AFRICA

CMO Council launches Getting a Business Lift from Loyalty

The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council has launched a new authority leadership program to audit and assess where and how companies can better leverage their loyalty investments through improved member profiling, targeting, personalisation and relevant and timely offer delivery across all channels of customer communication. Read more >>

AFRICA

MTV base calls on designers, doodlers

MTV base is calling designers to enter a creative project in assembling an African Urban Dictionary using flash cards that will compile a deck. Each card will be individually designed by artists with the aim of connecting with the youth culture across Africa. Read more >>

AFRICA

IPS Africa puts gender on the agenda

Keynote speaker at Inter Press Service (IPS) Africa's public forum discussion to mark Africa Day on Monday, 25 May 2009 will be South African editor, Ferial Haffajee. Read more >>

AFRICA

APO, Africa-Asia Business Forum 2009 media partner

The African Press Organisation (APO) announced on Wednesday, 20 May 2009 that it has been selected as one of the media partners of the 5th Africa-Asia Business Forum (AABF V) taking place from 15 - 17 June 2009, in Kampala, Uganda. Read more >>

CENTRAL AFRICA

Malawi: Radio shut down and staff arrested for election coverage

Reporters Without Borders expressed its concern after the closure, on Tuesday, 19 May 2009, of privately owned opposition Joy Radio and the arrest of four staff, two of them journalists, accused of breaking election rules. Read more >>

AFRICA

Increasing American investments into Africa - US study

WASHINGTON: American corporations are becoming increasingly interested in investing in Africa, with some regarding it as the last big growth market, but they are often deterred by Africa's negative image, a new study shows. Read more >>

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Food security and agriculture: SADC ministers meet

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Ministers of Agriculture of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) met at the Hilton Hotel in Johannesburg, yesterday, Thursday, 21 May 2009, to discuss the way forward amid the global economic downturn that has strained their respective economies and now threatens the region's food security and agriculture production. Read more >>

AFRICA

Partnerships needed to upgrade Africa's roads

[Chris Bathembu] JOHANNESBURG: Public-private partnerships are key to addressing some of the challenges facing Africa's transport network. Development Bank of Southern Africa transport advisory unit representative, Peter Copley, highlighted the importance of partnerships to upgrade the continent's roads at the Africa Roads Conference on Wednesday, 20 May 2009. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

IMF urges Zim to tackle challenges in banking sector

HARARE: A visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) technical delegation has expressed confidence in Zimbabwe's Short Term Emergency Recovery Plan (STERP), but would like the challenges facing the banking sector to be addressed. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Erin Burnett broadcasts live from Lagos

CNBC US anchor, Erin Burnett, will be broadcasting her worldwide programmes from the West African business hub in Lagos, on Thursday, 21 May 2009 between 1pm ­ and 4pm CAT. Burnett is anchor of "Street Signs" and co-anchor of "Squawk on the Street" on CNBC. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Town course set for June and July - Quo Vadis Communications

Vacancies still exist for the Quo Vadis Organisational Communications course being held in Cape Town in mid year. The course runs over six days in June and July. Read more >>