SOUTH AFRICA

Submissions open for 2012 Durban FilmMart

African filmmakers may begin making their submissions for the 2012 Durban FilmMart (DFM), which will be held 20-23 July 2012, during the 33rd Durban International Film Festival (19-29 July). Entries close on 15 February 2012. Read more >>

AFRICA

Gateway Communications expands services into MENA

Gateway Communications, a supplier of telecommunications services across Africa, continues to expand its international reach with the opening of an office in Beirut, Lebanon. The move is in response to the increasing traffic into and out of locations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and the ongoing demand for connectivity within the region from Gateway's existing customer base. Read more >>

NIGERIA

SMCAA elects new officers

The School of Media & Communication Alumni Association (SMCAA) of the Pan-African University in Lagos, Nigeria has elected Funke Treasure Durodola as the new president, Bayero Agabi as vice president, Dan Oshodin as secretary and Adetoye Oremosu as public relations officer. Read more >>

AFRICA

Winners of AfricaCom Awards 2011

Winners of the AfricaCom Awards 2011, which acknowledges the growth and importance of the telecoms and digital sectors across the African continent, were announced on Wednesday 9 November 2011 at an awards ceremony which took place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa. Read more >>

KENYA

Kenya's yuMobile launches Gmail SMS

yuMobile, a mobile network operator in Kenya, has joined the Gmail SMS chat service providing its subscribers with a platform to chat with Google mail users via the short message service. Read more >>

AFRICA

MTN examines value beyond bandwidth access

During a session on 'Enterprise ICT Africa' at AfricaCom 2011 this week, Justin Colyn, general manager of Fixed Mobile Convergence at MTN Business provided insights into the current dynamics of the ever changing telecommunications industry - examining the impact on telecoms players in the mobile and fixed line space. Read more >>

NIGERIA

MTN Nigeria improves network security, efficiency by 98%

AdaptiveMobile, a global mobile security company has completed a mobile content filtering, anti-spam and anti-virus protection project with MTN Nigeria which enables the operator to protect its network and subscribers from undesired mobile content through mobile handsets and mobile data-enabled PCs. Read more >>

AFRICA

BlackBerry App World available in more African countries

The BlackBerry App World is now available in nine additional African countries. Customers in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Lesotho can now discover, download a wide range of mobile applications for their BlackBerry smartphones. Read more >>

AFRICA

Survey highlights importance of Connect Africa goals

Informa Telecoms & Media yesterday, 11 November 2011, issued a report entitled 'Broadband in Africa' which assesses the progress of the goals set out at the Connect Africa Summit in 2007 and includes a C-level industry survey on the state of the broadband market in Africa. Read more >>

AFRICA

A breakthrough for Africa

According to Africa Monitor's latest Development Support Monitor study, the continent is on the brink of a major development breakthrough; a momentum that is well-merited and anchored in solid foundations sufficient enough to carry the continent forward at a necessary pace. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

Wall Street Journal debuts Nielsen's e-book best-seller lists

NEW YORK, US: Showcasing the growing importance of digital books to consumers and the publishing industry alike, The Wall Street Journal has expanded its relationship with Nielsen BookScan to add e-book sales reporting to its customised best-seller charts. The new charts appear weekly as part of WSJ Weekend, the Journal's weekend edition, in print and on WSJ.com. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

Purchase preferences: How families are socially influenced

LONDON, UK: New research to help better understand how families are socially influenced when making purchasing decisions has been carried out by Different Size Feet, a new specialist family unit of global word-of-mouth agency 1000heads. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

Christmas trading 2011 - 'a lot better than feared' reports Mintel

[Mintel Oxygen reports] LONDON, UK: With Christmas 2011 fast approaching, new research from Mintel reveals a little more Christmas cheer than first envisaged. Indeed, the company expects retail sales growth of between 4% and 5% in December 2011 and as much as 1% of that could be real volume growth. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

2011 car sales significantly higher: Naamsa

Timeslive.co.za reports that, according to the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa), 2011 domestic new car sales could be significantly higher than last year. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Ndebele: Road safety is a collective responsibility

According to News24, transport minister Sibusiso Ndebele said that road safety campaigns will succeed only when all road users change their behaviour. "Road crashes kill over 14 000 people every year in South Africa," Ndebele said at the launch of the I-Pledge road safety campaign in Sandton. The campaign, aimed at changing the behaviour of road users, was first introduced by Imperial Car Rental in July and targeted the company's employees. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

Hybrid and EV manufacturers not courting Black consumers

[Mintel Oxygen reports] CHICAGO, US: The hybrid and electric vehicle market is having a tough year in 2011 in the US. Sales for hybrid vehicles are down 2.7% through August 2011, despite the fact that US vehicle sales are up 10.5%. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Win 50 000 Guest Miles with Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is celebrating reaching 50 000 fans on its Facebook page by launching a giveaway. The promotion will see one lucky Etihad Airways Facebook fan win 50 000 Guest Miles. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

New7Wonders announcement to take place on 11/11/11

The time has come to reveal Table Mountain's fate in its battle to be named a New7Wonder of Nature and the results will be announced during a free concert at the V&A Waterfront's Amphitheatre on Friday 11 November. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

MCQP theme and party line-up announced

This years MCQP theme is Maid in China and will be held at the CTICC on 17 December, 2011, there will be nine dance floors, three stages and three experiential areas, each with its own theme and music style. Good Luck, Crazy White Boy, DJ Blaine, Josh Borrill, Odidiva, The Commercial Hippies, Killer Robot, Pascal & Pearce, DJ Ryan Dent and more will be performing. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Some Like It Vrot - just go see it!

[Johann Smith] Some Like It Vrot, ag, dis te pragtig - what more is there to say? Only please go see this musical comedy romance. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Call for entries for the Africa Movie Academy Awards

The call to enter for the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has been made and feature, short and documentary entries are welcomed for the 2012 awards in Nigeria, in April. The deadline for submissions is 30 December, 2011. Read more >>