AFRICA

Marketers urged to innovate during tough times

[Walter Wafula] Ugandan marketers have been advised to be more innovative during tough times to enable their businesses to thrive, instead of pursuing bigger budgets to achieve their targets. Read more >>

ANGOLA

Angola tense as journalists, protesting youth targeted by government

[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] Barely three weeks after an Angolan judge thought to be a member of the ruling MPLA (People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Labour Party) handed down a two year-suspended sentence to a journalist and fined him US$105 000 (about R840 000), another Angolan journalist is being threatened with harm and possibly death by armed gunmen believed to be working for the government. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

South Africans double international enterprise entries

Entries for the 2012 Rolex Awards for Enterprise have increased to 3512 applications, which represents the highest number of projects submitted since the international philanthropy programme was established in 1976. These awards honour and support pioneering individuals whose projects benefit their communities and the wider world. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Early bird bookings open for Design Indaba Conference

The 2012 Design Indaba Conference, always a sell-out, has opened for bookings for the event taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 29 February to 2 March 2012. There is an early bird discount available until 5 December 2011. Read more >>

MALAWI

Malawi set to increase broadband internet user penetration

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Malawi is resolute to reduce the cost of international connectivity thereby increasing both telephony and broadband internet user penetration through the ongoing Regional Communication Infrastructure Programme - Malawi Project (RCIPMW). Read more >>

AFRICA

Q-Core brings automated video interviewing to Africa

Q-Core Consulting yesterday, 1 November 2011, announced the addition of automated video interviewing to their suite of advanced SAAS technology via a reseller agreement with Sonru.com. Read more >>

KENYA

Altech Kenya Data Networks appoints CEO

JSE-listed Allied Technologies Limited (Altech) has announced the appointment of Shahab Meshki as CEO of Altech Kenya Data Networks (KDN), effective yesterday, 1 November 2011. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

IFSEC 2012 West Africa to focus on developmental needs of region

Nigeria is the perfect place to host the ISFEC West Africa in 2012, being a country rich in economic potential and the new face of an emerging African continent, according to Ross Cullingworth, director of sales and marketing of Montgomery Africa. With a security market valued at US$3.5 billion and a GDP which has increased year-on-year, businesses can no longer afford to overlook West Africa as a prime security market. Read more >>

MALAWI

ILO proposes monetary policies for Malawi's employment creation

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has released a report on Malawi which is trying to establish on how monetary policy instruments can be used to encourage Malawi onto a path of employment-generating growth. The report titled Macroeconomic policy for employment creation: The Case for Malawi released last month has identified three policy areas for consideration. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Pick n Pay opens second store in Mauritius

[Zeenat Moorad] In line with its aggressive African expansion plans, retailer Pick n Pay (PIK) on Friday, 28 October 2011, announced the opening of its second Mauritian store at Cascavelle in Mauritius. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

New beer offers opportunities for subsistence farmers in Mozambique

Impala beer, made from cassava, will be brewed in Mozambique by SABMiller's local subsidiary, Cervejas de Mocambique (CDM), marking the latest step in the group's ambition to create a portfolio of high-quality, affordable beers, made by using locally-sourced raw materials, for lower income consumers in Africa. The group first invested in CDM in 1995. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Managing promotional resources: are TV broadcasters getting it right?

[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] TV broadcasters need to apply the basic tools when managing their promotional resources if they are truly committed to achieving desired results. Objectives, strategy and tactics would have to be carefully designed to achieve specific goals. This emerged late last week at PromaxBDA Africa 2011. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

Arab TV springs to life: Pay TV subscribers to top 10 million in 2012

LONDON, UK: Record numbers of households across the Middle East and Africa are signing up for pay TV, according to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media. Read more >>

RUSSIA

Insight on Duqu - the step-brother of Stuxnet?

MOSCOW, RUSSIA: The spread across the Internet of several versions of the malicious program Duqu has become a main news item in the IT security industry of late. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

Digital marketers: leverage buying cycle, achieve greater results

LONDON, UK: A new white paper by Software-as-a-Service marketing technology provider, Hydra highlights how digital marketing specialists can leverage all stages of the buying cycle better. Read more >>

AUSTRALIA

Australia to host global piracy talks

PERTH, AUSTRALIA: Australia is to host international talks next year to tackle piracy, hoping to stop a crime that has seen hundreds of people taken hostage in this year, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said on Friday. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Ndebele: Zero tolerance on transport-related bribery and corruption

Following the arrests at the weekend of two motorists who offered traffic officers bribes, Minister of Transport Sibusiso Ndebele has warned that bribery and corruption will not be tolerated and that motorists can expect a clamp down on road offenders. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Juke is a Jack Russell with lipstick

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] To some it looks like the automotive version of a Japanese Sumo wrestler while others (including yours truly) think it carries the same weight on the sexy scale as catwalk model Lara Stone in high heels and French lingerie. But one thing is sure - the way-out new Nissan Juke which has just arrived here is going to set the tongues wagging in a big way. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Usher the headline act at Hansa Festival of Legends Tour

US music icon Usher will be the headline act for the Hansa Festival of Legends Tour at Cape Town's Grand Arena on 3 March, the ICC Durban Arena on 7 March and, finally, at the Orlando Stadium, Soweto, on 10 March, 2012. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club to headline Synergy Live

Synergy Live 2011 is back with a killer line-up from 25 to 27 November, 2011, at the Boschendal Wine Estate, Franschhoek Valley, Western Cape. The international main stage headline act will be Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Read more >>