AFRICA
Watchdog report tackles digital divide in 2008
Johannesburg: How do we ensure access to the internet is a human right enjoyed by everyone? This is one of the critical questions asked by an annual publication that highlights the importance of people's access to information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure - and where and how countries are getting it right or wrong, and what can be done about it.
AFRICA
10th African ICT Achievers Awards winners announcedOn 28 November, 2008 all finalists, ICT key decision-makers and ICT ministers across the African continent came together at Emporers Palace in Johannesburg in celebration of the African ICT Achievers Awards tenth anniversary.
AFRICA
Training program launched for African mediaMore than 300 African sports journalists will be invited to attend training next year as part of a program financed by FIFA, world football's governing body. Training will be provided by the AFP Foundation, an independent, non-profit organisation set up by Agence France-Presse.
KENYA
Kenya: Government proposes draconian media law - MISAMISA believes that a new law, if passed, will allow the Kenyan government to determine the content, style, manner and schedule of broadcasting. The proposition has drawn fierce resistance from the media industry.
CENTRAL AFRICA
Malawi: tnm gets building wrapped
INM Outdoor in Malawi have facilitated the erection of a unique and practical building wrap that offers Telekom Networks Malawi (tnm) simultaneous long term brand building as well as short-term product advertising.
ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe: Manufactured mayhem?When troops rioted in Zimbabwe this week, the first reaction of many was to view it as the first major cracks in Mugabe's powerbase.
CENTRAL AFRICA
Ethiopian Airlines, full steam ahead
[Sindy Peters] It is unusual to find a business in Africa that is 100% owned by its government actually thriving - on a continent infamous for bad governance and corruption. For this reason, Ethiopian Airlines is a breath of fresh air.
CENTRAL AFRICA
ROC moves to curb food inflation "taking time"
Government measures aimed at reducing the cost of staple commodities in the Republic of Congo, where salaries have remained unchanged for years, have failed to stem food inflation. Many people have been forced to change their diets, which has had an adverse impact on health.
AFRICA
Avoiding another food price bubbleIn another 12 years, 16 million more children could be malnourished at a time when even fewer people will be able to afford staple cereals like maize, rice and wheat, which would cost between 13 percent and 27 percent more. This is the bleak scenario of a world in recessionary mode, with declining investment in food production, painted by a food policy think-tank.
AFRICA
Ghanaian wins 2008 Face of Africa
The M-Net Face of Africa 2008 finale, held last weekend at the SuperBowl in Sun City, South Africa, came to a conclusion as 23-year-old Ghanaian, Kate Menson walked away with the sought- after title for 2008.
