AFRICA

2010 establishments to register online

CAPE TOWN: Establishments to be used during the 2010 FIFA World Cup will need to register the details of their accommodation booking and listings at Rooms4u.travel. Read more >>

AFRICA

Enough beds for 2010 visitors

CAPE TOWN: Minister of Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk is "confident" that the country has enough accommodation for the 2010 World Cup. Read more >>

AFRICA

ICOM expands into Africa

ROLLINSVILLE, COLORADO: ICOM, a global network of independent advertising and marketing communications agencies, has appointed Gullan&Gullan Advertising, Johannesburg, South Africa, and Noah's Ark Communications, Lagos, Nigeria, to represent the network in their respective countries. Read more >>

AFRICA

Integr8's Sussman, overall African ICT Achiever

Robert Sussman, founder and joint CEO of the Integr8 Group, has been awarded overall individual winner of the African ICT Achiever Awards 2009. The program featured established and recognised service providers within the ICT market, including Accenture, Dimension Data, FNB, IBM and MTN. Read more >>

AFRICA

Nokia Siemens Networks awarded at CommsMEA Awards

Nokia Siemens Networks has been awarded the African Vendor of the Year award at the 2009 CommsMEA Awards. The award was presented in a ceremony on 7 December 2009 in Dubai. Nokia Siemens Networks was given the award based on its achievements with Vodacom Tanzania, Zain Nigeria and Leo Namibia. Read more >>

AFRICA

African focus at Energy Indaba 2010

Dr Latsoucabé Fall, regional manager for Africa of the World Economic Council (WEC) is one of the keynote speakers at the Energy Indaba 2010 that will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg on 24 - 26 February 2010. He will speak on Access to Energy: Empowering Africa's Development. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Nigeria's Akinbode Akinbiyi talks photojournalism

RAP 21, the African Press Network, interviewed award-winning Nigerian photographer Akinbode Akinbiyi to gain insight into the perspective of an African photojournalist when covering or depicting African and world events and into the value of participating in international competitions like those organised by World Press Photo. Read more >>

TANZANIA

Tanzanian journalists re-launch union

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Eastern Africa Journalists Association (EAJA) yesterday, 9 December 2009, welcomed the re-launch of Tanzanian Union of Journalists (TUJ). Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Deadline nears for investigative journalism awards entries

The deadline for entries into the 2010 Daniel Pearl Awards competition is 15 January 2010. The awards honour the world's best cross-border investigative journalism and are given by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a project of the Centre for Public Integrity in Washington, DC. Read more >>

AFRICA

Media partnerships to promote African farmers

Journalists from across the West Africa region recently attended a media workshop in Accra, Ghana, hosted by Inter Press Service (IPS) Africa on behalf of the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

New Zim paper to debut online before print

[Duncan McLeod] Newspaper proprietor Trevor Ncube will launch his new Zimbabwean daily newspaper, NewsDay, on the web six months before the print edition hits the streets. Read more >>

AFRICA

Poorest countries get US$1.3bn boost

WASHINGTON: The World Bank has approved a US$1.3-billion crisis response window for the poorest countries. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Stanbic IBTC, SAA introduce SAA FlexiPay

Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of the Standard Bank Group, has partnered South African Airways (SAA) to launch an e-ticketing solution in Nigeria aimed at reducing travel costs. The launch took place in Lagos, Nigeria. Read more >>

AFRICA

BBC EMEA appoints new VP programming

BBC Worldwide Channels, earlier this week announced the promotion of John Taite to the role of VP programming, EMEA, as well as the creation of three new heads of scheduling roles in the region. Read more >>