AFRICA

Engen launches African Welcome campaign

In the build up to next year's football tournament to be held in South Africa, Engen has launched a TV, radio, print and Internet campaign known as African Welcome. The campaign aims to encourage South Africans to express their support for the 2010 FIFA World Cup under the banner of welcoming the world to Africa. Read more >>

AFRICA

Green Goal 2010 programme kicks-off

[Nthambeleni Gabara] JOHANNESBURG: Green Goal 2010 programme has been launched ahead of the World Cup spectacle to ensure that the event is environmentally friendly. Read more >>

AFRICA

Transport system ready for 2010 - Ndebele

PRETORIA: Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has assured the British public that South Africa's transport sector is ready for the first ever FIFA World Cup on African soil. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Fan fests to take centre stage in 2010

[Dr Nikolaus Eberl] When LOC chief executive Dr Danny Jordaan announced the sites for hosting the official 2010 Fan Fests earlier this week, he referred to the 2006 fan experience at the German fan festivals, saying that “this is where we want to carve the real event experience, outside the stadiums”. Read more >>

AFRICA

MTN signs Copenhagen Communiqué

The MTN Group is one of the latest signatories to the Copenhagen Communiqué on Climate Change. As a signatory to the Copenhagen Communiqué on Climate Change, the MTN Group has joined others in calling for environmentally-friendly practices. Read more >>

AFRICA

Gateway awarded Best African Wholesale Offering

LONDON: Gateway Communications, a supplier of telecommunications services across Africa, earlier this week, was awarded Best African Wholesale Offering for 2009 at Capacity Magazine's Global Wholesale Telecommunications Awards held at Capacity Europe in Amsterdam. Read more >>

KENYA

Kenyan publisher suspends two magazine titles

[Carole Kimutai] East African Magazines (EAM) announced early last week the suspension of Adam and Twende. Adam is slightly over two years in the market and was targeted at the male readership while Twende was a travel magazine. Read more >>

AFRICA

Trevor Ncube appointed AMI co-chair

Trevor Ncube, executive deputy chairman of the South Africa-based Mail & Guardian and founder of the Zimbabwe-based The Standard and The Zimbabwe Independent, has been appointed co-chair of the African Media Initiative (AMI) board. Read more >>

CENTRAL AFRICA

Gender and Media Malawi, MISA intensify gender campaign

LILONGWE: Representatives of MISA-Malawi and Gender and Media Malawi (GEMMA) are to introduce media awards on gender issues. This is one of the resolutions the participants made at a day-long meeting they held at the College of Medicine in Blantyre on 13 November 2009. Read more >>

KENYA

Kenyan journalist nominated for climate change award

[Carole Kimutai] Kenyan journalist Steve Mbogo from the Business Daily newspaper has been nominated as one of the 15 winners of various categories of the Earth Journalism Awards that rewards excellence in climate change reporting. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Stanbic Nigeria completes cocoa financing for ATL

Stanbic IBTC Bank, Nigeria, a member of Standard Bank Group, has completed a US$15m cocoa financing for Agro Traders Limited (ATL) to fund the ATL's procurement of cocoa beans from the 2009/2010 Nigerian cocoa harvest, which it will export to Europe. Read more >>

AFRICA

MXit explores mobile banking in Africa

According to MXit, the mobile social network and instant messenger, globally, mobile banking will become three times more popular than traditional banking by 2011. MXit plans to explore this opportunity as it offers banks in Africa a transaction platform that would eliminate entry barriers including data costs. Read more >>