MOZAMBIQUE

2009 Maputo International Ad Festival deadline looms

The 4th Maputo International Advertising Festival, will take place from 25 - 27 May 2009. The event is promoted by AMEP - the Mozambican Association of Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations companies. Numerous agencies have confirmed their participation. Read more >>

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Mia Telecoms introduces Samsung Ubigate iBG series in sub-Saharan Africa

Mia Telecoms, distributor of Samsung telecommunication and PABX equipment in sub-Saharan Africa, has introduced the Samsung Ubigate iBG series. The Ubigate iBG series is a converged data, voice, security and mobility enterprise networking platform. Read more >>

UGANDA

Japan automakers energise direct marketing in Uganda

[Walter Wafula] Japanese online car dealers are becoming more aggressive in selling off their cars to people in Uganda, in the wake of the economic crisis. The most aggressive marketers include; Japan Auto Trade, Click n Buy and Pick n Buy24. Read more >>

AFRICA

2009 CNN Multichoice African Journalist finalists

The finalists in the 14th CNN MultiChoice African Journalist competition were announced on Tuesday, 12 May 2009, by Azubuike Ishiekwene, chair of the independent judging panel. The competition received 836 entries from 38 countries, including French- and Portuguese- speaking Africa. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

Zimbabwe: Laws used to "criminalise journalism", minister

HARARE: A senior Zimbabwean government official has admitted that laws passed by the previous administration were still being used to "criminalise journalism" and needed to be changed, after two more journalists were arrested earlier this week. Read more >>

BOTSWANA

Botswana: Publishers challenge Media Practitioners Act in court

Botswana publishers, on 6 May 2009, registered a statutory notice with the attorney general and the Ministry of Communications Science and Technology, challenging the Media Practitioners Act of 2008. Read more >>

EAST AFRICA

Four journalists injured in press conference shelling

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has called on warring sides in Mogadishu to cease hostilities and respect the journalists' rights to do their job without being harmed as the fighting in Mogadishu resulted in four journalists being wounded in a shelling on 10 May, 2009. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Gateway to expand Etisalat footprint in Nigeria

LONDON: Gateway Communications has been appointed to provide Etisalat with cellular backhaul for its Nigerian mobile network. The deal, worth US$6 million over a two-year term, aims to connect three major cities in Nigeria. Read more >>

WEST AFRICA

Mali: How to boost spending on children in a global recession?

DAKAR: In an effort to safeguard and even bolster spending for children and health during a global recession, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) opened a three-day forum on national poverty in Mali's capital, Bamako, on 12 May, 2009. Read more >>

MOZAMBIQUE

Mozambique: Researchers ponder value of cash transfers

[Mercedes Sayagues] MAPUTO: Their mud huts perch precariously on the eroded, high embankment of the Zambezi river, in the provincial capital of Tete, in central Mozambique. But watching their homes be washed away by erosion or floods is just another risk for the residents of Matundo and Matheus Sansao Muthemba bairros. Their lives are as precarious as their homes. Read more >>

AFRICA

HiTV forms consortium to bid for EPL Rights in Africa

HiTV, an African digital satellite operator, on12 May 2009, announced its intention to acquire the broadcast rights to the English Premier League for the African continent alongside 11 other pay-TV operators in Africa. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Alliance Media scoops award for best outdoor advertising company in Namibia - Alliance Media

Alliance Media was awarded the highest possible ranking, the Gold Award for being the best outdoor advertising company in Namibia, at the prestigious PMR Awards ceremony in Windhoek last week. Read more >>