SOUTHERN AFRICA

Spotlight on Kingdom of Lesotho

[Tshepiso Seopa] The textile and clothing industry has grown significantly over the past few years, and has helped with investments and job creation, in Lesotho. There are still however many investment opportunities in the knit fabric mills, laundry facilities, electronic and electrical appliances, call centre and diamond mining industries. Read more >>

AFRICA

Piracy delays Seacom launch date

According to Seacom, an increase in pirate activity during April and May 2009, in terms of intensity and geographical coverage, has resulted in a delay in the undersea cable installation plans. The ready-for-service date has been postponed from 27 June to 23 July . Read more >>

NIGERIA

MTI Nigeria reports positive results

Nigeria's Mass Telecom Innovation (MTI) Plc has released a positive set of results for the first quarter of the year ending 31 March 2009. Read more >>

AFRICA

BICS, MTN combine carrier services

Belgacom International Carrier Service (BICS) and the MTN Group have announced the combining of their international carrier services, resulting in MTN holding an equity stake in BICS. The current shareholders of Belgacom ICS now include MTN, Belgacom and Swisscom. Read more >>

KENYA

Safaricom launches Kenya's first mobile internet portal

Safaricom has launched Kenya's first mobile internet portal, a service that will enable Safaricom subscribers get fast access to both local and international content on their mobile phones. Read more >>

AFRICA

WAN, IFRA merge into global organisation

Effective 1 July 2009, the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and INCA-FIEJ Research Association (IFRA), both international associations for print and digital news publishing, will merge into a new organisation; the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

MIPCOM 2009 launches programme to help producers

A new 2009 programme entitled Rethinking the Production Business has been launched in order to help producers to find funding, new revenue streams and partners, MIPCOM announced yesterday, Thursday, 25 June 2009. Read more >>

CENTRAL AFRICA

Mutharika likens Malawi economy to ‘Asian Tigers'

[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika likened the run-away Malawi economy to that of the ‘Asian Tigers' of Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Singapore and Malaysia in his state of the nation address when he opened the 41st parliament session on Tuesday, 23 June 2009. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

Zimbabwe: The bad news of a relatively good maize harvest

JOHANNESBURG: A more than two fold increase in Zimbabwe's production of its staple, maize, in 2009 will not be enough to rid the country of food insecurity. Read more >>

ZAMBIA

Economy-Zambia: Hard times on the Copperbelt

[Kelvin Kachingwe] LUANSHYA: Nowhere in Zambia is the impact of the global financial crisis being felt harder than in the copper and cobalt-rich province of the Copperbelt. Read more >>

AFRICA

MTV targets African teen market

JOHANNESBURG: MTV Networks Africa (MTVNA) plans to introduce a range of on- and off-air initiatives designed to broaden the appeal of its African music TV channel, MTV base, to the African teen market. Read more >>