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Today's top stories
Special focus on media freedom
NEWSWATCH: On Friday the Libyan government confirmed that it was holding South African photojournalist Anton Hammerl, but despite hopes for his early release, it appears he is still being held, reports IOL, while thousands have signed a petition for Hammerl's release, reports Mail & Guardian. Read more >> [Gregory Gondwe] Although the World Press Freedom Day Commemoration falls on 3 May every year, Malawi media started commemorating the day on 23 April 2011. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] As concern mounts over the fate of Anton Hammerl, a South African photographer missing in Libya alongside two US journalists and one Spanish photographer, the Presidency said yesterday, Wednesday, 20 April 2011, that President Jacob Zuma has been briefed on the attempts made by the SA mission in Libya to locate Hammerl. Reports from Washington DC also suggest that the White House is very concerned about their well-being and it is trying hard to assist them in any way it can. Read more >> NEW YORK: Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, acclaimed photojournalists who had worked in conflict zones around the world, were killed in an explosion in the western Libyan city of Misurata yesterday, 20 April 2011. Two other photographers were injured. Read more >>Marketing
Bizcommunity.com has made three senior appointments as it begins to roll out its 2011 expansion strategy. Read more >>Advertising
 Entries for the entry registration for the 6th Maputo International Advertising Festival are open and will close on 15 May 2011. The festival takes place on 25, 26 and 27 May 2011. Read more >>CRM
 [Daniel Munslow] Customer relationship management... customer service... customer loyalty... There are a dozen ways to describe companies' attempts to retain customers. The reality today is that no matter what type of industry in which you're operating, customer-centric strategies and initiatives are at the front of the quest for higher profits. Behind the scenes, however, there are a number of internal processes that need to be brought into line before customer service can be fully realised. Read more >>CSI
 The bus-shaped business cards of Hylton Ross Exclusive Touring inspired disabled workers at the Heidelberg Masincedane Care Centre to create handiwork depicting the logo in a mirror mosaic form. Read more >>Digital
[Thabiso Mochiko] Altech is eyeing three to five international acquisitions that it says have the potential to turn it into a global company. CEO Craig Venter said yesterday (20 April 2011) Altech intended to expand globally, with one or two acquisitions that would be substantial. Read more >>  Research In Motion (RIM) demonstrated the latest BlackBerry PlayBook tablet this week at the IT News Africa Innovation Dinner held in Sandton, Johannesburg. This was the first public demo of the device in Africa. Read more >>Eventing
 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / CAPE TOWN, SA: The World Economic Forum has announced that more than 900 participants from 60 countries will participate in the 21st World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, 4-6 May 2011. Jacob G. Zuma, president of South Africa, will host the meeting, where participants will gather to deliberate under the theme From Vision to Action, Africa's Next Chapter. Read more >>Mobile
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel put smile on the faces of its customers across Nigeria this Easter with the introduction of a special Easter Offer which allowed them to make calls to Airtel numbers at only 16k/sec during this Easter period. Read more >> [Kevin Bassett] Suddenly, new mobile technology is in focus. Marketers are scrambling to get a handle on both mobi and micro sites, m-twitter and foursquare, while wondering what other new developments are trending. Read more >> According to Airtel Kenya, Vodafone's Safaricom has slowed down the three-week old mobile number portability (MNP) process, by erecting technical blockades that have derailed efforts of over 6,500 customers to migrate from its network. In a letter to the Communications Commission of Kenya, CCK, director general Charles Njoroge, Airtel Kenya says Safaricom had now adopted a new tactic to subvert the MNP process. Read more >>Research
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] A global study conducted by TNS Research Surveys shows that South Africans' unconditional love for handsets - more than content as it is in developed markets - is beginning to change and will even shift faster as bandwidth improves, and as cheaper smartphones appear on the market - probably from China. Read more >>Retail
 [Claire Ngozo] Driving through Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, it is difficult to miss the imposing building under construction in the city centre. It's the country's first five-star hotel, US$90 million worth of well-appointed rooms, a state-of-the-art conference centre and 14 opulent presidential suites. Read more >>TV
 A24 Media, claimed to be Africa's first online delivery site for material from journalists, African broadcasters and NGO's from around the Continent, announces a new deal with ITN Source, the footage sales arm of UK news and content provider ITN. Read more >> [Walter Wafula] Smart TV, a promising Pan-African pay-television brand by Sweden's Next Generation Broadcasting, plans to launch services in three new markets in Africa. Read more >> LONDON, UK: Within the last two weeks, online media - including news sites, blogs, forums, Twitter and Facebook - have seen an accelerated flurry of 'noise' around the Royal Wedding. Read more >> LONDON, UK: C-Squared is currently undertaking a survey of M&M Magazine's awareness, perception and the local media needs, in partnership with The Royal Holloway University of London, through the MBA Programme. Read more >> NEW YORK, US: The 2011 One Show Festival is just two weeks away, so purchase your tickets now. Read more >> PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY: WAN-IFRA, in cooperation with the Society for News Design, is organising the third edition of its international conferences dedicated to design for newspapers and magazines, to be held in Paris, France, on 19 May next. Read more >> RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, has announced the beta release of the comScore Media Metrix Total Universe report, which provides audience measurement for 100% of a site's traffic, including usage via mobile phones, apps, tablets and shared computers such as Internet cafes. Read more >> SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: During a time of unprecedented economic uncertainty, compounded by rate rises from all of the major banks in Australia, the finance industry was suffering from negative consumer perceptions, particularly across the home loan category. Read more >> MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND: Delegates to The Festival of Media Global now have an extra opportunity to brush up on their digital marketing expertise. Read more >> PARIS, FRANCE: The US Association of Magazine Media (MPA) won the overall prize at the FIPP Research Awards that took place at the Hotel California in Paris, France, last week. The entry, 'Marketing Mix Modelling and Media Inputs', won the Award for Best Research by a National Association, the study was also the Overall Winner. Read more >> BRASILIA, BRAZIL: Campari is an alcoholic aperitif flavoured with herbs and fruit. It has an unusually bitter taste, and is an ingredient in a number of classic cocktails. Campari branding has changed very little over its lifetime, and the brand needed to reassert its place among modern spirit brands. Read more >> [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] South Africans are a strange lot. We love to gargle on and on about inflation, crime, corruption, Eskom and other negatives, seemingly oblivious of the fact that, warts and all, this is still in one of the finest countries in the world to live in. Read more >> [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Not only in South Africa was the coveted Car of the Year title shared between two cars (BMW and VW) but women journalists all over the world have just chosen two cars to share the 2011 Women's World Car of the Year title with the honours going to the BMW 5 Series and the Citroen DS3. Read more >> The spa at Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat has been singled out on the Conde Nast Traveler's Hot List 2011 as one of 40 best new urban and rural retreats in the world. Read more >> Results of the second TBCSA FNB Tourism Business Index (TBI) show that the level of tourism business activity was significantly lower than was expected, in the first quarter of 2011. Read more >> [Ruth Cooper] I pretty much fell in love with Holiday Murray at first sight and sound, encountering them the first time as support band for The Plastics album launch at The Assembly a good couple of months ago. Combining boyish good looks, quirky yearning lyrics from a time long forgotten, sweet harmonies and a bouncy tightly layered sound, Holiday Murray were definitely on my radar. Read more >>"Reporter 1: 'I have an ethical dilemma.' Reporter 2: 'Whichever choice is the least fun is the right one.' (via Twitter)" - OHnewsroom
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