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 The 2009 Loerie Awards will be screened at the Labia in Cape Town, South Africa from Friday, 24 September - Sunday, 3 October 2010. The 2010 winners showreel will be screened from 4-7 October. Admission is free. Read more >>Advertisement:
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[Carole Kimutai] Safaricom and Huawei Technologies have signed a three year strategic partnership that will see Safaricom use Huawei as its vendor of choice for the supply of its core network requirements, and roll out of the 4G network, at a cost of KSh12 billion. Read more >> Media
 KAMPALA: Over 70 firms are expected to participate in this year's second annual Media Expo and Marketing Summit in Kampala, Uganda. The event is scheduled for 22-23 October 2010 at the Imperial Royale Hotel. Read more >> Highway Africa training manager, Moagisi Letlhaku, and a group of journalists from the Highway Africa Network, will be attending the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) taking place in Accra, Ghana from 2-4 September 2010. Read more >>[Tom Foremski: In Silicon Valley] How much media content should I produce? As a professional journalist this has been a question that I've struggled with over the past five years since leaving the Financial Times. Read more >> Mobile
 [Gregory Gondwe] Zain Malawi has reduced the charges for some of its services and products. The company has launched discounted tariff rates by 46% from peak-hour as well as reduced sim-card prices by 35%. Read more >>Advertisement:
 MTN Zakhele shares opened for sale to the public on 30 August 2010. For details and to collect copies of the prospectus, prospective Black investors may go to their local Post Office or MTN outlets throughout South Africa. The public offer was launched at the MTN Service Centre in Protea Gardens Mall in Soweto, Johannesburg. Read more >>Public Relations
DAKAR, SENEGAL: The African Press Organisation, a distributor of press releases related to Africa, announced on Wednesday, 1 September 2010, its decision to stop providing services to the Republic of Gabon. Read more >>Retail
[Dumisani Ndlela] One of Zimbabwe's leading retailers has become the first to report that it had been negatively impacted by a government ban on the import of poultry and milk products to protect struggling domestic industries. Read more >> Sponsorship
 Neo Africa has become an official partner of the Virgin Active Sport Industry Awards 2011 to be held on 17 February 2011 at Emperors Palace, Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg. Read more >> NEW YORK, US: BBDO has topped the YoungGuns Top 10 rankings of the most Awarded Networks of the past decade, making it the number one network in the world for emerging and young creatives. The Top 10 Networks ranking identifies the global marketing groups that have produced the most awarded creative talent in the 10 years since the YoungGuns were founded. Read more >> [Grant Hunter] Vogue could be described as nothing more than a glossy catalogue. Every fashion ad follows the same formula. Sexy models draped in a fashion house's latest range, shot and styled by a big name photographer and finished off with the logo. However, the print ads confirm the prestige of the brand. Read more >>
 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Ambulances, notepaper, kitchen appliances and milk are white. White is not a sexy colour, certainly not for cars - except if it is the Frozen White that Ford has chosen as one of the special colours for its sizzling new Focus RS. Read more >>
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World Tourism Day will take place on 27 September 2010 and the theme this year is Tourism and Biodiversity. A variety of Cape Town competitions, specials, give-aways and events will unfold throughout the month. Read more >>
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 [Jordan Scott] A masterpiece. A work of art. An emotional journey. These are just a few things that come to mind when thinking of Woyzeck. The play was originally written by Georg Buchner in 1834 and was the first play in which the main characters were from the working class. It has now been transformed into a contemporary performance based in the African landscape. Read more >>
 [Ruth Cooper] Yay for South Africa! It's always good to see quality acts starting to make a little stir internationally and, even though it is a rather rare phenomenon, it seems to be becoming at least a little more common. What with the World Cup hoopla and acts like Die Antwoord spreading their zefness, it seems the rest of the world might be acquiring a taste for the eclectic SA flavour. The latest act to get some foreign love is the talented musician Spoek Mathambo. Read more >>
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