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BOSTON: One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is beginning a summer grant program in which up to 100 teams of university students from around the world will distribute thousands of XO laptops to children in Africa during the course of the year. Read more >>
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Diageo announced on Tuesday, 17 March the panel of judges for the Africa Business Reporting Awards. The awards, initiated in 2004 by Diageo, awards excellence in journalism and recognises individuals and organisations reporting on business activity in Africa. This year's panelists were drawn from the media, business, government and development sectors. Read more >>
Advertisement: Mediatech Africa 2009 - South Africa's broadcast, media, entertainment and AV trade fair - comes as the industry prepares to capitalise on the opportunities presented by the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Read more >>
The Directorate General for Development of the European Commission confirmed on Friday, 13 March its interest to have the African Press Organisation (APO) organise six press video conferences related to Africa. The African Press Organisation is a partner of PressVideoconference. Read more >>
Mobile
 CASABLANCA: Zain has entered into a 50/50 partnership with Al Ajial Investment Fund Holding (Al Ajial) investing through a joint venture, Zain Al Ajial an amount of MAD2.850 billion (US$324 million) in return for 31% of Wana Corporate SA (Wana), the third mobile telecom operator in Morocco. Read more >>
Online Media
 [Sindy Peters] South African weblog Glad to be a Girl has won the Best African Blog award at the 2009 Weblog Awards held at the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW) Festival in Austin, Texas, US, it was announced yesterday, Monday, 16 March, 2009. The annual non-profit ceremony awards bloggers worldwide. Read more >>
Advertisement: NIGERIA Justin Hartman to present at BarCamp NigeriaSouth Africa's Justin Hartman will be speaking at the BarCamp being hosted in Lagos, Nigeria. BarCamp is an international network of user-generated conferences open, participatory workshop events, with content provided by participants. BarCamps Nigeria will take place on Saturday, 25 April, 2009. Hartman is the MD and co-founder of Afrigator - an African social media aggregator and blog directory. He will be presenting the new open source Afrigator offering at the BarCamp. For more about BarCamp Nigeria, go to www.barcampnigeria.com.
Production
 The Africa in Motion film festival (AiM), which takes place annually in October at Edinburgh Filmhouse, Scotland, is calling for entries for the AiM 2009 Short Film Competition. Young and emerging African filmmakers are encouraged to submit their work for the annual competition. Read more >>
Recruitment
BRUSSELS: According to a new report released by the World Bank MENA region, global demographic developments will lead to greater labour and job mobility in the coming decades. The report titled, "Shaping the Future: A Long Term Perspective of People and Job Mobility for the Middle East and North Africa", predicts that by 2050, the declining labour force in some regions could reach a total of 215 million workers while other regions may experience an increase in excess of 500 million. Read more >>
Retail
As part of the build-up activities towards the 2009 “Trade & Investment Africa” Exhibition and Congress, Thebe Exhibitions and Projects will be hosting the first of five African country focus seminars on 20 March, 2009 at the Michelangelo Hotel in Sandton, South Africa. Read more >>
The second NEPAD Business Foundation (NBF) Ithuba Business Forum was held on Thursday, 12 March 2009, in Sandton. The forum is a platform created to stimulate interaction and discussion between project owners and promoters on the one hand, and other interested parties such as investors, contractors and service providers. Read more >>
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Advertising
 Golo (Mozambique), Joe Public (South Africa), LV Ogilvy (Reunion-France), Executive Center and Orion (both from Angola), sabiOne.com (England) and McCann Ericksson (Portugal) have expressed their interest in taking part in the 4th Maputo International Advertising Festival. Read more >>
Public Relations
Inyathelo - The South African Institute for Advancement has appointed Quo Vadis Communications to handle its media liaison and public relations with effect from 1 March 2009. Read more >>
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