across global financial markets.

Bio-fuels production dominates Africa's arable land
[Michael Appel] COTONOU: With the global demand for the production of bio-fuels growing, Africa's arable land once used for food production is increasingly being used to grow crops for the cleaner more sustainable alternative to oil.

Ethiopian Airlines, profitable 2007/08 performance
Ethiopian Airlines recorded positive results in many of its performance parameters during the fiscal year 2007/08. According to the financial reports released, Ethiopian generated 9.2 billion Birr in operating revenue during the budget year, a 34% increase over that of the previous year.

Kenya: KBL moves to court to settle Ksh21m dispute
Kenya Breweries Ltd (KBL) will face a beer distributor in a full hearing in court over a Sh21 million stock dispute.