KENYA

Ogilvy Kenya Board announces leadership change

[Carole Kimutai] The Board of Ogilvy Kenya has reviewed its senior management structure and dropped the position of group chief executive officer following the resignation of Koome Mwambia who until February 2012 held that position. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Airtel Nigeria awarded CSR award

Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria has been awarded a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) award for its pioneering role in the delivery of quality education to underprivileged children in the country. Read more >>

MALAWI

MultiChoice calls for smartcard swap

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] MultiChoice Malawi have called on its subscribers to replace the old smartcards after changing its software to avoid hackers. Read more >>

AFRICA

Ngcaba wants to build Africa's Telehouse

[Duncan McLeod: @mcleodd] Convergence Partners chairman Andile Ngcaba hinted strongly on Tuesday [20 March 2012] that he wants to build an African version of Telehouse Europe, the carrier-neutral colocation facility based in London's Docklands that serves as the main hub of internet traffic in the UK. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Listen before you jump into social, says Diane Charton

[Herman Manson: @marklives] Acceleration Media is an old hand at the digital media game. It was launched as a specialist online media company more than 12 years ago, at a point in time when everybody was talking about the potential of online media but when advertisers were not nearly as invested in the medium as they are today. Read more >>

AFRICA

German institute to equip journos with digital journalism skills

[Walter Wafula] African journalists in need of digital reporting skills have an opportunity to acquire them through the Intajour Fellowship Program which kicks off in September this year. This follows the call for applications for the fellowship programme by the International Academy of Journalism (IAJ) in Germany. Read more >>

MALAWI

Media Council appoints new executive director

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Malawian journalist Vales Machila has been put at the helm of the Media Council of Malawi (MCM)'s top secretariat post as the acting executive director, following the death of George Dambula who lead the institution on an acting capacity. His appointment was announced earlier this week. Read more >>

AFRICA

TV journo threatened while on assignment

Mulindwa Mukasa, a correspondent with Ugandan private television station Wavah Broadcasting Service (WBS) TV, was arrested at Nabweru Parents School, while investigating the treatment of the pupils. Mukasa, the executive board chairperson of Human Rights for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) was later threatened by Ronald Ddamulira, owner and managing director of the school. Read more >>

AFRICA

MediaCom appoints new COO for EMEA region

MediaCom has appointed Euan Jarvie as its new chief operations officer (COO) for the EMEA region where he joins from MediaCom US where he was COO. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Worldwide, society says media not always responsible - WEF's Cherilyn Ireton

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] Cherilyn Ireton, a highly respected journalist and manager from titles such the Sunday Times and Business Day, took over as the executive director of the World Editors Forum that falls under WAN-IFRA, in January 2012. She tells Bizcommunity.com of the challenges of the Parisian-based job, the biggest problems and opportunities facing editors across the globe and how she wants to connect editors to try find solutions. Read more >>

AFRICA

Kony2012: And what about Ugandans?

[Khadija Patel] With more than 70-million views so far, Invisible Children's astoundingly successful viral media campaign has certainly achieved its stated aim of reaching a mass audience. Social media sites have been filled with the pious lamentations of acolytes, convinced they are saving poor kids in Africa by purchasing an "Action Kit" for $30, but the voice of Ugandans and appeals to the reality of Uganda today has been sorely neglected. Read more >>

AFRICA

Samsung to offer free satellite TV to Africa

Korean electronics giant Samsung will begin selling television sets in selected African markets that come bundled with a satellite tuner that will allow consumers to watch a free television bouquet of more than 60 channels provided by satellite operator SES. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

Portio Research: Huge OTT forecasts 'extremely conservative'

CHIPPENHAM, UK: The 6th edition of Portio Research's market-leading report Mobile Messaging Futures is now available, and features ground-breaking five-year OTT messaging forecasts - that project OTT traffic will surpass 20 trillion messages in 2016. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

New iPad tops three million

CUPERTINO, US: Apple has announced it has sold three million of its new iPad, since its launch on Friday, March 16. The new iPad features a new Retina display, Apple's new A5X chip with quad-core graphics, a 5 megapixel iSight camera with advanced optics for capturing photos and 1080p HD video, and the same all-day 10 hour battery life*. Read more >>

FRANCE

Rob Reilly: President, Titanium and Integrated Jury

CANNES, FRANCE: The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced the line-up of the 2012 Titanium and Integrated Jury which will chaired by Rob Reilly, worldwide chief creative officer of Crispin Porter +Bogusky (CP+B). Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Amendment bills to address labour broking

Cabinet has approved two bills for submission to Parliament that deal with the phenomenon of labour broking and child labour, among others. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Molewa outlines progress on Acid Mine Drainage

Government will intensify its efforts to address the threat posed by Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in the Witwatersrand area, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said on Thursday. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Minister launches inquiry into fisheries tenders

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tina Joemat-Pettersson has announced that her department would set up an inquiry to look into tender practices at the department. The department has been under scrutiny around alleged irregular processes and procedures being followed in the awarding of tenders. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Lack of ships flying SA flag costs billions

South Africa's failure to have any ships flying the country's flag was costing the country some R37bn a year, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said on earlier this week. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

SA gov won't probe MTN corruption claims in Iran

South Africa will not probe allegations that mobile operator MTN paid bribes to win a licence in Iran, in exchange for Pretoria backing Tehran's nuclear programme, the foreign minister said on Monday. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

DA takes Telkom to task over cable theft

Communications Minister Dina Pule says the outsourcing of security has "definitely" reduced copper cable theft from Telkom. SA loses about R20m to copper cable theft every month, spurred by Asian demand for the metal. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Zabalaza Theatre Festival is punk

[Johann Smith] After accepting an award for Best New Theatre at the recent Fleur de Cap, Lara Foot delivered this immortal statement: "I appreciate this acknowledgment. But when I accepted an award in 1991, the crowd was as white as it is tonight." And the usually confident veteran director, started to shake. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Life after old age

[Daniel Dercksen] In the endearing and wistful The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, British director John Madden shows us that there is most definitely life after old age and love does indeed conquer all. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Close encounters of the heard kind

[Eugene Yiga] Where were you on the day that the earth stood still? I'm talking about 9/11. After more than a decade, the feelings are still pretty raw, which is what Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close tries to tap into. To some, this movie will be way too close for comfort. To others, it won't be close enough. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Splashy Fen getting ready to rock

The annual Splashy Fen Music Festival will be held in the southern Drakensberg this Easter ( 5 to 9 April, 2012), featuring more than 80 live acts showcasing genres including ska, reggae, folk, anti-folk, acoustic, drum and bass, electronica, jazz, blues, maskandi, Indian classical, and everything in-between. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Out & about with His Kind

[Daniel Dercksen] The delectable decadence and devilish drollery of Christopher Isherwood in Christopher and His Kind is one of the many highlights at this year's Out In Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, which runs from 23 March to 1 April in Cape Town and Joburg. Read more >>