AFRICA

Ogilvy Africa awarded African Agency Network 2009

Ogilvy Africa was awarded the title of African Agency Network of the year in this year's AdFocus industry review held at The Forum, in Bryanston mid last week. Read more >>

KENYA

Google's Top Searches of 2009: Kenya

Google recently published its 2009 Year-End Zeitgeist which offers a perspective on the year's major events and trends based on global searches, as well as searches conducted in Kenya. Read more >>

AFRICA

US$10,000 for best African entrepreneurial program

Applications are open for the 2009 Pan African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education. The best entrepreneurial education program in Africa will be awarded US$10,000. The competition, run by UK-based education charity Teach a Man to Fish is also offering prizes of US$1,000 for the best entry from each country in Africa. Read more >>

AFRICA

WAN-IFRA elects Gavin O'Reilly as president

Gavin O'Reilly, CEO of Ireland-based Independent News & Media, has been elected the first president of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). O'Reilly, who had been president of WAN until the WAN-IFRA merger in July 2009, was elected president of the organisation at its AGM held during the 62nd World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum in Hyderabad, India. Read more >>

AFRICA

Google asked to respect copyright

The newspaper industry's representative association made an impassioned defense of copyright to Google's chief attorney yesterday, 3 December 2009, at the closing session of the 62nd World Newspaper Congress, World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo, calling for "a more rigorous and unambiguous acceptance" of publishers' rights to decide how their content is used. Read more >>

AFRICA

World press summit heads for Lebanon in 2010

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) yesterday, 3 December 2009, announced Lebanon as the host country of the 63rd World Newspaper Congress, 17th World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo 2010, in Beirut from 7 - 10 June 2010. Read more >>

AFRICA

Nokia pledges support for African developers

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] After an intense three-day hands-on training and conference hosted at the Emperors Palace in Gauteng under the supervision of Nokia Finland, many software developers said they will take home a great deal of knowledge that will boost their careers. And Nokia said it will be with them ‘all the way' to ensure that they become successful in their business. Read more >>

AFRICA

Mi-Fone produces embedded SIM Mobile handset

Mi-Fone, an Africa mobile devices brand has produced an embedded SIM mobile handset. This has been done in conjunction with an unnamed African GSM operator. The Mi205e Embedded SIM handset has a SIM card embedded at factory level. Read more >>

MOZAMBIQUE

Fictional heroes tackle climate change

[Tonya Graham] With the FIFA World Cup just around the corner, a new soccer-themed radio drama on disaster risk reduction and climate change has hit the airwaves in Mozambique, produced by Johannesburg-based CMFD (Community Media for Development) Productions for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) as part of the UN Delivering as One, Joint Programme on Disaster Risk Reduction Project. Read more >>

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Damco expands in Mozambique

Damco plans to open an office in Maputo, Mozambique on 15 December 2009 aiming to improve presence and service levels in South East Africa. Damco has been operating from its existing office in Beira, providing export and import support in Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. Read more >>