AFRICA

Business and corruption: making ethics pay off

The United Nations Global Compact is an initiative to encourage businesses to voluntarily adhere to ethical standards. Launched in 2000, the initiative now has about 7,700 participants, including 297 firms in Africa. Africa Renewal spoke with executive director Georg Kell about the Compact's anti-corruption work. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

Zim: Imago Advertising loses accreditation

[Dumisani Ndlela] Beleaguered advertising agency, Imago Advertising, formerly Imago Young & Rubicam, has lost its accreditation after failing to extricate itself from huge debts incurred from a campaign on behalf of President Robert Mugabe of ZANU-PF in 2008. Read more >>

AFRICA

2010 Loeries Battle of the Bands open for entries

All agency- and industry-related bands can enter the 2010 Loeries Battle of the Bands and the five shortlisted bands will perform on stage on Friday, 1 October 2010. The night will kick off at 8pm and there will be prizes for the winners from Heineken, Backsberg, Red Bull and Glaceau. Read more >>

AFRICA

Facebook scammers spreading fake 'Dislike' button

SAN FRANCISCO: Computer security firm Sophos on Monday (16 August 2010) warned that scammers are duping Facebook users with a bogus "Dislike" button that slips malicious software onto machines. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Fall in entries for Digital Loeries points to adoption issues

[Herman Manson: @marklives] Wading through the near endless amount of PR on the digital transformation and seamless integration of digital into the advertising world, it must be a little disconcerting for Clint Bryce, chairman of both the Digital and Online Advertising judging panels of the 2010 Loerie awards, to see entries in these categories decline this year in spite of steady growth in online ad spend. Read more >>

AFRICA

BuzzCity, BOLTT to provide mobile ad content in Africa

Mobile browser, BOLTT has signed an agreement with BuzzCity, a mobile media company that offers access to a global advertising network on the mobile internet. The partnership will see the mobile browser delivering mobile advertising content to its users. Read more >>

UGANDA

ZK Advertising tops Uganda PR awards

[Walter Wafula] Ugandan marketing and media management firm, ZK Advertising, emerged the Overall Winner of the 2010 Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU) Excellence Awards in Kampala last Friday, 13 August. ZK also won the Media Management Award. Read more >>

NORTH AFRICA

Food cartels feast on Ramadan profits

[Cam McGrath] CAIRO: Opportunistic food traders have been blamed for soaring food prices across the Middle East that have added a financial burden on families observing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Read more >>

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Southern Africa: Women traders "blocked" from the "big business"

[Servaas van den Bosch] WINDHOEK: "Africans do not believe women can do big business," fumes Zambian trader Angelica Rumsey. She is referring to the routine harassment of women traders by border officials throughout the southern African region but her statement is also reflected in the nature of goods on display at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Women in Business Trade Fair in Windhoek from 12-18 August 2010. Read more >>

WEST AFRICA

Gabonese NGO decries effects of mining

LIBREVILLE: Irradiation, river pollution and low fish stocks are among the effects noted of mining in Gabon by the non-governmental organisation Brainforest in an investigation published on Monday (16 August 2010). Read more >>

THE NETHERLANDS

Unilever renews Time Warner tie-up

[Josh Colley, M&M , creamglobal.com] ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS: Unilever has extended its deal with Time Warner for product promotion across multiple global platforms. Read more >>