AFRICA

2010 TV opportunity for youth

[Wilma den Hartigh] The 2010 Fifa World Cup offers many obvious benefits for tourism and the economy, but now the global football extravaganza will also help anyone interested in a career in television broadcasting to get a foot in the door. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Nigerian cyber café 's to register by March

As the deadline for registration looms for all cyber café operators in Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission has warned these businesses to register or face reprisals. Read more >>

AFRICA

MWEB Africa launches Wi-Fi over VSAT and WiMax

The MWEB Africa Group has launched a commercial Wi-Fi solution allowing laptop users to connect wirelessly to the internet in certain locations in Africa. The service was officially launched on 23 February, 2009 and aimed at hotels, lodges, restaurants and café's to provide internet services to their patrons. Read more >>

AFRICA

Trade and Investment Africa Exhibition and Congress 2009

Thebe Exhibitions and Projects Group will be hosting the 2009 Trade and Investment Africa Exhibition and Congress in South Africa from 3 - 6 November 2009 at the Sandton International Convention Centre, Johannesburg. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Nigeria, SA launch Presidential investment council

A Joint Presidential Advisory Council on Investment was launched by Nigeria and South Africa on Tuesday, 24 February 2009, to encourage investment between the two countries. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

Zimbabwe: Minister moves to pacify phone users

HARARE: Zimbabwe's new Information Communication Technology minister on Tuesday, 24 February moved to calm a turbulent phone market after a huge public outcry that followed the dollarisation of telecoms and a ten-fold hike in mobile phone tariffs. Read more >>

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Swazi Observer newspaper successfully challenges court decision

On 20 February 2009, the semi-private Swazi Observer newspaper successfully challenged a High Court ruling which had restrained the newspaper from reporting on a leadership dispute in the Jericho Church, an indigenous Christian denomination. Read more >>

AFRICA

Additional features for A24 Media

A24 Media has announced the imminent launch of its African photography collection featured on the site as well as a new 'About Africa' section providing background information on the continent. The company has also reported an increase in content and well as its 'Quick Glance' to support that increase. Read more >>

AFRICA

Cape Town: Africa's Hollywood

[Mary Alexander] Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon... Top box office earners are headed for South Africa in 2009, as Cape Town ramps up its growing reputation as the Hollywood of Africa. The city has been an increasingly popular location for filmmakers since South Africa was welcomed back into the global community in 1994. Read more >>

BOTSWANA

Botswana: Diamonds are not forever

[Ephraim Nsingo] GABORONE: "The situation is now very bad, very bad for workers. It is no longer about the workers alone, it is about the government, the companies, everyone. We need to talk. Dialogue is the only solution." This was a response from Jack Tlhagale, secretary general of the Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU), when asked about the ongoing mine retrenchments and closures. Read more >>

CENTRAL AFRICA

China offers Malawi duty free market access

[Gregory Gondwe] The Chinese government has offered Malawi duty-free trade preferences to imports originating from within the country. Malawi's Industry and Trade Minister Henry Mussa said the country's business community and the public should exploit the market access opportunities that have been created by this Trade Preferential Scheme. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

“Impoverished consumers” shun wines, spirits

[Sam Hungwe] Branded wines and spirits maker, African Distillers (Afdis), says consumer “impoverishment” had significantly weakened demand for its products on the Zimbabwean market, where demand for cheap beer has in the past been blamed for turning the country into “a nation of drunkards”. Read more >>

NORTH AFRICA

DNRD launches M-Visa

Dubai Naturalization and Residency Department (DNRD) has introduced an e-service that allows visitors, residents and guests residing in Dubai and abroad to receive instant notifications via email and text messages upon issuance of their entry permits or visas of all types through Mobile Visa (M-visa). Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs gives a keynote address at the Intra-Africa Business event - Upbeat

Attend the first Intra-Africa Business Executive Breakfast meetings of 2009 where you will be informed on the following trade and investment opportunities for your company in Southern Sudan. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Advertising industry gathers at Mega Media Expo - CADEK Media

Africa's advertising and media showcase, Mega Media Expo, is coming to the Sandton Convention Centre on 4 and 5 March. This will be the second Mega Media Expo, after its successful launch in Cape Town last year. Read more >>