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2010 FIFA World Cup
 Joe Public has been awarded the FIFA.com account, and tasked to promote and advertise the website on a global scale. Says MD Gareth Leck, "The FIFA New Media team was scouting for a local agency whilst in South Africa during the FIFA Confederations Cup. We are thrilled to be announced as FIFA.com's advertising agency of choice." Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] In anticipation of the world's biggest soccer event due to be held next year in South Africa, FIFA and the Coca-Cola Company have announced yesterday, Monday, 21 September 2009, that the World Cup authentic trophy will tour 86 countries in the world, including 53 African countries. Read more >>As the FIFA 2010 World Cup draws closer, so too do ambushers keen to jump on the marketing bandwagon of South Africa's biggest event. Mike du Toit, director at Bowman Gilfillan Attorneys, Chris de Villiers, executive director of Marketing Association of South Africa (MASA). and Jeremy Sampson, executive chairman of Interbrand Sampson Group, all have strong views on the subject. Read more >>Advertising
 Outdoor advertising companies have been ordered to remove their billboards from all regions in the Tanzanian Roads (Tanroads) reserve after the agency, within the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, appointed two local outdoor companies with exclusive rights for outdoor development across these regions. Read more >>[Desmond Ekeh] If you think your brand - whether product or corporate - needs a marketing communications agency to manage its media and communication demands, think very seriously about it for a long time. Then don't do it. If you have another serious think, and decide you really might need one, you have to decide exactly what you want and what you really want them to do and why. Read more >> Exhibitions
 The Artists of Africa was launched late last week by the City of Johannesburg and the Department of Arts and Culture. VIP's and the media gathered at the Joburg Theatre for a briefing on the official 2010 FIFA World Cup Host City Johannesburg event. Read more >>Media
A journalist at a Nigerian daily newspaper has been shot dead by gunmen at his home in Lagos. Bayo Ohu, an assistant news editor at The Guardian, was shot earlier this week. Read more >>Radio
Earlier this month the Pan African Space Station (PASS) II launched an online radio station, in celebration of Steve Biko. PASS is a 30-day 'music intervention' that takes place online through a freeform music radio station airing live across venues in Cape Town, South Africa. Read more >>[Gregory Gondwe] The Supreme Court in Blantyre has upheld the decision by the High court that Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) pays Joy Radio half of K23m, the total money it lost when the regulation body unlawfully revoked the station's broadcasting licence. Read more >> Retail
[Dumisani Ndlela] Standard Chartered Bank (Zimbabwe), the primary agent for Visa in Zimbabwe, announced the return of Visa this week, noting that it had started issuing bank customers with the cards on request. Read more >> Sponsorship
 Standard Bank has igned an eight-year deal with the Confederation of African Football (CAF). In the new commercial agreement with CAF, Standard Bank has secured sponsorship rights - as the official financial services sponsor - to a number of events and tournaments. Read more >>
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