SOUTH AFRICA

Aegis Media, Bizcommunity to host live Thought Leadership Digibates

Aegis Media has partnered with Bizcommunity.com to host the Thought Leadership Digibates, a series of monthly marketing/media debates that will be broadcast live via audio streaming, and with a live audience, via Cape-Town-based online radio station thetaxi.co.za. These hot and often controversial conversations and strategic insights will then be turned into podcasts available in a Bizcommunity special section containing all event information. [twitterfall] Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Lineup for first Aegis Thought Leadership Digibate

Diageo Africa director of marketing innovation Peadar Hegarty, head of digital media at Trigger/Isobar Nic van den Bergh and Aegis Media CEO Middle East & Africa and The Netherlands Arjan Pomper will be the first set of panelists, along with moderator Aegis Media CEO Dawn Rowlands, at the inaugural Aegis Media Thought Leadership Digibate, in association with Bizcommunity.com, next week Thursday, 8 September 2011. This online debate will be streamed live from 9am on thetaxi.co.za. Read more >>

AFRICA

Internet times in southern Africa as SA, SADC launch SAIGF

[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] Internet governance in Southern Africa has taken a giant leap forward as South Africa teams up with NEPAD and the SADC to launch the Southern African Internet Governance Forum (SAIGF), the first of its kind in a region populated by more than 260 million people. Read more >>

MALAWI

Government verdict shocks MBC employees

[Gregory Gondwe] The Malawian overnment has honoured its pledge by pronouncing its final verdict on the fate of employees of Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). The decision has however left most of the workers with an egg on their faces in disbelief on how they have been demoted while others have had their salaries slashed by more than half. Read more >>

AFRICA

AfricaCom Awards expands categories

The AfricaCom Awards 2011, which takes place in Cape Town, South Africa in November, have introduced new categories to acknowledge the growth and importance of the telecoms and digital sectors across the African continent. Read more >>

MALAWI

Blantyre Newspapers dismisses 44 employees

[Gregory Gondwe] The month of August seemed to have casted a bad spell on Malawi media as on the day that state broadcaster, the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) retained over 400 employees out of over 700, Malawi's oldest newspaper company, the Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) fired 44 employees. Read more >>

MOZAMBIQUE

Pocket the All Africa Games programme

The German Development Cooperation, in conjunction with the National Aids Council and other sponsors, have selected PocketMedia Solutions's pocket-sized Z-Card as a Maputo City Guide to be distributed at the 10th All Africa Games which takes place in Maputo, Mozambique from 3 - 18 September 2011. Read more >>

AFRICA

Towards a better understanding of market research in Africa

Since opening its Africa division, Freshly Ground Insights (FGI) has teamed up with the Research Bureau International (RBI) to gain additional expertise within the African markets. RBI group CEO Tendai Mhizha shares some of her research on the challenges facing research in Africa. Read more >>

MOZAMBIQUE

New bank opens in Mozambique

Mozambique's newest privately-owned full service bank, Banco Único, opened its doors to the public this week as a sign to further confide in foreign investors interest of the country and in southern Africa's growth potential. Read more >>

AFRICA

What are you selling?

[John Boe] When I ask sales reps to boil down the entire "selling process" into a one word answer, I get a wide variety of interesting responses such as service, education, or consulting. Seldom do I get the answer that I'm expecting to hear...relationship. Regardless of your industry, at the end of the day you're in the "people business." As the old saying goes, people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. Read more >>

GLOBAL

PwC, Viacom, Channel One Russia team up at MIPCOM 2011

PARIS: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Viacom International Media Networks and Russian television broadcaster Channel One Russia, plan to team up at MIPCOM 2011 to discuss the future of media, entertainment and broadcasting. MIPCOM will take place on Monday, 3 October, in the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. Read more >>

IRAN

Google users in Iran targeted in certificate scam

WASHINGTON: A false Internet security certificate has been used in an apparent attempt to snoop on Google users in Iran, according to the Internet search giant and computer security firms. Read more >>

GLOBAL

Cannes Lions 2012 reverts to original dates

The dates for the 2012 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity will revert back to the usual third week in June next year after the decision by the city of Cannes to postpone until further notice the refurbishment to the Palais des Festivals. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Oh la la, c'est magnifique DS4

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The French make great sauces because they discovered a long time ago that it needs a careful blending of a number of ingredients to get it just right - and this is precisely what Citroen did when they created a winning recipe called DS4. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Aviation may face another economic squeeze

A double-dip recession may squeeze already pressured margins in a domestic market that is over-traded, argues Mango CEO Nico Bezuidenhout. Read more >>