AFRICA

Africa needs new image to boost tourism - experts

[Walter Wafula] For tourism in Africa to boom, there is a need for multiple stakeholders to aggressively exhibit the continents' beautiful natural sites and market the heritage of its people to the world, experts said at the 2009 Africa-Asia Business Forum in Kampala held from 15 - 17 June 2009. Read more >>

AFRICA

Entry deadline for 2009 Pentawards extended

The final deadline for entering the Pentawards 2009 has been extended to Wednesday, 24 June 2009, with no late fee. According to the organisers, due to the very large number of participants over the past few days, the company's server has encountered technical problems and registration has not been possible. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Gateway Communications wins 2009 GTB Award for Innovation

LONDON: Gateway Communications, a supplier of telecommunications services across Africa, on Tuesday, 16 June 2009 won the award for Wireless Network Infrastructure Innovation in partnership with vendor, Cambridge Broadband Networks at the 2009 GTB Innovation Awards held in London. Read more >>

KENYA

US students help bring Internet to rural Africa

[Nicole Casal Moore] Residents of rural Kenya now have email accounts and Internet access thanks in part to the work of engineering students at the University of Michigan, USA who enabled satellite-based services at three locations in the country. Their work was supported by Google. Read more >>

EGYPT

E-library boost in Egypt

In Egypt, efforts to widen access to scientific material have been boosted by the launch of a US$60,000 digital library. The library, launched in June, boasts locally-produced research, and provides the Egyptian community with discounted journals by leading US scientific societies. Read more >>

AFRICA

2009 Ai Index Series Awards nominations open

JOHANNESBURG: Africa investor (Ai), an international investment research and communication group, yesterday, 18 June 2009 announced the call for nominations for the 2009 Africa investor Index Series Awards. The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on 21 September 2009 in New York, USA. Read more >>

WEST AFRICA

Gambian journalists charged with sedition

NEW YORK: A magistrate in the Gambian capital, Banjul, on Thursday, 18 June 2009 charged seven journalists with sedition for criticising President Yahya Jammeh's televised comments about the unsolved 2004 murder of editor Deyda Hydara, their defense lawyer said. Read more >>

AFRICA

Mobile to improve African weather monitoring

The Global Humanitarian Forum and its president, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, together with Ericsson, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), mobile telecommunications company Zain, and the Earth Institute at Columbia University, yesterday, 18 June 2009, announced a major initiative, dubbed "Weather Info for All". Its aim is to improve Africa's weather monitoring network. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Econet moves to block Zain Nigeria's sale

Econet Wireless Group (EWG) has started moves to block Zain's sale of its interests in Zain Nigeria until ruling on a dispute over ownership of the company is passed. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

Zim: Land Rover brand alive despite UK firm pull-out

[Dumisani Ndlela] A local motor vehicle firm claims it has saved the Land Rover brand in Zimbabwe from collapse, despite being ditched by the British firm over the country's political crisis. Read more >>

AFRICA

World Economic Forum a success, says Cabinet

[Neo Semono] CAPE TOWN: The hosting of the 19th World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa, which attracted over 800 participants from 50 countries, has been described as a success by the South African Cabinet. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Morocco begins massive port project - I-Net Bridge - AFP

TANGIERS: Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Wednesday, 17 June 2009, attended a ceremony to mark the start of a project to create one of the biggest ports in Africa and the Mediterranean. The €825-million Tangier Med 2 port, in the north of the country, has financial support from a host of countries, including France and Italy. The country's economy minister, Salaheddine Mezouar, said the first phase of the project should be finished by 2014 and will be around the size of 80 football pitches.

AFRICA

Africa: What will we eat in the future?

JOHANNESBURG: It will take at least ten years to develop a variety of staple grain that will survive in the climates caused by global warming in most parts of Africa, and the continent has less than two decades in which to do it, warn the authors of a new study. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Starfish Mobile kicks off 2009 Confederations Cup mobile trivia game with MTN Swaziland - Starfish Mobile

With the kick-off of the much anticipated FIFA 2009 Confederations Cup, Starfish Mobile has teamed up with MTN Swaziland in launching the “Send Me To The Soccer Competition” promotion to test the local fans' general knowledge soccer skills. Read more >>