ZIMBABWE

Zim bank lures football fans in marketing drive

[Dumisani Ndlela] TN Bank has turned on the power of football into a marketing tool by bankrolling a match between Zimbabwe's most popular team, Dynamos FC and the DRC's TP Mazembe on 18 July 2010. Read more >>

AFRICA

World Cup mobisite launched

The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) has launched its 2010 FIFA World Cup website on a mobile platform, allowing fans access to football information from their mobile phones. Read more >>

COTE D'IVOIRE

UNOCI organises 2010 public screenings

ABIDJAN: The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) has organised daily public screenings throughout Côte d'Ivoire matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The public screenings, which began on the 11 June when the tournament kicked off, aim to provide a forum for people to get together, exchange ideas as well as allow UNOCI to inform the population. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Today's the day for Loeries entries

Your time is almost up, but not just yet - you still have until midnight tonight, Friday 18 June 2010, to submit your entries online for The 2010 Loerie Awards. Read more >>

AFRICA

ICT Africa Summit set for Cape Town

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA: The 2010 ICT Africa Summit will be held from 10-12 August at the CTICC (Cape Town International Convention Centre) in Cape Town, South Africa. iKapa Media and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) are the partnered organisers of the event. Read more >>

AFRICA

10 simple ways to grow your Facebook Page

[Rob Dickens] You've finally decided to enter the social media fray and create a Facebook Page for your brand. Fantastic! Since you're fairly web-savvy and it's about as complicated as a monochrome Rubik's Cube, you decide you don't need a social media guru to do it, confident Facebook's simple user interface will guide you through the process. Read more >>

ZAMBIA

AfriConnect Zambia, IPLS sign MoU

Intel Performance Learning Solutions (IPLS) and AfriConnect Zambia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deploy Intel skoool Education Technology Maths and Science modules for the national education system in Zambia. Read more >>

EAST AFRICA

Conflict reporting training for African journalists

PARIS: The 12 journalists, who have variously reported on strife in Northern Uganda, Southern Sudan and Kenya's Rift Valley, participated in a conflict sensitive reporting workshop from 17-21 May 2010 developed and run by the UNESCO-supported Centre for Conflict Sensitive Reporting (CCSR) at Rhodes University. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Digital Marketing Strategy course goes independent

The Digital Marketing Strategy course, offered by Walter Pike's Digital Academy, is to go independent from its next course in July 2010 and will no longer be offered in association with the AAA School of Advertising. Read more >>

AFRICA

Business school to expand in Africa

[Janine Erasmus] The highly regarded University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) is to offer its popular Management Development Programme in a further three African nations - students in Ghana, Kenya and Zimbabwe will soon be able to attend the course, along with their colleagues in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Rhodes to host global conf on journ education

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, will host a three-day global conference on journalism education starting from 5 July 2010, head of school Prof Guy Berger told Bizcommunity.com. So far, 330 delegates - half of them from Africa - have already registered to attend the conference. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

Zim: Mobile networks to disconnect unregistered users

[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's telecoms regulator has given mobile phone users up to 31 August 2010 to register personal details with their operators, failure of which would result in the disconnection of their lines. Read more >>

AFRICA

109 newspapers awarded INCQC membership

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has announced that 109 newspapers in 43 countries have been awarded membership in the International Newspaper Colour Quality Club (INCQC) for 2010 through 2012. Read more >>

AFRICA

APO partner with Baharicom

African Press Organisation (APO), the Africa-related press release distributor, has signed a partnership agreement with Baharicom Development Company, co-builder of the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) cable, for media relations services in support of the Baharicom Philanthropic program. Read more >>

AFRICA

Lessons from social media disasters

[Catherine Parker] Social media is fast gaining acceptance as an effective way to build brand exposure and customers, as well as to improve the customer feedback mechanism. At the same time though, social media platforms can quickly turn into a disaster zone if a consumer is unhappy with a product or service and the business in question doesn't handle the complaint quickly and effectively. Read more >>

AFRICA

Food prices to keep rising

Increasing energy prices and the fast growth of developing countries will cause food commodity prices to rise more than previously expected over the next ten years, according to experts. Read more >>

AFRICA

DISCOP Africa 2010 to focus on content, co-production

LOS ANGELES/PARIS: Organisers of DISCOP Africa 2010 announced yesterday, 16 June that around 120 buyers have registered for the event taking place in Nairobi, Kenya this September. Focus will be on providing African producers access to both the domestic and international marketplace, as organisers report a marked growth in demand from broadcasters looking for quality content from African producers. Read more >>