AFRICA

Avnic Trading renamed Garmin Distribution Africa

JOHANNESBURG: Avnic Trading, the official distributor of Garmin products in Southern Africa, has changed its name to Garmin Distribution Africa with immediate effect. According to Richard Fearon, CEO of the company, the organisation will continue to operate with its existing organisational structure in place, and no changes will be made to the executive team.

AFRICA

Africa Gathering announces dates, launches site

LONDON: The organisers of Africa Gathering, the results-driven meeting series, have announced 2010 dates and launched a new website. The event hosts technophiles, entrepreneurs and innovators who discuss positive change in sustainable development, technology, social networking, health, education, environment and good governance in Africa. Read more >>

EAST AFRICA

Ethiopia jails editor whose paper challenged Zenawi

NEW YORK: An Ethiopian judge sentenced a journalist to prison on Friday, 29 January 2010, in connection with a January 2008 column that criticised Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's statements about religious affairs in Ethiopia, according to local journalists. Read more >>

AFRICA

IFJ releases 2009 violence against media report

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Monday, 1 February 2010, issued its report on journalists and media workers who died in the exercise of journalism in 2009. The report provides detailed information of media killings, including 32 victims of a single massacre in Maguindanao, the Philippines, last November. Read more >>

AFRICA

Zain shortlisted in new GSMA Awards category

[Gregory Gondwe] Zain Malawi has announced that its mother company Zain, has been shortlisted in the Global System for Mobile communications Association's (GSMA) new category for its annual GSMA awards. The winner for the award will be unveiled at the mobile communications event, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday, 16 February 2010. Read more >>

AFRICA

Worldwide messaging revenues continue rise

According to the 4th edition of Portio Research's report ‘Mobile Messaging Futures', despite the recent worldwide economic downturn during the last two years mobile messaging revenues continue to rise and the sector as a whole looks to be in excellent health. Read more >>

UGANDA

Yampe eyes one million readers

[Walter Wafula] Yampe, a new local dialect newspaper in Uganda is set to increase its circulation to 5,000 copies per month this year to meet increasing demand from its readers, according to the proprietor. Yampe is named after the Lufumbira language word for “informer.” Read more >>

NORTH AFRICA

2010 Autumn Trade Fair to surpass records - OITE

MUSCAT: The Autumn Trade Fair (ATF) in Oman will take place from 24 March to 2 April 2010 at the Oman International Exhibition Centre. ATF 2010 currently has over 400 confirmed exhibitors from countries including Pakistan, Syria, UAE, Egypt, Yemen, Kuwait and Malaysia. Read more >>

AFRICA

Uganda to host 2010 AgriBusiness Forum

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, has been announced as the host city for the 2010 edition of the AgriBusiness Forum. The EMRC Agribusiness Forum 2010 will focus on the theme of “Food Security: a Business Opportunity” with the overall aim of boosting the African agro-food sector through the design, planning and implementation of diverse agricultural projects. Read more >>

AFRICA

Changes in tax afoot as Africa's commercial potential rises

[James McKerrell] The extent to which companies in Africa have complied with information archiving, retrieval and management to meet statutory requirements will become more apparent as the continent measures the impact of a more mature tax system. Read more >>

AFRICA

BBC launches news channels for Middle East, Africa

BBC World News have launched three news programmes aimed at Middle East and African audiences, set to air on the channel from February 2010. The Hub with Nik Gowing, World News Today with Zeinab Badawi and Business Edition with Tanya Beckett will focus primarily on Middle East and African audiences. Read more >>