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 The Loerie Awards will this year publish tables of the top brands, top agencies, and top production companies, listing the top agencies in advertising, communication design, experiential marketing and digital media. The Loeries has invited over 150 specialists, including three world creative leaders to review over 3,000 pieces of work. Read more >>Digital
 SEACOM, a provider of submarine fibre-optic cable connecting communication carriers in South and East Africa, on Tuesday (20 July 2010) confirmed that repairs for its faulty undersea cable line between Mumbai and Mombasa were on track for completion by the end of the week, having originally gone down on July 5. Read more >>Eventing
[Walter Wafula] Innovative public sector departments in Africa are set to be honoured for their work and strategic partnerships during the second phase of the All Africa Public Sector Innovation Awards that opened yesterday, Tuesday, 20 July 2010. Read more >> Advertisement:
PRETORIA: The 15th Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union (AU) got underway in Kampala, Uganda, on Monday (19 July 2010), under the theme 'Maternal, infant and child health and development in Africa'. Read more >>Media
The African Press Organisation (APO) announced on Monday, 19 July 2010, the signing of a Headquarters Agreement with Senegal. The agreement marks the official transfer of APO's headquarters from Lausanne, Switzerland to Dakar, Senegal. Read more >> Pius Njawé, 57, who received the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers' (WAN-IFRA) highest accolade, the Golden Pen of Freedom, in 1993 for his outstanding work in promoting an independent press in Cameroon, was killed on 13 July 2010 while in the US. In a tribute to his courage and achievements, WAN-IFRA described him as "an authentic and truly rare hero" in the struggle for press freedom in Africa. Read more >>Mobile
[Jeremy Daniel] The user interface employed by mobile phones has not adapted sufficiently to accommodate the communication needs of the average user in the 21st Century. But help is at hand from social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter that can serve as inspiration for designers of handheld devices looking to improve on the way we communicate. Read more >> Advertisement:
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NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the apparent censorship of Al-Mawkif, an opposition weekly belonging to the Progressive Democratic Party in Tunisia. Rachid Khechana, Al-Mawkif editor-in-chief, told CPJ that 10,000 copies of the newspaper's Friday edition disappeared from newsstands, apparently confiscated by security agents. Read more >>Research
[Dumisani Ndlela] Newspaper readership slumped across the board during the second quarter (Q2) of the year, largely reflecting a liquidity crunch triggered by the dollarisation of the country's economy last year, according to the 2010 Zimbabwe All Media Products and Services Survey (ZAMPS). Read more >> Retail
Medine Property is developing the first shopping mall for the west coast of Mauritius in a joint venture with international partners Retail Africa and GIMCO. Read more >>The international body that regulates the global trade of diamonds decided on Thursday (15 July 2010) to allow Zimbabwe to resume limited sales from its controversial Marange fields. Read more >> JOHANNESBURG, SA: At least 35 countries will be represented by the 337 companies exhibiting at the Southern African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX) from 25 to 27 July. Many will be there as part of trade delegations from participating nations or regions. Under the auspices of embassies and trade federations, exhibitors will present a rich variety of products reflecting key exports of these countries. Read more >> NEW YORK, US: YouTube and the Art Directors Club ( www.adcglobal.org) have selected the latest round of new content for the YouTube Show & Tell brand channel, and announced the next group of top agency creatives and strategists to provide written and video reviews and commentary on the work. Read more >>
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