MALAWI

Malawi: ABJ cautions media practitioners

[Gregory Gondwe] The Association of Business Journalists (ABJ) has become the only journalist grouping that has cautioned media practitioners to verify materials they get before publishing stories in the face of accusations by President Bingu wa Mutharika that some media outlets are publishing lies to discredit his government. Read more >>

UGANDA

Uganda targets wealthy European investors

[Walter Wafula] Uganda is set to pursue at least 200 wealthy international investors operating in Europe, at the Uganda-United Kingdom Investment Forum taking place on 15 September 2010, at the Barbican Centre in London. Read more >>

AFRICA

Africa lags behind on broadband access

A new United Nations report reveals that Africa significantly lags behind the rest of the world in providing affordable broadband access to its population. The UN released new statistics last Thursday, 2 September 2010, revealing a global disparity in fixed broadband access and cost ahead of this month's review of the Millennium Development Goals in New York. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

CIOs play a key role in security says Kaspersky Lab

Africa brings unique experiences and visions to IT and security. Read more >>

AFRICA

Making the best use of tech - IFRA Expo 2010

The 2010 IFRA Expo kicks off in Hamburg, Germany next month from 4-6 October. The global trade exhibition for the news publishing industry plans to present the latest technologies and creative initiatives and show participants present how to best use them. Read more >>

AFRICA

Partners, sponsors for Mobile Web in Africa 2010 announced

LONDON: all amber, organiser of Mobile Web in Africa 2010, has announced additional partners and sponsors for the second annual event which takes place 28 September - 1 October 2010. Nokia and BlackBerry have both agreed to sponsorship packages joining Opera Software, InMobi Africa, the World Wide Web Foundation, MobileMonday, the W3C Mobile Web Initiative and Venture Capital for Africa in partnering with all amber. Read more >>

AFRICA

Nimbuzz planning African mobile launch

[Jeremy Daniel: Memeburn Editor] Nimbuzz, the mobile social messaging service, may not be particularly well-known in Africa at this point. But all that is about to change, according to Tobias Kemper, the general manager of Nimbuzz Inc. USA, who spoke to Memeburn about his vision for the company and the various ways Nimbuzz is used around the world. Read more >>

AFRICA

Zim to push foreigners out of retail sector

[Dumisani Ndlela] The Zimbabwe government has capitulated to demands from the affirmative action group (AAG) and has moved to outlaw foreigners from the domestic retail sector. Read more >>

AFRICA

Outcomes from the African Green Revolution Forum

ACCRA, GHANA: Closing the inaugural African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Accra, Ghana, AGRF chair, Kofi Annan, praised the efforts of public and private institutions, development organisations, the donor community and farmers, to accelerate the green revolution in Africa. Read more >>

AFRICA

Engen expands into Africa

Engen Petroleum, a South African petroleum marketing company has signed Share Purchase Agreements for Chevron's downstream interests in seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands. Read more >>

MALAWI

Malawians react to BBC EPL commentary rights

[Gregory Gondwe] Football followers in Malawi have questioned the BBC World Service for securing rights to carry out commentary of the Barclays Premier League matches in French, Hausa, Portuguese and Somali which are not so common in the country. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

Festival of Media LatAm: Enter NOW!

MIAMI, US: The first Festival of Media LatAm will celebrate the creativity and innovative thinking that is at the heart of media communications across the LatAm region with an inaugural Award - The Festival of Media LatAm Campaign of the Year Award 2010. And it's time to enter. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

Quark and Snap launch the first private-label version of QuarkPromote.com

DENVER, US: Quark has announced that it has launched the first private-label version of QuarkPromote.com (www.quarkpromote.com) with Snap (www.snap.com.au), a leading printing franchise in Australia. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

CMO teams up with Planet Oi'

PALO ALTO, US: The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council recently announced a partnership with Planet Oi', an innovator in mobile social media marketing, to explore where and how companies can embrace mobile relationship marketing (MRM) platforms to improve customer insight, interaction, loyalty, repeat purchase and word-of-mouth advocacy. Read more >>