Goodbye to the digital divide?The 2009 edition of Trends in Newsrooms was released last week and apart from looking at ways in which to integrate new media into the newsroom it also looks at the role the internet plays in African journalism. Africa isn't quite as online as the rest of the world and while the internet may herald numerous advantages in the profession, the lack of access for a majority of the African population makes plugging those interesting new techniques difficult. Hopefully though, the switching on of Seacom may hasten the progress of the digital age on the continent. Seacom went live last Thursday, 23 July 2009 with a demonstration to show off the capacity, quality of bandwidth and connectivity the network could provide. Various countries on the African east coast were witness to the potential advantages of Seacom. Is it time to bid farewell to the digital divide? The new fibre-optic network is proclaimed to be faster and at the same time cheaper; we still hold our collective breath in anticipation to see whether all the hype is actually justifiable. Cheers! Sindy Peters, Content manager Send all your Africa marketing news to africanews@bizcommunity.com. Today's top stories
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The Durban Film Office (DFO) and the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) last week presented plans to hold an international film co-production market on the African continent, the Durban FilmMart. Read more >>Media
Journalists from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Mauritania can apply for a prize that aims to promote investigation and research of political, economic, social and cultural issues. Read more >>The World Editors Forum (WEF) released its annual media survey last week, Trends in Newsrooms 2009. The publication contains reports and ideas on the media today, including ideas on multimedia development and integration. Read more >>Mobile
Cellular network operator, Econet Wireless Global (EWG), said on Thursday, 23 July 2009 that it had reached a three-year upgrade and expansion agreement with telecommunications group Ericsson to increase capacity for voice and data traffic in Zimbabwe. Read more >>NAIROBI: Listed telecoms firm, Safaricom has said the orders given by President Mwai Kibaki for the registration of all mobile phone subscribers can only be achieved with the necessary legal framework in place. Read more >>MTN on Thursday, 23 July 2009, said it has launched its Mobile Money offering in Ghana. Read more >>Research
The University of Ibadan in Nigeria is hosting a methodological workshop from 24 - 28 August 2009 for Nigerian students and researchers interested in infusing their writing with qualitative data. Read more >>Retail
[ArĂ£o Valoi] MAPUTO: Economic growth in Mozambique will remain at "comfortable" levels despite the slowdown caused by the crisis, reflected in the reduction of state exports and revenues, said the Portuguese Bank, BPI, on his report published in Maputo on 20 July 2009. Read more >> Entrepreneurs living in the United States with businesses back in sub-Saharan Africa have been given the opportunity to vie for a portion of a US$1.5 million grant offered by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Western Union, and the African-based EcoBank. Read more >>TV
BAUCHI: Zain Nigeria presented prizes to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University and its team that represented the country in the 32nd international inter-university Zain Africa Challenge: Battle of Brains organised by Zain. Read more >>AFRICA Seacom goes live "Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages." - Terry Pratchett
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