ZIMBABWE

Zim: Advertising industry players say the worst is over

[Dumisani Ndlela] Newspaper executives have not yet seen the excitement that characterised yesteryear festive season bumper editions in which publications overflowed with advertisements, but their advertising industry counterparts agree that the market has turned the corner. Read more >>

AFRICA

TEDxJozi hosts first TEDxWomen

TEDxWomen (@tedxjoziwomen) is set for this Friday, 10 December 2010 at The Market Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event, organised by two South African women, creative entrepreneur Yolandi Michaels and IT consultant Jessica Mathekga, aims to provide a global voice to local content on women issues. Read more >>

AFRICA

Five lessons learned from a Vogue Africa dream

[Chuma Kave] Cameroon-born, Paris-based fashion photographer Mario Epanya had a dream: to acquire a licence for the first Vogue Africa. He created several imagined covers for what would be a future African edition of Vogue, courted investors and presented his plan to Conde Nast Publications, the parent company of Vogue magazine. Read more >>

WEST AFRICA

Mobile Web West Africa heads to Lagos in 2011

Mobile Web West Africa, running from 2-3 February 2010 at the Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos, Nigeria, is the third in a series of events organised around Africa focusing on expanding the mobile ecosystem and harnessing the potential of the internet and applications on mobile devices. Read more >>

KENYA

SAT hosts mobile site for Kenya travellers

[Carole Kimutai] South African Tourism (SAT) has turned its marketing sights on the Kenyan market with the launch of a mobile site. Visitors to the mobisite will be required to register which means that they only receive information they are interested in. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Clickatell expands in Nigeria

REDWOOD CITY: Clickatell announced on Monday, 6 December 2010 its agreement with Lagos-based wireless application provider WYDE-I making the mobile lotto results service from Premier Lotto possible. Read more >>

AFRICA

Huawei launches Android smartphone in Africa

Huawei recently announced the African launch of the IDEOSTM U8150, an inexpensive smartphone powered by Android. The device, a new generation and universal-type Android internet handset targeted at young fashionable and trendy people, has been developed by Huawei in close cooperation with Google. Read more >>

EAST AFRICA

Fleishman alliance boosts Tell-Em service muscle

[Walter Wafula] Tell-Em Public Relations, one of East Africa's top communications agencies is experiencing rapid growth on the back of its affiliation with Fleishman-Hillard International Communications. Read more >>

KENYA

What Kenyans do online - Digital Life study

[Carole Kimutai] 60% of Kenya's online users access the internet on their mobile phones. This is according to Digital Life, an online activities and behaviour study that was released on Thursday, 2 December 2010 in Nairobi by TNS Research International. The study was conducted in several Kenya cities; Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu. Eight hundred people were interviewed; 400 online and 400 face-to-face. Read more >>

AFRICA

THISDAY, Ipsos partner for Nigeria 2011 elections

LAGOS: The CEO and chairman of THISDAY, Nduka Obaigbena, and the CEO sub-Saharan Africa of Ipsos, David Somers have signed an exclusivity agreement for political polling leading up to the April 2011 elections in Nigeria. Read more >>

AFRICA

The Banker names Standard Bank best in Africa

The Banker, a global banking and finance industry journal, has named Standard Bank 2010's Best Bank in Africa and best bank in South Africa, Lesotho, Malawi, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Read more >>

GLOBAL

APC stands by WikiLeaks

JOHANNESBURG: The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) has expressed its concern over the recent attempts by governments to limit access to online content recently published by whistleblower website WikiLeaks. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

World Magazine Trends 2010-2011 report published

LONDON, UK: Although the worst effects of the financial crisis seem to be behind us, the recovery for the magazine industry is expected to be slow, according to new data recently released from FIPP from the annual world magazine trends report. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

MCQP goes flower power fabulous

The theme for Mother City Queer Project 2010 is Flower Power. Embrace the swinging 60s and free love. Put some flowers in your hair and slap on a pair of tie-dye underwear, ban the bomb or fight the war and rock out in psychedelic style. MCQP is a dress-up party. No costume too outrageous or revealing ... Read more >>