AFRICA

Brand Inside and Y&R brands in new partnership

[Carole Kimutai] The Brand Inside from the UK and Young & Rubicam Brands have gone into a partnership that aims to help Kenyan companies bridge the gap between brand promise and customer experience. Read more >>

AFRICA

MBC rebrands amid suspicion

[Gregory Gondwe] The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) a state-controlled television and radio broadcaster has since last Friday, 18 March 2011, rebranded its television and radio services. Read more >>

AFRICA

EAC journalists to acquire reporting skills on regional integration

[Walter Wafula] East African journalists have an opportunity to acquire reporting skills on matters of regional integration through a new training programme that starts on 10 April 2011. Read more >>

AFRICA

SABMiller plc invests in the future of African journalism

SABMiller has announced that in 2011 it will become a co-sponsor of the David Astor Journalism Awards Trust, the UK-based charity which aims to promote, strengthen and support independent journalism in Africa. Read more >>

KENYA

Gulf African Bank to host Islamic Finance Conference

Gulf African Bank will host the third East and Central African Islamic Finance Conference on 28-29 March 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nairobi. Read more >>

KENYA

Kenyan media has sacrificed moral decency

[Ezekiel Mutua] I have countless times warned in this column about the influence of the media on public opinion and by extension our national security, order and morality. Indeed, in every country with a semblance of democracy, the media are the moral conscience of the nation and a critical tool for development. In a nutshell, the media represent the hopes and aspirations of the people. Read more >>

AFRICA

Times reporters freed in Libya; 13 still missing, detained

NEW YORK, US: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes the release of four New York Times journalists in Libya but remains deeply concerned about 13 other journalists who are either missing or reported in Libyan government custody. Read more >>

AFRICA

Diageo Awards 2011 final call for entries

LONDON, UK: All journalists, writers, reporters and media houses are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as entries into the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards 2011close this week. The closing date has been officially extended until Friday 25 March to allow as many people as possible to enter. Read more >>

MALAWI

Journalists meet to integrate gender and population into climate issues

[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's Journalists Association Against AIDS (JournAIDS) with support from Population Action International (PAI) is implementing a climate change advocacy project in Malawi with an aim of integrating gender and population into climate issues in the country. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

Daily News back on the streets

Zimbabwe's latest independent newspaper, Daily News, hit the streets on Friday morning, bringing the number of daily newspapers in the country to four. Read more >>

AFRICA

NYT reporters free, at Turkish embassy in Libya

Four New York Times journalists detained in Libya have been released and handed over to Turkey's embassy in Tripoli, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said yesterday, Monday 21 March 2011. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

Informa analyst comments on T-Mobile / AT&T announcement

[Thomas Wehmeier] LONDON, UK: Rene Obermann has pulled off one of the most spectacular bluffs in recent history by engineering the sale of Deutsche Telekom's US subsidiary to AT&T, a move predicted by few, but one that will dramatically alter the structure of the US mobile industry if approved. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

One Club launches third annual Creative Week NYC

NEW YORK, US: The One Club has announced the event line-up for the third annual Creative Week New York, 9-15 May 2011. Creative Week New York, which has been declared officially by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, is an annual celebration of creativity in advertising, design and digital media. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

Retail websites reach 75% of European internet audience each month

LONDON, UK: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released results from a study of online shopping in Europe. In January 2011, 270.6 million unique visitors in Europe visited sites in the retail category, representing a market penetration of 74.5% of Internet users, up 8.5 percentage points versus last year. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

Revenues, mobile and tablet in focus at Digital Media Europe in London

LONDON, UK: Google One Pass, a payment system that enables publishers to set the terms for access to their digital content, will be examined at Digital Media Europe, a major new conference in London from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Fluence full of flair and fancies

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] In spite of its middle-of-the-road market share and the fact that it already has something like 30 models on sale in South Africa, Renault has added another newcomer by the name of Fluence to its range - but please don't ask what Fluence means or hints at because I honestly don't know. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Peugeot 308 gets GTi venom

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Good news for Peugeot fans is that the GTi badge (last seen on the 206 GTi) is back, this time stuck to the nicely-rounded derriere of a newly launched 308 GTi. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

National accommodation awards finalists

The finalists in the 2011 AA Travel Guides American Express Accommodation Awards programme have been announced. Now in its 18th year, this awards programme is the only established mechanism for consumers to voice their opinion about the quality of tourist accommodation in South Africa. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Upper East Side... with a 'touch of funk'

[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] WITH the abundance of five-star properties in Cape Town, it makes sense that the recently four-star graded Upper East Side Hotel positions itself rather with The Vineyard Hotel, The V&A Hotel and The Portswood than in the deluxe category. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

So Queer: Porn-stars do you measure up?

[Siphosethu Stuurman] I recently found myself on a production set for a local pornographic programme called Porn-stars. Now, before you judge me, I was invited to the set by the programme's producers as a member of the press. But, in all honesty, I attended the press briefing because I was actually interested in seeing how a porn production studio operates. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

A hot K-Day

[Jordan Scott] As you looked across to the stage, all you could see was a mass of umbrellas; people wandering about all over the show and looking down on it all were the amazing Paarl Mountains. The scene of some film set? No. This was K-day, 2011. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Fleur du Cap award winners announced

The winners of the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards were announced earlier this past Sunday at a ceremony held at the Artscape Theatre, Cape Town. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Mr Cat and the Jackal spin us a yarn

[Ruth Cooper] BizLounge recently met up with Gertjie Besselsen and Jacques du Plessis, founding members of Mr Cat and the Jackal. With the recent unleashing of their second album "Sins and Sirens Songs" and a new video release imminent, we thought it best to gain a little more insight into this unique band. Read more >>