AFRICA

2010 Kick-off Celebration artist lineup announced

JOHANNESBURG: Control Room, global music events producer, and FIFA, announced today, Wednesday, 17 March 2010, the first group of musicians confirmed to perform at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Kick-off Celebration Concert. Global artists will perform at the event taking place the night before the first match at 8pm (GMT+2) on 10 June at the newly-renovated Orlando Stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg. Read more >>

AFRICA

Airlines deny price-fixing allegations

CAPE TOWN: South African Airways (SAA) and sister airline SA Express have both distanced themselves from price collusion allegations ahead of this year's FIFA World Cup. Read more >>

AFRICA

Dubai Lynx announces Integrated shortlist

DUBAI: Dubai Lynx has released the last of the shortlists for this year's awards. Nine entries have been shortlisted in the Integrated category. The winners of all categories will be announced tonight, 17 March 2010 at the Dubai Lynx Awards ceremony and dinner, taking place at The Palladium in Dubai Media City. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Loeries 2010 to be largest spectacle ever (in Woodstock), promises Human

[Herman Manson] The Loeries 2010 Call for Entries campaign launches today, Monday, 15 March 2010. Loeries CEO Andrew Human discusses this years' campaign theme, rule changes, 'pro-active' work and what's in store for the biggest (advertising) event of the year. [poll] Read more >>

AFRICA

Festival of Media announces keynote speakers

The keynote speakers at the fourth annual Festival of Media have been announced. The lineup includes founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales. The event will be hosted 18 - 20 April 2010 in Valencia, Spain and will also feature a lineup of business leaders from the global communications and advertising industry. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Africa: less than 1 million country domain sites - survey

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The latest revelation that Africa has less than 1 million country domain websites is a sign that the continent still favours priorities such as poverty eradication, land redistribution, basic health care, clean water and education, among others, ahead of developing its technological capacities. Vika Mpisane, GM of .ZADNA, made the revelation during the presentation of .za market research survey yesterday, Tuesday, 16 March 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg. Read more >>

AFRICA

Africa Online boss decries high operation fees

[Walter Wafula] Regulators of Africa's information and communication technology sectors have been advised to cut back the high fees charged on operation licenses to boost the penetration of internet communication on the continent. Read more >>

WEST AFRICA

New partnership for WAFICT 2010

IT & Telecoms Digest have partnered with the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), based in London, to organise the 2nd annual West African ICT Congress (WAFICT). The event, to be hosted in Lagos, Nigeria from 1 - 3 June 2010, will be held in conjunction with the West African Telecommunications (WAfriTel) exhibition and conference and the Nigerian ICT Business Solutions Expo (NISE). Read more >>

AFRICA

WAN-IFRA condemns detention of Iranian journalists

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has condemned the continued imprisonment of Iranian journalist Emad Baghi and what it deems repressive measures employed by the state to silence critical publications. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

Zim: State-owned newspapers in the red despite monopoly

[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's state-owned newspapers performed dismally last year despite enjoying a virtual monopoly on the daily news market, recording an operational loss of US$329 000 during the year to 31 December 2009. Read more >>

AFRICA

Few will pay for news sites

WASHINGTON: The good news for traditional US news organisations? Their websites are popular. The bad news? Few news consumers click on ads and hardly any are prepared to pay for news online. Read more >>

AFRICA

Other African countries to gain SA's CA brand

[Sue Blaine] SA's chartered accountant (CA) brand is growing in sub-Saharan Africa and the country's professional body is working with Zambia and Lesotho to bring these countries into the South African CA examination system. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Win a car a day with Nigeria's Bid2Win mobile campaign - Starfish Mobile

Glo, Nigeria's second biggest mobile operator with over 25 million subscribers, has partnered with Africa's biggest mobile value added services company, Starfish Mobile, to launch one of the biggest and most innovative mobile operator promotions ever run in that region. Read more >>