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[Claire Ngozo] LILONGWE: You will find Beauty Kasonda on her campaign trail at funerals, weddings, church functions or just about any local gathering in her community. Kasonda does not have the sort of funding her male counterparts have for campaigning in the country's November 2010 elections but she is not letting that stop her. Read more >> 2010 FIFA World Cup
 [Nthambeleni Gabara] PRETORIA: The legacy of the 2010 FIFA World Cup is being established across Africa through a unique concept called Youth Zones. Read more >>Advertising
 The Loerie Awards has announced the TV Crafts judging panel for the 2010 awards. TV Crafts categories include Art Direction, Animation and Special Visual Effects, Cinematography, Direction, Editing, Original Music and Sound Design, and Writing for TV and Cinema. Read more >>Digital
[Mark Kaigwa] Kenya is abuzz right now. The outlook for technology and innovation in Africa has never been brighter, and Kenya is positioning itself strategically in anticipation of a wave of groundbreaking web and mobile emerging market products and services. The resources being put into the Kenyan IT sector currently demonstrate how seriously the country is taking the challenge to become Africa's innovation hub. Read more >> Eventing
PRETORIA: President Barack Obama is meeting 115 young African leaders to discuss "their vision for Africa for the next 50 years" and to help craft innovative solutions to regional challenges. Read more >>Advertisement:
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An international press freedom group has denounced the closure of around 30 news media outlets by Rwandan authorities ahead of a presidential election set for next week. Read more >>Mobile
 [Gregory Gondwe] Zain Malawi, which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of India's Bharti Airtel, has announced the appointment of Saulos Chilima as the new MD of the company. Chilima is the first Malawian to head Zain Malawi ever since it arrived in the country as Celtel. Read more >>Advertisement:
 TV: On Demand - a new offering for Vodacom's 3G subscribers, was launched yesterday (3 August 2010) with a promise to bring popular television shows and music videos to the mobile screen. Read more >>Research
[Carole Kimutai] With just hours before Kenya's constitution referendum to be held on 4 August 2010, research has cited the media as the main source of information about the contents of the proposed constitution. Read more >> Retail
[Miriam Mannak] CAPE TOWN: Thailand and other major rice exporting countries are at risk of losing Africa as an important trading partner if they raise their rice prices. Half of the 10 million tons of rice exported by Thailand last year went to Africa. Nigeria, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire and South Africa were among the main buyers of rice in Africa. Read more >> [Michael Bleby] Pretender to the South African beer crown brandhouse suffered a knock yesterday (Monday, 2 August 2010), when the advertising watchdog knocked back most parts of a complaint it made against local king South African Breweries (SAB). Read more >> [Isolda Agazzi] GENEVA: While some believe that restrictions on natural resource exports should be done away with, this could cause an increase in such exports that would be detrimental to the environment and bad for development. Read more >>  NUREMBERG, GERMANY: Germans are keener now on travelling than ever before, with sales from bookings higher than in any other summer season over the past few years. Cuts in the price of vacations are bolstering booking behaviour. Read more >>
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