UGANDA

Uganda: CBS resumes broadcasting

KAMPALA: CBS radio station in Uganda resumed normal broadcasting late last week after being closed for a year.The Ugandan government closed four radio stations amid rioting in Kampala in September 2009. Read more >>

AFRICA

[IMCC] "Out-imagine your competition" - Dan Pinch

[Sindy Peters: Africa editor] PR and marketing departments need to work together to generate creative ideas. This is the opinion of both social media expert Dan Pinch and Bizcommunity's own Chris Moerdyk, keynote speakers on day one of the two-day 2010 Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) Conference. The event began today, Wednesday, 27 October 2010, in Cape Town at the Crystal Towers Hotel and Spa. Read more >>

MALAWI

Malawi: Roofhouse Advertising appointed Zain/Airtel account

[Gregory Gondwe] Roofhouse Advertising has taken over the Zain Malawi account from ZK Advertising, which will soon rebrand to Bharti Airtel Malawi. According to Frank Phiri, ZK Advertising PR strategist, the ZK group has managed the Celtel/Zain account since 2005 across Africa. Read more >>

UGANDA

Superbrands unveils business association in Uganda

[Walter Wafula] Superbrands East Africa, an affiliate of London-based Superbrands UK, has unveiled an association for CEOs in Uganda. The Superbrands CEO's Club aims to become a regular forum for business leaders in Uganda to meet and discuss pertinent issues affecting their corporations and the economic environment in East Africa. Read more >>

AFRICA

Internet access is critical for Africa

[Penwell Dlamini] Broadband access can be used as a developmental tool in Africa, a summit heard on Friday (22 October 2010). Kunbi Oguneye, chief executive of Nigerian Internet solutions provider Suburban Telecom, spoke to Sowetan at the Infrastructure Projects Summit organised by African investor at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. Read more >>

AFRICA

Africa's tech explosion promises economic growth

[Staff reporter] Ask web entrepreneur Stefan Magdalinski why he moved from London to Cape Town two years ago, and he points to a map that illustrates the technological revolution reshaping Africa. Read more >>

EAST AFRICA

NMG to expand to Rwanda, Burundi

[Staff reporter] Kenya-based Nation Media Group, with operations in Uganda and Tanzania, is set to expand to Rwanda and Burundi in a move to serve the wider East Africa community market. The plan was announced in Kampala by Wilfred Kiboro the chairman at NMG at the cross-listing of the Nation shares on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE). Read more >>

AFRICA

Timothy Balding resigns WAN-IFRA post

Timothy Balding, director general for Global Affairs of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has left the organisation. Balding had been CEO of the World Association of Newspapers before the July 2009 merger of WAN with IFRA, the news publishing service and research organisation. Read more >>

AFRICA

MTN on 2010 AfricaCom Awards shortlist

MTN has been shortlisted for multiple awards in four categories at AfricaCom 2010, the annual telecoms conference in Africa, to be held in Cape Town, 10-11 November 2010. Read more >>

AFRICA

MMA appoints 2011 EMEA board members

The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has announced its new board of directors for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The election of the new board members comes after over a month of nominations in which more than 200 members voted. Read more >>

AFRICA

Google Baraza launches in Africa

Google has launched a new question and answer service across Africa that will also be integrated into search results on Google Search. Google Bazara, which means 'taskforce' or 'council' in Swahili, offers user-generated advice on almost any topic. Users can create profiles, send messages, follow others, rate answers and receive points for asking and answering. Read more >>

MOROCCO

UNESCO Rabat publishes gender equality guide

RABAT: The UNESCO office in Rabat has launched a new guide to help radio owners, managers and producers to create gender-sensitive content and to reduce stereotyping in their productions. The publication is part of its 2010-2013 strategy to advance gender equality in media content of the Maghreb countries. Read more >>

RUSSIA

Russia has most engaged social networking audience worldwide

MOSCOW, RUSSIA: comScore, Inc recently released a study of internet usage in Russia based on August 2010 data from the comScore Media Metrix service. The study revealed that Russians are the heaviest social networkers worldwide in terms of time spent per user and that Yandex is the leading property in the Russian Federation. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

One Show call for entries

NEW YORK, US: One show has called for entries into the One Show Entertainment, One Show Interactive, One Show and One Show Design awards taking place in New York from 9-13 May 2011. Read more >>