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 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA: African businesses can become far more competitive, but African governments and their international partners will need to improve access to finance, resist pressure to erect trade barriers, upgrade infrastructure, improve healthcare and educational systems and strengthen institutions, according to the World Bank 2009 Africa Competitiveness Report released on Wednesday, 10 June 2009. Read more >>Advertisement: CRM
The recession is inflicting damage on companies in numerous ways, but it is also creating new opportunities in some niches, according to various reports covering the information technology (IT) sector. Read more >>Digital
 [Lesley Stones] Internet company iBurst has appointed Ian Halliday as its MD, replacing Alan Knott-Craig, who announced his resignation in April. Read more >>The long-awaited East African Marine System (TEAMS) fibre optic undersea cable, expected to cut telecommunications costs across the continent, has officially been launched in Kenya. Read more >>Education and Training
LONDON: africapractice is launching a one-day Africa Immersion programme, aimed at providing senior executives with an insightful overview of the continent. The workshop plans to look at socioeconomic statistics, facts and data as well as anecdotes and practical experiences on the continent. Read more >>Media
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Tuesday, 16 June 2009, for Gambia's national security agency to release seven journalists it arrested on Monday, 15 June. The detainees include leaders of the country's press union and editors of newspapers that published a union press release criticising President Yahya Jammeh's recent comments about the unsolved 2004 murder of editor Deyda Hydara. Read more >>Mobile
 [Lesley Stones] Telecoms analysts at well-respected research house AfricaNext say they are “mildly surprised” by news that the mobile operator Zain may be selling its African operations, but it would be understandable if the speculated fee of US$12bn proved to be correct. Read more >>[Kea' Modimoeng] The telecoms market in Africa is on the rise and continues to show positive growth despite the global financial crisis. This is according to a study conducted by consultancy Detecon International in Europe and Africa. Read more >> Retail
 ASMARA: Doran Ali Osman, administrator of Rahaita, one of the most southerly villages on Eritrea's Red Sea coast, zips up his jacket as the wind tugs at his clothes. He has water on his mind. The villagers, who depend on fish, crops and livestock farming to earn a living, have to cope with less and less rainfall. Read more >>TV
 Tun Van Rijswijck, chief operating officer of Broadcasting Centre Europe (BCE) will be attending the Africa Future TV Conference 2009. The event is scheduled for 3 - 4 August 2009 at the Sandton Sun in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read more >>
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