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[Dumisani Ndlela] The Marketers Association of Zimbabwe (MAZ), formed at the height of Zimbabwe's economic crisis in 2007, has unveiled its vision and goals to the public, promising to host its first ever convention before the end of the year. Read more >> Advertising
 Ogilvy Cape Town has recently won an international project in a three-way pitch held in Casablanca, Morocco for a new global brand under the Coca-Cola umbrella. The new brand is to be revealed during the launch in North and West Africa later this year. Read more >>Digital
[Yolandé Stander] Warnings have been issued to the public on cyber criminals who are using the latest information technology - especially popular social networking platforms - to gain access to personal information and commit fraud. Read more >> Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania are to receive US$151 million from the World Bank to improve their communication sectors. The funding is part of a wider project aimed at linking eastern and southern Africa to reliable and high-capacity communication services. Read more >>Education and Training
Nairobi: Kenya's Minister of Education said this week that the country's e-learning concept will be “Proudly Kenyan.” Professor Sam Ongeri told media that they had rejcted foreign concepts in favour of locally-devised ones to digitalise the country's education system. Read more >>Magazines
[Walter Wafula] After selling his works to other publications for 14 years at an “unfair value”, Natty Dread Barbara is moving into selling and marketing his works through his own publication he has named Top Events. Read more >> Online Media
During the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas this year, All Africa Poker used social media networking tools to communicate with fans with up-to-date news. All Africa used WSOP to launch and test its online communication strategy. Read more >>Recruitment
[Carole Kimutai] Kenya will soon have certified public managers, should a law regulating the practice of management be passed by parliament. This means that anyone bearing the title of 'manager' will need to be certified. The Bill titled, The Kenya Institute of Management Bill 2009, will among other things register practicing managers and bind them to a code of conduct. Read more >> Research
 [Janine Erasmus] The 57th session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) takes place at the International Convention Centre in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, from 16 - 22 August 2009, under the theme, "Statistics: Our past, present and future". This is the first time in the ISI's 122-year-old history that the gathering takes place on sub-Saharan African soil. Read more >>Retail
[Gregory Gondwe] As a shortage of foreign currency threatens to derail Malawi's economic growth, authorities have clamped down on illegal dealers of foreign currency with the court fining a Chinese national who was caught trying to smuggle out thousands of US dollars and arresting two local businessmen found in possession of fake foreign currencies. Read more >> [Molly Slothower] The urban poor have been hit the hardest by the global hunger epidemic, which has been fueled by the ongoing food, economic, financial, and environmental crises. Read more >> NAIROBI: The US should rethink subsidies for American farmers and relax stringent market rules, among other measures, to encourage trade in agricultural commodities from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), says an advocacy group. Read more >>Research
Vision Africa, a full-service marketing and stakeholder research company, has completed the fieldwork for its MediaMetrics study that measures media penetration, consumption and preferences in Namibia. Read more >>
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