AFRICA

CMO Council survey - Protection from Brand Infection Audit

The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council believe that there are numerous proof points that demonstrate the business impact of counterfeiting, piracy and cyber-fraud. According to recent estimates, counterfeiting and piracy cost the US economy alone between US$200 billion and US$250 billion per year, and stole as many as 750 000 American jobs.
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ZIMBABWE

Zimbabwe uses internet to boost tourism

A partnership between two government ministries in Zimbabwe will attempt to market the Southern African nation as an attractive tourist destination, using the internet as medium. Read more >>

AFRICA

25° in Africa at 2009 Climate Change Summit

25° in Africa magazine has a tri-pronged focus on energy, Africa and the environment. The publication aims at a wide audience, from energy research hubs, to the man on the street who wants to employ a more energy efficient lifestyle and technologies.
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CENTRAL AFRICA

Malawi launches economics journalism handbook

[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi has launched the, Economics Journalism Handbook for the Malawi Media, which has touted as an important tool towards simplification of business and economics news to readers who have been finding it incomprehensible. Read more >>

AFRICA

Festival of Media Awards announces shortlist

Axe, Coca-Cola and Barack Obama are among the brands vying for prizes at the inaugural Festival of Media Awards in April this year. Microsoft, the Wall St Journal, Meredith and BBC Worldwide all secured three nominations for the first global prizes for strategic innovation and delivery by media owners.
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AFRICA

How machine communication is boosting Africa's development

Economic growth and development depends on infrastructure: on roads, power, water and communications. Yet in many places around Africa much of this infrastructure is either ageing and in need of replacement, or was never developed in the first place. Read more >>

KENYA

KenyaBuzz provides entertainment for XLBrowser

Mobile-XL, a mobile technology company, announced yesterday, 10 March 2009, that it is in a partnership with KenyaBuzz, a Kenyan current events news agency, to expand the availability of local event content to mobile audiences in the East African nation. Event information that has been available through Kenyabuzz.com is now also available to mobile phone users via Mobile-XL's XLBrowser. Read more >>

AFRICA

MTN's Mobile Money Transfer launched Uganda

The MTN Group has announced the launch of Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) in Uganda also highlighting its series of planned launches in Africa and Middle East.
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AFRICA

Maneno: Multilingual blogging platform for African bloggers

[Ndesanjo Macha] Maneno is a new blogging platform that promises to offer blogging and communication solutions for bloggers with limited or narrow-bandwith in sub-Saharan Africa. Maneno is a Swahili word, which means “words.”
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AFRICA

Winners of the First African Blog Awards

[Ndesanjo Macha] The winners of Waxal - Blogging Africa Awards (BAA) for journalists have been announced. Waxal is an initiative of the Panos Institute of West Africa (PIWA) with the partnership of Highway Africa and Global Voices Online (sub-Saharan Africa).
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WEST AFRICA

Regus to open Dakar office centre

The Regus Group, a provider of workplace solutions, is to open its first centre in Dakar, Senegal, according to its Johannesburg-based Africa and Middle East regional office. Senegal is fast-becoming the western gateway to French-speaking Africa, says Joanne Bushell, CEO, Africa and Middle East. Read more >>