AFRICA

Africa, the real victor of World Cup - UN

NEW YORK: The United Nations has hailed the 2010 World Cup as a great success for the government and people of the host nation South Africa, as well as the entire African continent, adding that the event also served as a vital tool to promote development and peace. Read more >>

AFRICA

MTN facts, figures during 2010

MTN, the first African global sponsor of the FIFA World Cup, showcased the network and its products and services during the sporting event. According to the mobile service provider, all through the tournament, the network carried approximately one terabyte of traffic in locations like stadia, airports, and fan parks. Read more >>

AFRICA

Watching the World Cup in Europe

[South African Civil Society Information Service] The FIFA headquarters are nestled into a secluded spot on the hill overlooking Zurich, one of the richest cities in the world. Here a glass of Coke will cost you R60 (US$8) at a restaurant. The city, set around a lake with snow capped mountains in the background, is picture perfect in a chocolate-box kind of way. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Nedbank achieves carbon neutrality goal

Following Nedbank's announcement in September 2009 of its commitment to work towards carbon neutrality, it announced on 13 July 2010 that it has achieved this goal. Read more >>

AFRICA

Ghana hosts Connecting Rural Communities Africa 2010 Forum

ACCRA, GHANA: The Connecting Rural Communities Africa 2010 Forum will be hosted by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) from the 17-19 August in Accra, Ghana. The theme for the fifth annual event is 'Effective governance, transparent public services and citizen empowerment through information and communication technologies'. Read more >>

AFRICA

Vodadome hosts 2010 Africa Photographic Awards ceremony

The inaugural Africa Photographic Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, 12 August 2010, at the Vodadome (Vodaworld) in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Official proceedings will commence at 7pm and will include a cocktail dinner with a cash bar and live entertainment. For more information, go to www.africaphotographicawards.com.

EAST AFRICA

Mikateko Media ventures into East Africa

Mikateko Media, the South African 54% black-owned and controlled publishing company, has signed Safaricom, the East African telecommunications service provider and will produce The Option, a quarterly publication, which will go out to 100 000 Safaricom customers. Read more >>

MALAWI

Mutharika appoints head of merged TVM, MBC

[Gregory Gondwe] President Bingu wa Mutharika has ended growing speculation by appointing former acting director general of the defunct Malawi Television (TVM), Bright Malopa, director general of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) which will now be running the state-controlled television services and two radio stations. Read more >>

AFRICA

ARC essay contest deadline draws near

WASHINGTON, DC: The National Peace Corps Association's (NPCA) Africa Rural Connect (ARC) essay contest with the World Policy Journal on Africa food security closes for entries on 31 July 2010. Essays identifying innovative solutions to the problem of food insecurity in the rural regions of Africa are invited for submission. Read more >>

KENYA

Kenya launches SMS service to report hate speech

Kenya launched a free text message service on Wednesday (14 July 2010) which allows the public to report examples of hate speech ahead of a constitutional referendum in August. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission said it will monitor the service and respond to hate speech reported to the free SMS number (6397) within 12 hours. Read more >>

AFRICA

Emerging markets drive mobile subscriptions over the five billion mark

Last week marked yet another milestone in communications when the five billionth mobile subscription was added to the count, thanks largely to emerging markets like China, India, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Austere times as SA, African consumers cut luxury goods spend

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] As the global economic recovery gets off to a slow, uneven start, 45% of South African consumers say they will be restricting their purchases on 'essential' expenses, and in the process cutting down on luxury goods in the next six months, according to a MasterCard Worldwide survey released today, 15 July 2010. The number of Nigerian and Moroccan consumers planning to increase spending on luxury goods has also decreased, according to the survey. Read more >>

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Zim contends with strong rand to avoid food shortage

[Dumisani Ndlela] To control or not to control food imports from South Africa has become the single major headache for the Zimbabwe government, now facing spiralling inflation after a disinflationary period in 2009. Read more >>