AFRICA

Malawi's AGOA exports tumble

[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's exports to the US through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) have fallen for the last two years and government has said it will jack up its actions to improve the situation. Read more >>

GHANA

Publicis opens doors for business in Ghana

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Publicis Worldwide has announced the opening of a new agency in Ghana - currently alleged to be one of the fastest growing economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more >>

KENYA

Kenya's TEAMS on schedule

[Carole Kimutai] The East Africa Marine System (TEAMS) fibre optic cable will be launched this Friday, 12 June 2009, as scheduled, by President Mwai Kibaki. Read more >>

AFRICA

Zain's African arm 'put up for sale'

[Lesley Stones] The Pan-African cellular operator, Zain, has reportedly been put up for sale by its Kuwaiti parent MTC, four years after a bidding war saw MTN miss out on the chance to buy the network for itself. Read more >>

CENTRAL AFRICA

Malawi's mobile phone rates highest in the region

[Gregory Gondwe] Information Communication Association of Malawi (ICTAM) interim President Derek Lakudzala has observed that Malawi's mobile phone tariffs are too high in Malawi as compared to other countries in the region. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

State-owned daily says sales on the mend

[Dumisani Ndlela] The state-controlled Zimbabwe Newspapers Group (Zimpapers) said circulation for its daily newspaper The Herald had recovered, going up from 8 000 copies sold daily last year to 30 000 copies since the economy was dollarized this year. However, group CEO, Justin Mutasa, said further increase in circulation depended on newsprint supplies from Mondi in South Africa. Read more >>

CENTRAL AFRICA

Court orders police to vacate Joy Radio premises

[Gregory Gondwe] The Magistrate Court in Blantyre yesterday, 9 June 2009, ordered the Malawi Police Service to vacate Joy FM Radio premises it has been ‘guarding' since last month. Read more >>

UGANDA

Radio One tops Uganda's Superbrands

[Walter Wafula] Radio One a local FM station, has been named the leading brand in Uganda according to a Survey carried out by brand analysis company Superbrands East Africa, a division of Superbrands United Kingdom. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Global economic crisis to dominate WEF

[Neo Semono] Whether Africa will escape the global financial crunch unharmed will be the big question on African leaders' minds as they begin arriving in Cape Town for the 19th World Economic Forum (WEF). Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Manufacturers of slimline lightboxes and snap frames - Display Mania

Despite the onset of the global recession Display Mania is still moving forward in developing new products, i.e. the slimline lightbox and the brand-new econo fabri frame which can also be illuminated. Read more >>