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Africa, a winning nation Africa has been recognising its successful media practitioners and businesses of late with numerous awards being handed out across the continent. Econet Wireless walked away last week with the much contested Zimbabwe Superbrand Award with Coca-Cola and Spar not trailing too far behind. While the project is currently not affiliated to Superbrands International, a partnership could be on the cards.
Airtel and MISA Malawi also dished out awards last week to a number of journalists in the country in a story writing and presentation competition regarding the MTV Africa Music Awards. In Kenya Tell-Em Public Relations was awarded the PR Campaign of the Year Award at the 2010 Public Relation's Society of Kenya (PRSK) Awards for its 2010 FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour with Coca-Cola in Kenya campaign. Kenya's National Bureau of Statistics picked up an international award for the 2009 Kenya National Population and Housing Census campaign in the 2010 IPRA Golden World Awards. Congratulations to all the winners on your well-deserved prizes! Viva Africa, viva, Sindy Peters, Africa editor Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive. Send all your Africa marketing news africanews@bizcommunity.com. Today's top stories
Special focus on media freedom
NEW YORK: Ivorian authorities should immediately lift a ban imposed Thursday (2 December 2010) on France-based news broadcasters covering the contested presidential election, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Read more >> |
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HARARE: Reporters Without Borders welcomed last week's release of The Standard editor Nevanji Madanhire after he had been detained for about 24 hours in Harare's Rhodesville police station. 
SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Thursday (2 December 2010) unveiled new tactics to thwart "bad apples" that post or share pirated material on the internet. 
Mediatech Africa will take place at the Coca-Cola dome in Northgate, Johannesburg, South Africa from 20-22 July 2011. The biannual advanced technology trade exhibition will include live demonstrations, workshops and a business matchmaking programme. 
CfC Stanbic Financial Services has launched a real-time online share-trading platform in Kenya that eliminates the need for investors to physically visit the company's offices in order to make their investments, lodge a query, and/or print a statement, contract note, or portfolio valuation. 
Engen, last week, as part of its expansion programme concluded three deals in a batch of seven agreements to acquire some of Chevron's interests in sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands. | International news |
UNITED STATESCMO of Siemens Business Communications to headline CMO summit
PALO ALTO, US: Given today's global and interdependent market, CMOs with extensive multi-national, frontline field experience are ideally positioned to be credible, valued pivot players and go-to resources in the executive suite. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMJana Bennett to join BBC
LONDON, UK: BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has announced the appointment of Jana Bennett as president, Worldwide Networks and Global iPlayer. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMRobert Senior appointed CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi EMEA
Robert Senior has been appointed CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Europe, Middle East and Africa and will take up his new position effective 1 January 2011. Read more >>More International news...
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AFRICAINTOSAI-Donor Cooperation - Rito Consulting
Leading up to the triennial International Congress for the world's Supreme Audit Institutions the Second Steering Committee Meeting between INTOSAIand the Donor Community made important agreements to improve coordination and strengthen capacity support to Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI). Read more >>| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICASafety tips for holiday trips
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The festive season is around the corner when thousands of motorists across South Africa set off on long road trips to their holiday destinations - so now is the right time to make sure that you and your vehicle are adequately prepared to keep your family safe. Read more >>More Motoring news...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICAA sci-fi sweetheart
[Anna-Bet Bester] South African film is at a very interesting crossroads right now. It seems the Apartheid Atrocity well has been tapped dry for the time being, and in the wake of a bazillion dusty eager-to-please bushveld ballads we now find a new generation of South African film makers cutting their teeth on highly conceptual pieces and coming out on top despite numerous challenges, of which funding is the most obvious. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASpreading the Panik
[Ruth Cooper] BizLounge managed to sit the mysterious Jax Panik down for an interview a couple of weeks ago. With the recently released "I Am Jax Panik" album and monumentally increasing fan base, bordering on a cult following, we were keen to gain a little more insight into the Jax Panik movement. Jax Panik, kitted out in his signature mask, was surprisingly candid, chatting about the Jax Panik evolution, germ phobias, and world-domination plans, amongst much more. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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