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2010 FIFA World Cup
 [Proffesor Ndawonde] JOHANNESBURG: Local Organising Committee chief executive officer, Danny Jordaan, has urged the international media to stop sensationalising the issue of theft and security during the FIFA Confederations Cup. Read more >>Eventing
 The 2009 Australia Africa Business Council International Trade and Investment Conference will be held over three days from 6 - 8 September 2009 at Sea World on Queensland's Gold Coast, Australia. The major sponsor for this year's conference is the Queensland government. Read more >>Media
 The IFJ is carrying out a review of changing conditions in journalism. It has a daily monitoring service and is planning a conference on the challenges facing journalism unions later this year. Read more >> JOHANNESBURG: The number one priority of Telkom is to improve business in Nigeria, the telecommunications giant said on Tuesday, 23 June 2009. Read more >>Mobile
According to Newsclip, in the digital age, additional communication tools need to be taken into account, and one of the major communication areas identified for growth in 2009 is mobile. Read more >>Advertisement: The banking sector in Africa, particularly in Nigeria and Kenya, are implementing call centres for the first time. It is interesting to consider why they are doing this now, when banks in South Africa and other parts of the world embraced the call centre revolution 10-15 years ago. Read more >>Online Media
 [Khanyi Magubane] Recordings of rarely heard traditional African music collected over a period of 50 years by music historian Hugh Tracey are now available to anyone on earth via the internet. The International Library of African Music (Ilam), based at Rhodes University in the Eastern Cape, is in the process of digitising the music, which Tracey recorded in the southern, eastern and central regions of Africa. Read more >>Research
A team of students has set up a free editing service to assist researchers in developing countries trying to get published in international journals. The university students who come from Canada, Europe and the United States aim to provide detailed editorial feedback in keeping with the standards of international journals. Read more >>Retail
[Miriam Mannak] CAPE TOWN: Attempts to alleviate poverty and hunger and boost African economies are futile if the needs and potential of small-scale farmers in the region are ignored and the issue of trade barriers remains unaddressed. Read more >> NAIROBI: Africa's regional trading blocs have developed a new strategic partnership to boost the continent's exports. Read more >>[Alison Walkley] With the help of Envirotrade, a company helping rural African communities generate carbon credits, Africa will be able to earn billions of dollars that developed countries have been collecting for years. As the continent contributing the least to climate change yet suffering the majority of its effects, Envirotrade aims to gain the finances the continent is due. Read more >>
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