MALAWI

Malawi: International dignitaries hail journalist acquittal

[Gregory Gondwe] International dignitaries, among them former US president Jimmy Carter and former UN secretary general Kofi Annan have hailed the acquittal of Zodiak online editor Gabriel Kamlomo. Kamlomo was arrested for writing and airing a story on 3 July 2009 while he was editor for Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) a national private radio station in Malawi. Read more >>

AFRICA

WikiLeaks exposés a "wake-up call for powerful regimes" - APC

JOHANNESBURG: The WikiLeaks Cablegate affair is making it clear to governments that they cannot so easily control what is secret and what is not, said Anriette Esterhuysen, executive director of the Association for Progressive Communication (APC). Read more >>

AFRICA

Get more bank for your buck with Adwords

[Yoray Narainpersad] In this article we are going to dive right into it - the best prospects for Adwords and other pay per click (PPC) platforms are those that are one step away from purchasing a product, filling in a form or performing any other call-to-action that you have initiated. Read more >>

AFRICA

Rebranding: a few legal considerations

[Reggie Dlamini] At some point during the lifecycle of most businesses there will come a time when it is considered appropriate to change the corporate image of the business or its flagship brands. This happens for various reasons. Read more >>

AFRICA

Omidyar offers Praekelt Foundation a grant

JOHANNESBURG: Omidyar Network on Tuesday, 7 December 2010 announced an US$825,000 grant to the Praekelt Foundation to support its pioneering use of mobile technology to drive positive social change. Funded through Omidyar Network's Government Transparency investment area, the grant will be used to extend the foundation's mobile technology platforms across Africa. Read more >>

AFRICA

MapIT launches updated MarketScope

MapIT has released an updated version of MarketScope, its location-based business intelligence application, into the local market. The new version has a new look and feel, new functions and enhanced multiple database querying capabilities. Read more >>

KENYA

Kenyan startups jump on the 'Groupon' bandwagon

[Erik Hersman] Groupon has been a massive success in the United States. It's a deal-of-the-day site, with projected revenue of US$500m in just its second year of operations. It uses the framework of "collective buying". Read more >>

AFRICA

Mobile services in Africa predicted to grow strongly

[Thabiso Mochiko] The mobile value-added services market in Africa over the next five years is estimated to grow at a strong compound annual rate of about 20% and generate revenue of more than US$11,5 billion by 2014, according to the latest study by research firm Informa Telecoms & Media. Read more >>

GHANA

MTN ticks infrastructure sharing box in Ghana

Mobile operator MTN Group said on Monday (6 December 2010) that it had delivered on its strategy to embark on an infrastructure sharing initiative through TowerCo Ghana, a joint venture with American Tower Corporation. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

Massmart sells Zim stores to OK Zimbabwe

[Dumisani Ndlela] South Africa's Massmart, a sitting duck for a US$2 billion takeover bid by US retailer Wal-Mart Store Inc., has sold its Zimbabwe unit to retail group, OK Zimbabwe. The deal ends months of speculation over Massmart's planned disposal of Makro Zimbabwe and the identity of the buyer. Read more >>

AFRICA

African allure set to entice global investors

[Zeenat Moorad] Africa's consumer spending is forecast to rise to US$1.4 trillion by 2020, according to a report titled "Lions on the move: The progress and potential of African economies" by management consultancy firm McKinsey & Company. Read more >>

AFRICA

Craft Silicon wins 2010 Africa Awards for entrepreneurship

NAIROBI: Craft Silicon was recently announced the winner of the US$100,000 grand prize of the 2010 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship. Based in Nairobi, Craft Silicon provides software solutions for core banking, microfinance, and electronic and mobile payments in four continents. Read more >>

EUROPE

Eurobest 2010 winners announced

HAMBURG: The winners in the Eurobest 2010 Awards were announced on Wednesday night, 8 December 2010 at the Curio-Haus in Hamburg, Germany. The Interactive Agency of the Year went to DDB Stockholm while Ogilvy France was presented with Agency of the Year. Network of the Year was awarded to DDB. Read more >>

EUROPE

WAN-IFRA launches training centre

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) on Wednesday, 8 December 2010, unveiled plans for its latest centre dedicated to creative innovation, training and research for the newsroom of the future. The International Media Centre (IMC Rhône-Alpes), to be located in Saint-Etienne in east central France, is a joint initiative of WAN-IFRA, Université Jean Monnet and Université Lumière Lyon 2. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Pretty Peugeot: posers' perfect party piece

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] There are many ways of ruffling your partner's hair (and we won't go into the more naughty details here) but the French way, a la its new Peugeot 308 CC, is destined to put an equally happy grin on your face. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

"Dance on all your fours"

[Ruth Cooper] The Plastics latest music video Caves features some sexy dance moves, a la Napoleon Dynamite. Flip, I would like to learn those; imagine how cool it would be to bust those out at an Assembly party one night. Well, you would need to clear the dance floor first, but still ... Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Western Cape reigns supreme at national DanceSport championships

[Debbie Hathway] Eastern Cape dance fans, as well as supporters and competitors from around the country, Zimbabwe and Botswana descended on the East London International Convention Centre last weekend, 2 to 4 December, 2010, for the South African National DanceSport and Achievers Championship. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Comfort and affordability with Premier Hotel Cape Manor

[Ruth Cooper] Location, location, location; the Premier Hotel Cape Manor has it in spades. It's situated in Marais Street alongside the pretty Sea Point promenade and, if one was a coked-up rocker and had the urge to throw a TV out of the window, it would probably hit beach sand. (Only a slight exaggeration.) Read more >>