ZIMBABWE

Zim: Media freedom violations continue

HARARE: Nevanji Madanhire, the editor of the Harare-based weekly The Standard, was arrested on Tuesday, 30 November 2010. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for his immediate release. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

Zim: Michael Hogg buys CM&A Ogilvy

[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwean marketing guru Michael Hogg, who sold his advertising agency in 2005, has staged a phenomenal come back after a surprise acquisition of CM&A Ogilvy from Barker McCormac Ogilvy & Mather. Bizcommunity has learnt that the transaction was completed last week and Hogg had already assumed the position of CEO and was re-organising CM&A. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Non-FIFA firms biggest advertisers

[Chantelle Benjamin] The biggest spenders on advertising in SA leading up to and including the World Cup were companies that did not have links with FIFA, according to research by Nielsen. Read more >>

WEST AFRICA

West Africa hosts first Cybercrime Summit

ABUJA: The first West Africa Cybercrime Summit in Abuja, Nigeria came to a close yesterday, 2 December 2010. The three-day summit themed 'The fight against cybercrime: towards innovative and sustainable economic development', was co-sponsored by Western Union. Read more >>

EGYPT

Egyptian government to train 20 African journalists

[Walter Wafula] The Egyptian government has offered scholarships to 20 African journalists including one Ugandan, to sharpen their news reporting skills. Read more >>

EGYPT

Mobinil, Alcatel-Lucent introduce mobile ad service

PARIS / CAIRO: Egypt's Mobinil and Alcatel-Lucent have entered into a partnership that will see the mobile provider's subscribers receiving interactive advertising in line with their personal interests. Read more >>

EGYPT

Facebook gets caught up in Egypt's media crackdown

[Danny O'Brien] As CPJ has previously documented, journalists in Egypt have faced a deterioration in press freedom in the run-up to the presidential vote on Saturday. Editors have been fired, TV shows suspended, and regulations over SMS texting suddenly tightened. Read more >>

GHANA

Google launches online marketplace for Ghana

ACCRA: Google announced yesterday, 2 December 2010, the launch of Google Trader for Ghana highlighting the entrepreneurial opportunities presented by the internet. Trader is a free online classifieds service that allows Ghanaians to buy and sell products and services, as well as search for jobs among other things. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

Meikles to rebrand TM Supermarkets into Pick n Pay

[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's Meikles group has agreed to allow Pick n Pay to rebrand TM Supermarkets after a deal in which the South African retailer will shore up its shareholding in the supermarket chain to 49%. Read more >>

AFRICA

DTT migration: lessons from an African perspective

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] As winds of technological change continue to sweep across the African broadcasting landscape, setting the stage for the digital terrestrial television (DTT) explosion to phase out the outdated analogue system, DTT service providers' excitement mounts as they prepare to enter the world's most untapped digital space. Read more >>

MALAWI

Multichoice Malawi introduces on-demand facility

[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's sole provider of digital satellite television services MultiChoice Malawi has launched a high-definition PVR decoder which will enable viewers to watch their favourite programmes on demand. Read more >>

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Dubai Lynx now open for delegate registrations

DUBAI, UAE: The 4th Dubai International Advertising Festival, the festival and awards for creative advertising and communications in the Middle East and Africa, is now open for delegate registrations. Read more >>

AUSTRIA

World Newspaper Congress, WEF link to 2011 IFRA Expo

VIENNA, AUSTRIA: Following the success of the World Editors Forum, held with the IFRA Expo in Hamburg in October, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has decided to hold both the Editors Forum and the World Newspaper Congress alongside the Expo in Vienna in 2011. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Record high for new car sales

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] November new-car sales in South Africa were 29,6% up on the corresponding month in 2009 - and it was also the month in which the most cars were sold this year. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

MK Awards 2011 nominations announced

Thirteen MK Awards categories and 61 nominees were announced live on Studio1 on MK, Channel 324 on DStv at 20h00 yesterday. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Kings of Leon SA tour dates

[Ruth Cooper] I was chatting with a friend the other day about the rather lame live acts to be heading SA's way, ahem: Beach Boys, Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer, all rather faded stars and has-beens, and we were saying how great it would be if Kings of Leon would pay a visit. Well it seems like our prayers have been answered and raspy Kings of Leon will be hitting our shores in March next year. Read more >>