NIGERIA

The art of investing in Nigeria

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Despite facing serious challenges which include, among others, organised crime, 419 scam, corruption, power issues, instability in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, Nigerian authorities believe their country's market-size coupled with endless business opportunities make an African ‘heaven' for investment. Read more >>

AFRICA

Malta Guinness commercial for Africa released

CAPE TOWN: Creative agency Saatchi & Saatchi Cape Town this week announced the release of a music video TV commercial for Malta Guinness, which forms part of its marketing communication campaign in Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya and Tanzania. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Internet, HD TV, boosted by Altech-Seacom alliance

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] With the FIFA 2010 World Cup fast approaching and the growing requirements of African economies, demand for digital content and high-speed internet access have dramatically surged, prompting technology companies Allied Technologies (Altech) and Seacom to join forces to acquire bandwidth capacity on two cable systems in the aim of increasing the market's supply at low-cost. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Top speakers for Mobile Web Africa conference

Prominent figures from the local and international mobile industry are part of the lineup of the inaugural Mobile Web Africa conference, taking place 13 - 14 October 2009 in Johannesburg. Sponsored by Vodacom's The Grid, Samsung, Nokia and Cellsmart, the two-day forum will tackle all the different aspects required to allow the full potential of the mobile Internet and mobile applications to be realised on the continent. Read more >>

AFRICA

CNN launches online CNN Wire Store

CNN, earlier this week, announced the launch of a commercial self-service online storefront of its wire stories, enabling journalists, publishers and media organisations worldwide to license CNN story content through a web-based service. Read more >>

AFRICA

CNN, most extensive cross-platform audience reach - survey

LONDON: According to Synovate's European Media and Marketing Survey, CNN has the most extensive cross-platform reach among other international commercial television news networks. The survey measured daily, weekly and monthly audience reach among the main income earners in the top 20% of Europe's households by income from January to December 2008. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

Zim retailers sideline wholesalers as competition intensifies

[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's retail players are circumventing wholesalers in the country's supply chain as retail competition in the country intensifies. Retailers are seeking direct relationships with manufacturers in order to cut prices and keep customers in a highly competitive market. Read more >>

AFRICA

Africa: "Why surrender market to subsidised European goods?"

[Nasseem Ackbarally] PORT LOUIS: "Why should we surrender ourselves to the invasion of highly subsidised European goods? What will be the impact of capital outflows because of strategic services such as telecommunication, port, energy and water services being liberalised and privatised in the interest of European companies?" Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Cashbuild targets rural areas for expansion

[Thabang Mokopanele] Building materials retailer Cashbuild, which is reaping rewards for opening stores in rural areas, expects to spend R200m on opening 10 new stores and refurbishing old ones this year. Read more >>

CENTRAL AFRICA

BBA boosts subscribers for Multichoice Malawi

[Gregory Gondwe] Big Brother Africa (BBA) Revolution has beaten English Premiership football matches in wooing customers for Multichoice Malawi, a feat the company has never achieved ever since its inauguration in Malawi in 1998. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Nigerian television at 50: Challenges of digitalisation

[Desmond Ekeh] Next week, broadcasters in the country will clink glasses of champagne to celebrate the golden jubilee of television in Nigeria, and indeed the African continent. Africa's first television station, Western Nigerian Television (WNTV) was established in 1959. From that year, television-broadcasting spread massively across Nigeria motivated by two main factors: politics and education. Read more >>