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MarketingEAST AFRICA African airline wins 2008 Brussels Airport Marketing AwardEthiopian Airlines has been awarded the 2008 Brussels Airport Marketing Award by the Brussels Airport Company as well as the 2008 Best Airline in Africa Award in Network and Connection. Advertisement:
BrandingAFRICA Spotlight on SA during Service Exporter Network meetingNation brands are difficult to get right. When it comes to Africa, the branding of the continent can be particularly one-sided. Africa is often misrepresented. Despite being one of the world's most compelling continents. Africa's dominant image bas been created by charity brands such as Live Aid. The tables, however, are beginning to turn. ZAMBIA Zambia: New president puts emphasis on jobs, tourismPresident Rupiah Banda, this central African nation's new president, said in his inaugural speech that he wants his government to place a lot of emphasis on job creation, which in turn will boost the retail sector as consumers progressively have more disposable income.
Education and TrainingTANZANIA Budding entrepreneurs get a boost in TanzaniaRegional seminars will provide insight on further development of business plans.
MediaZIMBABWE Zimbabwe: Enemies at work, comrades in the barZimbabwe is one of the few places in the world where you can still be called a "running dog of imperialism", and other choice revolutionary phrases, by a state media that seethes, daily, at the opposition.
RetailZIMBABWE Zimbabwe: 'Just airlift the food'It gets worse each day for Zimbabweans struggling with shortages and escalating food prices, now denominated in US dollars. SOUTHERN AFRICA SADC discusses faster implementation of programmes[Bathandwa Mbola] PRETORIA: Permanent secretaries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) met at the Union Buildings on Thursday, 30 October 2008, to discuss the issues affecting the region and faster implementation of programmes. |
| | Events to diarise | Summer academy for SADC journalists Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) - Durban, 10 November
Among other learning areas in the programme will be; political reporting, investigative journalism, reporting on war and conflict and developmental journalism. | | | SAARF TAMS Information Days SAARF - Johannesburg, 18 November / Durban, 19 November / Cape Town, 20 November
It is clear that current and future challenges will require new and inventive ways of measurement if we want to ensure that the currency for the buying and selling of television airtime reflects the real world. | | | Buyology Symposium - Lagos, Nigeria, 24 November
An amazing day of knowledge sharing where the world's largest neuromarketing research project challenges everything you've learned about advertising and branding. | | |
| | Upcoming events | IPTV World Forum Middle East and Africa ITM - Dubai, 3 November Let's meet Africa and do business OAVM Organisation and Consultancy - Eindhoven - The Netherlands, 7 November Africa Heritage Energy Forum Africa Heritage Society - Johannesburg, 10 November | More... Submit an event | | |
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